Stein R wrote: > Stein R <steinjr@nospam.com> wrote in news:Xns9666143B2EC5Asteinjr@ > 193.213.112.19: > > Then again, parts of what was Skodje municpality in 1901 (Vatne parish) > > became part of Haram municipality in 1965 according to the list of > > border changes at disnorge.no > > > > (URL http://www.disnorge.no/genress/index.php?todo=visKategori&kid= > > 100373). Many thanks again for that tip and it clears up some confusion for me. The main clues that I had been working on for my research were the names "Helland" & "Hellandshavn", probably in More og Romsdal. During the course of that searching, I had located many references to those names and one in particular to the H-vinduet factory in Hellandshavn in Vatne. Ever since I later successfully found the family in Skodje on the Helland gard, I thought those Helland's must be 2 separate locations: Vatne & Skodje. It's now clear that they are the same place since the gard was in Skodje in 1901 (in the census) and in Vatne in 2005 (when I am doing the lookups). I wouldn't have known that without your help! and wouldn't have known the right bok to look for. > > Vatne bygdebok. Gards- og ættesoge. > > By Harald Slyngstad > > Publisher: Haram kommune, 1983 > > 2 volumes > > (Farm histories and genealogy) > > Note: Volume 1 covers farm number 70 Klokset to farm number 95 > > Osgoten, and > > Volume 2 covers farm number 96 Vatnehold to farm number 117 Høgset. > > > > I would check out volume 1 of Vatne bygdebok, and see if it has a > > farm > > no 84 named Helland (or some reasonable approximation of Helland). > > > > Smile, > > Stein R > > And a google search on seach terms Vatne bygdebok Helland yields: > > Ancestors from Norway - Bygdebøker from Møre og Romsdal... Vatne > bygdebok. Gards- og ættesoge. By Harald Slyngstad ... Bringsvor, Dalen, > Halsen, Hammaren, Hatlebrekke, Haugsholmen med Frekøy, Helland, Hola, > ... > homepages.rootsweb.com/~norway/more_og_romsdalbb.html - 98k - Cached - > Similar pages > > Apparently no longer on the listed web page, but confirms the info you > were looking for. There is a Helland farm listed in Vatne bygdebok. Thanks again for that. I was looking in the wrong place.:-) The website that shows: Vatne bygdebok, Bind I Gards- og ættesoge. G.nr. 70, Klokset-g.nr.95, Osgoten. Forfattar Harald Slyngstad. Utgjevar Haram kommune 1983. ISBN: 82-991046-0-2. has a link to: <http://www.disnorge.no/genress/oppslager.php?id=130314> which looks like a way to ask some questions of somebody who has access to the bygdebok. Do you know if I should just leave my name & email address there? and what are the chances that person can speak English? I realize that you have no way of knowing, but your guess is going to be better than mine. :-) > Good luck on finding more info on your ancestral farm. My contact was absolutely thrilled when I found their family in the 1901 census. Most of them emmigrated to the US. Now I would like to find a way for my contact to get copies of the Helland portion of that bygdebok. They would naturally expect to pay for that effort, but it's probably easiest if we could locate a source in the US. Many thanks for your help! Bob