On Tue, 07 Nov 2000 16:18:26 GMT, Dick <hrlilien@att.net> wrote: >Was not the Eikeland derived from the farm name Økland? Eik is Oak in English. But Økland will give Okland untranslated. Oakland in US would be Eikeland in Norwegian. I know about several coming from some Eikeland farms in Aust.Agder that took that surname over there.