Fri, 20 Jun 2003 23:55:33 GMT, in soc.genealogy.nordic, [email protected] wrote: >I was told by a "name source expert" that my surname, Skirvin, was >Scandanavian, either Norwegian or Swedish, but not Danish. > >A local (Metropolitan Phoenix AZ) professional genalogist found that a >Norwegian ancestor had married an Elizabeth Skirvin in 1730 in Norway. > >I wondered if there are any Norwegion census data online where I could >assess the frequency of the Skirvin surname there. > >The name came to this continent from Scotland. There are a number of >Skirvins and variants of that spelling in the Scottish Church CD-ROMs which >leads me to conjecture that the Skirvin surname was carried to Scotland by >Viking settlers. > >Any suggestions about research directions would be appreciated. http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/wc/webcens.exe?slag=meny&kategori=1&spraak=e -- Otto Jørgensen http://home.online.no/~otjoerge/ http://home.online.no/~otjoerge/bk/ All email is checked by NORTON