If you look here in the 1875 census, you will find them on the Brandvold Farm if they are yours. <http://draug.rhd.isv.uit.no/ftsoek/ftsoek.asp?kommando=bosted&ftaar=1875&sp raak=engelsk_britisk&kommnr=0518&kretsnr=006&bostnr=0084&leilnr=00> Same family as I sent you earlier with his May 15th birth date. Margit > Dear Listers - > > Although we knew that my husband's grandfather Peter Olaf Johannes > Brandvold was born in Norway, we did not know until we received his > death certificate today that Peter is from "Gulbrandsdalen", Norway, > which I am unable to find on my Norwegian map. Are these places one and > the same? Could the place of birth have been misspelled on the birth > certificate? > > Peter was born 15 May 1874, the son of Johannes Brandvold and Karen > Johannesdatter. If he is indeed from Gudbrandsdalen, where would I > begin to look for his christening record in a Kirkebok? Would the > records from Ringebu be appropriate? > > The family came to Pope County, MN, in the 1880s we are told, and then > moved to ND about 1900. > > Thank you.