This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FRh.2ACIB/167.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Susan, Most Halverson's have Halvorson relatives, it was spelled both ways in the same family. Check with the funeral homes in the area and ask if they have a record of Marie. Be nice and give them time to find it, ask if they would like to have you write or fax them your request. I would guess it has to be a funeral home in Willmar. Start there and check other towns close by. You can find out a lot, usually more than a death certificate. Also check http://genforum.genealogy.com/norway/messages/3990.html you might find it interesting it covers some of the Cosmos, MN, Halverson's, Halvorson's. My great grandfather Andrew Halvorson had a son Nils Halverson and we always spelled it with an e. So keep an open mind in that area. Good Luck, Judy