Dennis Aker wrote: > > I am looking for any information about the Family name of Aakre. According > to the Shiplist Quebec 1865-1875. Peder Jorgensen Aakre, his wife Gjorand > and their 5 children left from Bergen in 1868 on a ship called Ornen. The > place of birth of the whole family was listed as Kinsevig. I am unable to > find any information about the community of Kinsevig. Any information would > be appreciated. > Thank You > Dennis Aker > daker@adco2.net Hi Dennis, You might want to look at this book available at Nationalbiblioteket in Norway (and which you may be able to loan through the Interlibrary Loan arrangement): Aakre, Karl E.: Slekta vår gjennom 500 år med røter og greiner frå 1490 til 1992 / bearbeidd og sett i system av Karl E. Aakre. 271 s. fig. I.e., 271 pages of info on the Aakre family from 1490 to 1992. Regards, -- Christian F. Scheel (cfscheel@online.no) PB 108 N-0701 Oslo, Norway - Homepage: http://home.online.no/~cfscheel/index.htm