Hi Brian, Yes, Peder Hansen Ruen was my GreatGreatGreatGrandfather and I have pictures of him. I sure wish I could get this line back further, but they stop on the Egge farm. I saw the farm in Norway and it is so pretty there as is Kjos! My Hadeland lines are the ones I need to work on the most, though a couple months ago a relative in Norway did get my Grandmother Ingeborg Smedshammer, born 1793, back another generation! They had moved to the farm Gullerud and that is what threw me off. Bette in Minnesota > Was your ancestor Peder Hansen Ruen, born at Eggebratten, Brandbu on 3 Feb > 1788. He emigrated May 5, 1850 from Brandbu. I'm not directly related, > but I > found him on my I found him in my emigration spreadsheet for Hadeland. > > I know about some descendants of Juel Andersen Egge, b. 1714 and Niels > Ellingsen Egge, b. c 1641? Sorry I'm not able to help any further. I > suspect as > you trace your line back further they could have come from a neighboring > farm, not the Egge farm. > > Brian > >