I need help to find descendants of those three sisters from Velfjord. Their mother, Berthe Otelia Pedersdatter Hilstad was born in Velfjord Sept 21,1842. She got 3 daughters out of wedlock: Inga Petra Elisabeth Oct 7, 1863 - father Lauritz Ingebrigtsen Anna Amalia April 16, 1873 - father Ole Stefensen Bakken Hilma Marie Augusta Oct 13, 1880 - father Johan/Johannes Johansen/Johannesen from Sweden. Inga disappeared from Velfjord before census 1891. There is a Inga Hilstad going to USA 1881, which might be her, but if so given age is wrong, as the records says 26 years old, and our Inga would only be 18. Hilma gave birth to a daughter in Trondheim Nov 9, 1905. This daughter was adopted by a family in Trondheim short time after baptism, and grew up as Agnes Bergljot Huseby. Census 1910 shows Berthe, Anna and Hilma living in Oslo (Kristiania). Berthe passed away as a widow (must have been married after 1900) in Oslo on Nov 21, 1912. In Nov 1914 Anna and Hilma went to USA. Ellis Island records says Anna and Helena (not Hilma) Hilstad, going to sister Inga Halseth, 4240 ?..lop ave, Chicago, Ill. I have found a death record for Inge Petra Halseth in Chicago Dec 31, 1933. That must be our Inga I think. In the early 1980`s a woman from USA, most likely Minnesota, visited Norway, contacted Agnes`son and told them she was half sister of Agnes! That must mean Hilma got a child after she emigrated. I have tried a lot of different spellings on Anna, Hilma (Helen/Helena) Hilstad with no luck! I have tried 1920 census, find-a-grave and SSDI. I wonder if someone would be able to help me? Maybe Ingas obit would be helpful? I am helping Agnes grandson to get in touch with living descendants of Hilma in USA! Lisbeth Dyrnes