Where do you have the time for this? I have been absolutely racking my brain on that website looking for information and coming up with nothing. I am obviously not looking at all names. I told you this Norwegian last names is killing me. You are so wonderful. Leah ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Leah, Keep in mind that this shows his departure for CHRISTIANIA, not for America. I almost lost that in my translation. ((In trying to keep my searches as simple as possible, I did my first search for Fornavn: PE and Etternavn: PE, but got a Peder Jakobsen Pettersbakken. Then I searched for Fornavn: PE and Farsnavn: PE and got several hits, one being your Peder.)) Confused about Norwegian naming practices? Check out Neil Hofland's Newbie Notes (scroll down to 'what about names?'): "http://www.rootsweb.com/~norway/NewbieNotes.htm" Working from my home office gives me LOTS of flexibility in managing my time. Rattle my cage any time. Clark in Japan [email protected] wrote: > Where do you have the time for this? I have been absolutely racking my > brain on that website looking for information and coming up with nothing. I am > obviously not looking at all names. I told you this Norwegian last names is > killing me.....