Judy asked, "Where did you find her death date? Do you know where she died?" in reference to Bertha Marie aka Margaret aka Margret Tallakson, daughter of Salve Tallaksen Birkedal, s/o Tallak Hansen Birkedal and Ingeborg Nilsdtr Dolholt who are found here in 1801 _http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/WebCens.exe?slag=hentglobal&register=etternavn&pgj=138&teljing=ft1801&filnamn=f10924.w c2&amt=9&funnenr=109_ (http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/WebCens.exe?slag=hentglobal&register=etternavn&pgj=138&teljing=ft1801&filnamn=f10924.wc2&amt=9&f unnenr=109) which was found in what was called Nedenæs fylke instead of Aust-Agder Her death date as well as data on her siblings and parents is found in Gerhard Naeseth's book Norwegian Immigrants to the US volume 2 page 63 under the heading of the ship Loren. As a matter of fact, here they are on the ship's list at _http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_list.asp?jo=2206_ (http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_list.asp?jo=2206) I followed them on all of the censuses and found them in the Digital Archive of Norwegians in US in 1850 which led me to the book. Aust-Agder can be seen here _http://home.eunet.no/~jeri/maps.shtml_ (http://home.eunet.no/~jeri/maps.shtml) Gotta run... Stephanie California