This is great! Between yourself and Dag Hoelseth, you have just given me the information I was looking for! I am amazed as to the details that you have been able to provide. I had all of Lars children and have been to the cemetary in Rush Creek where a number of my Great-Uncles & Great-Grandfather are buried. I am curious, how were you able to provide this information as I assume that you are in Norway? Once I have more time, I am interested in researching the grandmother on my fathers side, and the grandfather/grandmother on my mothers side as they also came from Norway. I don't know what a "bygdebook" is, but I assume that may be a birth record of some sort? With the information that you have provided on Lars and his father, along with Christenca, how far back would I be able to go in the family line? I am interested in going back as far as I am able on the "Pederson" side for right now, but of course would welcome any other family information. I am interested in going to Norway and would like to do so in a few years. With the information that I can obtain, I would love to meet any relatives that I may have in Norway and possibly the home(s) that they lived. What is a parish or sub-parish in Norway? Also, when one talks of a farm name, what is that referring to? As my wife and I just had a baby boy, Garrett, I am interested in our family heritage. Thank you for the help that you have provided on my family and I hope that I am not asking too much from you! Jeff Peterson jeff@norske.org www.norske.org >This must be Lars Pederson Teigen that Dag Hoelseth pointed out. He was >born at Teigen under Sandvik farm in Luster parish (Gaupne subparish) >1848.09.08. He was the 6th child (of 10) of Peder Pederson Teigen >(1809-1885) from Aurland parish and Christenca Torbjørnsdatter Eikum >(1813-1883) from Hafslo. Lars emigrated to Crawford Co. in 1882 and >married there 1887.06.01 with Oline Olsdatter. Lars (called Louis) and >Oline (called Olena) farmed at Rush Creek, Freeman township, Crawford >Co. and got 11 children: Elmer, Peter, Lottie, Christina, John, Steen, >Anna, Rudolph, Alfred, Oscar, and Hannah. > >Quite a lot more details are found in the bygdebook for Luster which is >my source. If you want to find out where Teigen is, you have to find >Marifjøra in Luster (Lyster) on a map of Western Norway. Teigen is about >2 km along the coast southeast of Marifjøra. > >The g-g-grandmother of my wife emigrated to Crawford in 1874. She later >on moved to Sterling in Vernon, but some of her children settled in >Freeman. > >Knut Bryn, Molde