I could not find them, but that does not mean they did not come from there. Joyce OStarella@aol.com wrote: > This is great timing! I'm trying prove/disprove that part of my family was > from Biri (I've seen no indication of it, but in a book on the family history > it's stated as such with no documentation, so...) > > If you would be so kind as to look for the following family, I would greatly > appreciate it. > > father Knut Olson Austegarden b 1794 > mother Astrid Knutsdotter Lo, b 1799 d 1858 > Ingebjørg Knutsdotter b 1824 > Siri Knutsdotter b 1839 > Aslak Knutson b 1830 > Knut Knutson b 1828 > Ola Knutson b 1826 > > Knut Olson, Ingebjørg, Siri and Knut Knutson emigrated 1861; Aslak supposedly > emigrated ca 1858, all going to Wisconsin first and then Minnesota (do not > know which port, likely Quebec). > > Supposedly they used the name Aamodt (or some of them did), but again I have > no records of that. > > Thank you very much. > > Star O