This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: NORDBYE, RUTAN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wdB.2ACE/296.1.1 Message Board Post: Marilyn, You probably waded through more stuff in a short time than I ever have!! Just got Pearl's death certificate - she died in 1929 in Rapid City, SD. Lewis Nordbye remarried and died at Rapid City later. The Rutan land patents in Lyman county is this family of Rutan. It is John Rutan's father that I will next be searching for next. Yes, I had Peter & Lena and Jessie plus some more kids later. Appreciate your work and suggestions. Any chance that you're related to this line? Filling in the blanks.