Buck Burkman wrote: > > I would appreciate any help in determining and tracing the ancestry of Maria > Pedersdatter Busk. According to the parish records for Alta/Talvic Parish > (Finnmark,Norway), Maria was married there on August 21, 1851 to > Poul-Fredrick Lundberg. The record also states that she was 18 years old at > the time, that she was born in Pello (no indication as to which country), > and that her father's name was Peder Busk. Maria and Poul-Fredrick remained > in Alta until Poul's death in 1868. Maria was then remarried to Petter > August Bjorkman. In June of 1872 Maria and Petter August emigrated to > Hancock, Michigan via Trondheim. The couple later changed their surname to > Burkman and moved on to Minnesota where both died. I've checked parish > records for Pello in Finland (Turtola Parish) and Sweden (Alitornio Parish) > but did not find any record for Maria Busk or Peder Busk. > > -- > Buck Burkman > Tallahassee, Florida >Pello (no indication as to which country), Pello is in Finland.