Hi Gary, Glad to help whenever I can. First off, do you have copies of their death certificates from the state? How about obituaries from their deaths? Obituaries give so much information. If you know the county they died in or township, there are many willing to do lookups if you do not live near Minneapolis, MN on obit's. Sound like you may need to do some more homework, before jumping over the pond to Norway. ? Margit > > Hei Margit, > > Thanks for the speedy reply. I don't have access to the birth records > at this moment but I will start searching. The official death record > lists Bertha's second marriage name and Haggen as her middle (maiden) > name. The oral family history has it that Bertha's father was a man > named Gilbert Hanson (maybe Gulbrand Hansen?) I haven't been able to > find any trace of him either. > > Again oral family history says that Berth's mother married a man named > Andrew Hagen after she arrived in the USA. I have seen documentation of > a name change from Andrew Eriksen to Andrew Hagen that occurred sometime > before May of 1890. I have found no marriage record which makes me > think that they may have been married in Norway. There is a "Kirkebok" > marriage record for an Andreas Eriksen of Klethehagen to a Lisa > Olsdatter that occurred on May 24, 1879 at the Segaard church. This > couple subsequently had three children in Norway that do not appear in > US records for Lisa and Andrew Hagen, which make me hesitant to think > that Lisa Olsdatter was my great great grandmother. > > What I really hope to find is a birth / baptism record for Bertha and an > immigration record for her and Lisa it establish a positive link across > the ocean to their families in Norway.