Posted on: Dakota Co. Mn Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Mn/Dakota/533 Surname: Skjerdal ------------------------- I'm not exactly researching this family line, but I do have the Aurland Aettebok. Lars Larsen was born at Styve, Aurland, Norway 1808 son of Lars Larsen Otternes and Gjertrud Ellendsdatter Kardal. Lars married Johanna Sjursdatter Underdal in 1851 in Norway. She was the daughter of Sjur Ivarsen Vinjum and Marta Ivarsdatter Kappadal. They had one child, Lars, born 1852 in Norway and emigrated in 1855. Somewhere I had gotten info that they were in Dakota County. Do you belong to Ancestry.com?? There is a database there called the Minnesota Cemetery Index by John Dalby that lists burials in 11 SE Minn. counties, including Dakota Co. Jackie