There are one Oline Bendedikte Carlsdatter in Sparbu 1865 on this adress http://draug.rhd.isv.uit.no/ftsoek/ftsoek.asp?kommando=bosted&ftaar=1865&spr aak=norsk_bokmål&kommnr=1731&kretsnr=0013&bostnr=0046&leilnr=000 Maybe it`s her, she could have used Carlsen hven she moved to Amerika. Good Luck Erlend E. Mæhlum Kjell Rasmussen <kjell.rasmussen@netcom.no> wrote in message news:917lla$33lgb$1@ID-47130.news.dfncis.de... > I'm looking for my mother's aunt and her family in the United States. She > was born in 1858 and her name was Oline Bendikke Carlsen. She left > (emigrated from) Norway during the years 1870-1885, probably to Oregon. > There she married Olaf Jensen and gave birth to many children. Is there > anybody who can give me some information about her or her ascendants. > > kjell.rasmussen@netcom.no > > > >