This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hcC.2ACE/1333.1 Message Board Post: Alexander Houston is where we should start. I should be able to find him on the 1865 census in Norway online, but I can't with that name. Do you have any good solid information or documentation on him? The spelling Houston I can't find anywhere in Norway. Svennes is a farm name is Nord-Aurdal parish in Oppland. Is that what you mean by Svennes in Oppland?