Hi Susan, If you go to www.google.com and type in "Jon Hvitsand" you will get 49 hits. <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22Jon+Hvitsand%22> Margit > In reading this story I see that it is from an area in Norway that > some of my ancestors are from..Hjuksebo..do you know how I can get in > contact with the historian referred to in the story, Jon Hvitsand? >> Hi all, >> I love to collect Stavangerflint plates and have purchased a few on > ebay >> over the years. The other night I was looking on ebay and found one. > I asked >> Olaf to translate what it said, then I looked at the picture of the > back of >> the plate and it said Stolt Margit. I decided there and then I had to > have >> the plate. I could buy it for $12, but instead bid and got it for $8. > You >> can view it here: >> <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2668518089&ssPage > Name=AD >> ME:B:EOAB:US:6> >> I am happy as a kid at Christmas, especially when Olaf translated the > story >> he found below and also a song that is written about Stolt Margit! > :-)) I >> finally have met another Margit! >> Margit >> >> >> Margit Hjukse >> In the place once called Saude Parish, there lived a maiden, on >> the splendid farm Hjukse in Hjuksebø. Her name was Margit, and the > legend >> about her has inspired both verse and song. It is not exactly known > when she >> lived but some would believe it was in the 1700s, even though the > melody has >> a sort of medieval sound about it. Historian Jon Hvitsand in Bø