Roxanne, Hmmmmm, we're looking at some very common names here. To help in narrowing down our search from 50 states to less than 10, can you tell us what the connection is between these people and your family? I don't know what your background is in genealogy. So, being on the safe side, let me say, without any intention of offending, that normally, we try to start at the 'present' and work back through history. For example, if YOUR maiden name is EVENSON, and Martin Evenson was your great-grandfather, with Even Christiansen as your g-g-grandfather, where did your parents / grandparents / great-grandparents settle? Because many of the Norwegians traveled and settled in groups, following similar routes across the USA, any current / recent history data may be helpful in backtracking your family (birth / marriage / death certificates / obituaries, etc). This family may be using the Evenson name or, as many in my database show, Evenson may have become their middle name / initial and they retained Dad's patronymic as their family name (e.g., Mathias E. Christianson). Girls, because they often change names when marrying, will be harder to track. Have a nice day! Clark in Japan Roxanne wrote: > Thank you for the reply. The families that I am looking for came here in > the 1850 and 1853, I have tried all over the USA. I was hoping that maybe > there was something in Biri and Vardal that had more information on the > emigrants. The names so far are: > Even Christiansen, born ?????, came in 1853 > Marthe Velliksdatter (mother), born in 1802, came in 1853 > Mathias Evensen, born 1829, came to the US in 1850 > Martin Vern Evensen, born 1835, came to US in 1853 > Elisa Evensdatter, born 1839, came to US in 1853 > Helene Evensdatter, born 1843, came to US in 1853 > Johan Evensen, born 1847, came to US in 1853 > They all came from the farm Gubberudeie in Vardal, Oppland, Norway.....

Thanks Clark I will check on this, Roxanne ----- Original Message ----- From: "C&M Pederson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 11:09 PM Subject: Re: [Opp] Biri and Valdress Records > Roxanne, > > Hmmmmm, we're looking at some very common names here. To help in > narrowing down our search from 50 states to less than 10, can you tell > us what the connection is between these people and your family? > > I don't know what your background is in genealogy. So, being on the > safe side, let me say, without any intention of offending, that > normally, we try to start at the 'present' and work back through > history. For example, if YOUR maiden name is EVENSON, and Martin > Evenson was your great-grandfather, with Even Christiansen as your > g-g-grandfather, where did your parents / grandparents / > great-grandparents settle? Because many of the Norwegians traveled and > settled in groups, following similar routes across the USA, any current > / recent history data may be helpful in backtracking your family (birth > / marriage / death certificates / obituaries, etc). > > This family may be using the Evenson name or, as many in my database > show, Evenson may have become their middle name / initial and they > retained Dad's patronymic as their family name (e.g., Mathias E. > Christianson). Girls, because they often change names when marrying, > will be harder to track. > > Have a nice day! > Clark in Japan > Roxanne wrote: >> Thank you for the reply. The families that I am looking for came here in >> the 1850 and 1853, I have tried all over the USA. I was hoping that >> maybe >> there was something in Biri and Vardal that had more information on the >> emigrants. The names so far are: >> Even Christiansen, born ?????, came in 1853 >> Marthe Velliksdatter (mother), born in 1802, came in 1853 >> Mathias Evensen, born 1829, came to the US in 1850 >> Martin Vern Evensen, born 1835, came to US in 1853 >> Elisa Evensdatter, born 1839, came to US in 1853 >> Helene Evensdatter, born 1843, came to US in 1853 >> Johan Evensen, born 1847, came to US in 1853 >> They all came from the farm Gubberudeie in Vardal, Oppland, Norway..... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >