Dave, Odd Braathun led me to this link. It is probably the closest thing I've seen to what I am looking for. It shows how kommunes gained and lost acreage. It is very interesting. http://home.eunet.no/~jeri/maps.shtml Click on the second "here" and it will take you to the chart. Main page shows a "picture" of current kommuner. Just click on the Fylke you want. Phil <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > Someone who looks an awful lot like phil <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dave, > > Thanks for the tips. It looks like Finaas is now called Bømlo, the islands > > west of Fitjar & Stord. I found the farm I was looking for there (Gjøsætre). > > Glad you found it helpful. > > > Still looking for a map that shows old and new parish names if anyone can > > help. > > That might be tricky. I'm sure that the names changed gradually, > over the centuries (unless there was a "great renaming" or something? > Haven't heard of it if there was), so there's not really one set of > "old", just a collection of snapshots in time. > > It certainly would be useful to have a listing of parishes which have > changed name, and when they change. I don't know if this also involved > border changes (I would think it would, or one parish splits into two). > It's an interesting question...what you want, is a map that you can dial to > a specific date & look at. The information exists, but I don't know if > anyone has presented it that way. Kind of like going to mapquest, but > where you could also enter a year, not just latitude/longitude. > > Dave Hinz >

Someone who looks an awful lot like phil <[email protected]> wrote: > Dave, > Odd Braathun led me to this link. It is probably the closest thing I've seen > to what I am looking for. It shows how kommunes gained and lost acreage. > It is very interesting. http://home.eunet.no/~jeri/maps.shtml That's fantastic, thanks to both of you! Dave Hinz