In article <39af0555.94580931@news>, jjlkpeterson@NOSPAMhotmail.com (J. Peterson) wrote: > 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! Could you please give more details regarding your ancestor, such as birthyear? Note that there are several farm names in Norway named Teigen. A reason why your ancestor was registered with the name Peterson could be down to the authorities, not himself. He was probably son of a person named Peter or Peder - Peterson is a patronym. There was a Lars Pedersen Teigen at the place Teigen in Hafslo (under Sandvik) born in 1848, son of Peder Pedersen, b. 1810, and Kristens Torbjørnsdatter, b. 1815, cf. the 1865 census. You should check the censuses at http://draug.rhd.isv.uit.no/rhd/folketellinger_engelsk_britisk.html Lars' wife could be Oline Olsen from Luster, born 1852. Lars' father also came from Luster. Dag T. Hoelseth -- Dag T. Hoelseth <dagtry@my-deja.com> http://www.geocities.com/dagtho/gen.html Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.