This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Halverson,Alfson,Folden,Bates,Lien,Busby,Bartness,Johnson,Okke,Stine Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FRh.2ACIB/182.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi Jim, Thank you for your reply, I was told that my family came from Trondhiem, Norway and settled in Canada, then came to the U.S. but have nothing more than that right now. I was adopted but before my birthmom passed away she had one of my sister-in-laws write down the information she could still recall. I've been ill and haven't done to much more on my genealogy the past 3 wks. but when I'm better I will get back to it again. I've checked the SS DeathRegister and some names don't come up at all so I know some were born outside of the U.S. I've also come to find just a few names of deceased Halversons (with unusual first names) are only listed once. I'll continue as I stated to keep this up and hopefully we can connect them. I look forward to hearing more and hopefully posting a lot more here as well. Thank you very much for your reply and good luck. Jackie