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/269.2 Message Board Post: This is just a guess. This family was of Brookings County in 1880. FamilySearch database of the 1880 Census, Twp. 110, Brookings, Dakota: OLSON, Alf, 52, &; wf. Lucy, 52, they & parents all b. Norway. Children b. MN: Caroline, 19; Mary, 16; John, 10; Christena, 7; Peter, 6; & Lena, 3; dau. b. Dakota, Martha, 4 mos. BLM records indicate that Alf OLSEN patented in Twp. 110 - 50, in Sections 27 & 34, 14 Je. 1884. Do any of the above names match?