Good Day I Am not very good in english, but i shall try to answer. The Churhbooks in Vaagan before 1840 burned in 1873 and 1946, when the priest garden burned. It is some other things you can look at, but I can not say it in English. You can ring or Write to Statsarkivet i Trondheim, and they have for example "vaksina- sjonsprotokoller(on norwegian), for the years 1818,1820,1823, 1826, 1830 and 1832 with Vaagan.Her is Writed the Childrens father, and where i n Vaagan the family live.May be you can ask some- one in Statsarkivet in Trondheim, to find Karen Jacobsdatter here? Anne Lise Amy <amytalley@home.com> skrev i meldingsnyheter:120P5.26212$25.5512149@news1.rdc1.ne.home.com... > In my research today, I stumbled upon some possible birth records for > Vaagen. I can't read them. > I want to find one for Karen Jakobsdatter born April 4th, 1824. I am > certain she was born here, I have the census record from 1865 and it states > this is her birth place. > > I was looking here today but was unable to translate. > http://home.online.no/~asjonass/kilder/18nord/1865vaag.htm > > Can anyone give some insight on getting this specifically? I am trying to > learn her mothers name. > > >