"J. Peterson" wrote: > Hello Jeff, > Do you have birthdate's on Lars and Olene? > It helps to find them in Norway. > There is a farm Theigen in Norway and also 2 with the name Theig. > Need more info tho to check it out. > Margit > > > 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.