Rachel, contact Be Gunnelson, the genealogist for the Valdres Samband Lag to find out more about your Granums (spelled many different ways down through time). Her email address is begun@uslink.net Betty Rachel_Mason@nps.gov wrote: > > I'm trying to find out about people named Granum from Nordre Aurdal, > Oppland, some of whom migrated to Minnesota. Family legend has it that the > name originated in Roman days, and is Latin for grain. I've noticed a few > other farm names in Oppland ending in "um" or "em," and I wonder if anyone > else has an explanation. > > The Granums are my (ex)-in-laws--my own Norwegian relatives are from > Hardangerfjord. I'm taking a trip to Norway with my kids this summer, and > the first leg of our journey will be by train from Oslo to Bergen. I > thought it would be nice for my son to learn about his paternal ancestor's > home as well as his maternal ones. > > Rachel in Anchorage > > ==== NOR-OPPLAND Mailing List ==== > Make sure you check out the other lists available here for Norway: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/NOR/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237