Thank you so much for this this. I didn't know it had gone through the mailing list so I put it on the message board as well. I sure appreciate your help. Lori >From: kringhaug@shaw.ca >Reply-To: NOR-VEST-AGDER-L@rootsweb.com >To: NOR-VEST-AGDER-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [VAgder] Re: Census Translation Help >Date: 13 Jun 2005 01:20:33 -0600 > >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/lcC.2ACI/350.1 > >Message Board Post: > >Hi Lori! >The s under trossamfunn means they belongto the state church - the Lutheran >church. >The 'gaardbruger' means he was a farm operator. I can only guess that >the'S' means he was a 'selveier' - freeholder. >'Murmester' = bricklayer. >'Datter folkeskoleelev' = daughter high school student. > > > >==== NOR-VEST-AGDER Mailing List ==== >Visit http://www.fellesraad.com/ >Norwegian-American Bygdelagenes Fellesraad > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >