"Ellen Coulombe" wrote: > I have an ancestor, Signe* TORKELSDOTTER OVEDAL married to Asbjørn* > OMMUNDSON VIRAK, B. abt. 1620. Virak is listed in the 1801 Census as > Virak Gard, Bakke, Bakke, (Stavanger), Vest-Agder, Norway. > My question is, is Ovedal the same as Oftedal Gard, Bakke, Bakke, > (Stavanger), Vest-Agder, Norway? There is no Ovedal listed per se. Ovedal is spelled Aavedal in the 1801 census, and Åvedal on maps of today. The pronunsiation is the same as Ovedal.