Wanda, The farm in Sandar, Vestfold that has been in my family since my g grandmother inherited it around 1875 (there were no male heirs, as sometimes happened, so she inherited it) has changed its name slightly. She and her husband emigrated to America, and descendants of her sister now own it. Complicating matters further, in the meantime women now take their husband's name at marriage, as they do in the US; when my g grandmother inherited the farm, women still retained their own names so were easier to trace after marriage. So searching on the sister's maiden name wouldn't have turned it up. I don't think I'd ever have found this farm, or been able to determine that it really was the same one, except that the farm number remains the same. This is one illustration of why Lars, Don and Cliff indicate the farm numbers are of use genealogically as well as historically. Doris On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 6:34 AM, Cliff Lien via <norway@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Wanda, > > Yes, the farm numbers can be an important finding aid when we try to trace > records from the past through to today. > Finding a farm on a modern online map for example requires an exact > spelling > of the farm today, but if we can figure out today's farm number that can be > used in a search. > > <snip> > > Cliff Lien > Alberta, Canada > cjl@interbaun.com > > <snip> > > Lars, > Thank you for the explanation, I do understand. So for genealogical record > keeping, the farm number doesn't seem to matter so much. But you would want > to be aware of county changes in order to find records. > > I will keep that in mind - thanks. > Wanda >

Well said, Doris. From: Doris Waggoner via <norway@rootsweb.com> To: Cliff Lien <cjl@interbaun.com>; Norway List <norway@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2015 10:03 AM Subject: Re: [NOR] Farm numbers Wanda, The farm in Sandar, Vestfold that has been in my family since my g grandmother inherited it around 1875 (there were no male heirs, as sometimes happened, so she inherited it) has changed its name slightly. She and her husband emigrated to America, and descendants of her sister now own it.  Complicating matters further, in the meantime women now take their husband's name at marriage, as they do in the US; when my g grandmother inherited the farm, women still retained their own names so were easier to trace after marriage. So searching on the sister's maiden name wouldn't have turned it up. I don't think I'd ever have found this farm, or been able to determine that it really was the same one, except that the farm number remains the same.  This is one illustration of why Lars, Don and Cliff indicate the farm numbers are of use genealogically as well as historically. Doris On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 6:34 AM, Cliff Lien via <norway@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Wanda, > > Yes, the farm numbers can be an important finding aid when we try to trace > records from the past through to today. > Finding a farm on a modern online map for example requires an exact > spelling > of the farm today, but if we can figure out today's farm number that can be > used in a search. > > <snip> > > Cliff Lien > Alberta, Canada > cjl@interbaun.com > > <snip> > > Lars, > Thank you for the explanation, I do understand. So for genealogical record > keeping, the farm number doesn't seem to matter so much. But you would want > to be aware of county changes in order to find records. > > I will keep that in mind - thanks. > Wanda > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message