Hello, Since you state that their last name is Peterson and you know the county in Wisconsin that they live in, have you tried to locate them in the 1900 Federal Census? If you're able to find them in there, you can normally get their birth month and year, number of years married and when they came to America. I've had great success in gathering info that way. Good luck J. Peterson <jjlkpeterson@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message news:39af0555.94580931@news... > Hello, > > I am trying to find out about the origins of my family and thought I > would give this a try even though the information I have is limited. > I am tracking down family members for further information. > > Supposedly, my g-g-grand-parent, Lars Theigen emmigrated from Norway > in 1882 along with his wife to Vernon County, Wisconsin in the U.S.. > His wife's last name was either "Olene Olson" or possibly a "Hanson". > For some reason, once they arrived in the U.S., they changed their > last name to Peterson. I was told that there was a small village by > the name of "Theigen" in Norway but don't know if that is actually > where they came from. > > This probably isn't enough information to go on until I able to obtain > more, but thought I would try. > > Thanks for any assistance! > > Jeff Peterson > jeff@norske.org > > p.s. - norske.org is my own website that I have setup. > >