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/0gB.2ACI/274.2 Message Board Post: Grave Records of Minnehaha Co., by the Sioux Valley Genealogical Society, 1982, BERVEN: Cem. 12, E. Nidaros Cem., Sverdrup Twp., Sec. 15, near Garretson: T. A. (19 N 1848 - 29 N 1922) [Trond] Mrs. Guro T. (6 F 1845 - 31 Mar. 1920) [wf/o Trond] Gordon Herbert (26 Mar. 1911 - 28 Mar. 1911). Cem. 54, W. Nidaros, Lyons Twp., Sec. 26, near Crooks: Edmund A. (1881 - 1952) Ellen G. (1882 - 1939) Semour L. (26 N 1886 - 8 Oct. 1967) Emma M. (8 Oct. 1898 - _ ) George O. (25 Oct. 1894 - 19 Oct. 1918) Lars A. (1853 - 1933) Guro (1860 - 1937) [wf/o Lars] Mabel O. (1884 - 1969) Ole T., d. 1939. Cem. 55, W. Pioneer Nidaros, Sverdrup T., Sec. 20, near Baltic. Anna T. (8 Aug. 1875 - 15 Sept. 1891). In Cem. 23, Minnehaha Cem., Taopi Twp., Sec. 35, near Colton: Clara SUNDAL (27 Oct. 1898 - 29 Apr. 1978). The above index does not include the main cemetery in Sioux Falls. Social Security Death Index (online) has these BERVEN for South Dakota Ordell L. (16 Apr. 1911 - 9 Mar. 2004, last res. Sioux Falls) Tillman (7 May 1904 - Sep. 1981, S. Falls) Valborg (5 Oct. 1908 - 1 May 1995, S. Falls) Seymour (26 N 1886 - Oct. 1967, Baltic) --See above. Carrie (25 Dec. 1916 - 29 S 1999, Chester, Lake Co., SD) Emma (8 Oct. 1898 - Aug. 1983, Baltic)--See above. Roy (5 Apr. 1906 - Je. 1966) Roger (3 Je. 1938 - 13 Jan. 1998) Wollert (5 Mar. 1910 - July 1984, Chester) Alma (16 Mar. 1908 - 3 Mar. 2003) --same as A. E. (16 Mar. 1908 - 3 Mar. 2003, Watertown, Codington Co., SD)? SSDI: OTTERBY, Alfred (6 F 1891 - 21 Jan. 1998, Baltic) Selma (26 Apr. 1892 - Feb. 1987, Baltic). I don't know whether this is yours, but SSDI has Leander BERVEN (25 Mar. 1900 - Dec. 1979, Racine, Racine, WI). That would be about the right age if the family of Lars is Edmund, b. 1881 Ellen, b. 1882? Seymour, b. 1886 Selma, b. 1892 George, b. 1894 Clara, b. 1898 Leander, b. 1900. FamilySearch (the LDS site, online) has family of Trond ASLAKSON & Anna OLSON: Seselja TRONDSON (1794, N. Borvae, Ullengsvang, Hordaland, Norway - 1840) Kari (1797 - 1865) Ingebjorg (1799 - 1879) Ola [male] (1800 - 1877) Aamund TRONDSON (1809 - 1876). BLM records available on USGenWeb > SD > Minnehaha County: Lars BERVEN patented in Section 9, Twp. 103 - 50, 5 Oct. 1883, which I think is Lyons Twp. Good Luck!