These records are in the parish books, on microfilm. Also in bygdeboker. No plans to put them online. Betty Martha J Hicks wrote: > > Hi! > > I am wondering if there are (or will be) church records for Vang and > Vestre Slidre online, particularly for the Jøvne, Tørpe, Hemsing, Kjøs, > Lii, Kjerstein, Nefstad, Remmisbrekken, Fristad, Eltun, Røn, Viste, Lunde > farm areas.? > > Thanks! > > Martha Hicks > > ==== VALDRES Mailing List ==== > ========================VALDRES SAMBAND 1899-1999====================== > Interested in joining the Valdres Samband, call > June Adele Dolva (218)233-7134 if you have questions > or JADOLVA@aol.com -- Betty Rockswold 1522 N. Greenwood Ct. Eagan, MN 55122 email: bettylou@spacestar.net web: www.valdressamband.org listserv: Valdres-L-request@rootsweb.com

Hi all, My DAHLUM and EVERSON families lived near Volga, Brookings Co., SD. Does anyone know where I could find a list of Norwegian Lutheran congregations in Brookings Co. from say 1880-1945, and where the church records would be now? I'd like to borrow them on microfilm if possible. Thanks. Robert E. Wilder-Jones <robert@silvana.org>

Well there are some for Vestre Slidre on Digitalarkivet: http://www.hist.uib.no/arkivverket/ Norodd Bergene, of this list, has a large number of names on his site. Recently I traeked and found a common ancestor on Norodd's list with person I know here in Calgary who had the same farm name in his tree. I have a new found cousin due to Norodd's list: http://members.xoom.com/norodd/ You have to scroll town to "surnames". Hilsen, Janni -----Original Message----- From: Martha J Hicks <mjhicks1@juno.com> To: VALDRES-L@rootsweb.com <VALDRES-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, March 11, 2000 1:37 PM Subject: [VALDRES-L] Vang or Slidre Vestre Church Records? Hi! I am wondering if there are (or will be) church records for Vang and Vestre Slidre online, particularly for the Jøvne, Tørpe, Hemsing, Kjøs, Lii, Kjerstein, Nefstad, Remmisbrekken, Fristad, Eltun, Røn, Viste, Lunde farm areas.? Thanks! Martha Hicks ==== VALDRES Mailing List ==== ========================VALDRES SAMBAND 1899-1999====================== Interested in joining the Valdres Samband, call June Adele Dolva (218)233-7134 if you have questions or JADOLVA@aol.com

If you would tell me who you are looking for in Lunde, Kjerstein, and Eltun I may be able to help you by using the bygdebok. I know of no church records on line. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martha J Hicks" <mjhicks1@juno.com> To: <VALDRES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2000 2:37 PM Subject: [VALDRES-L] Vang or Slidre Vestre Church Records? > Hi! > > I am wondering if there are (or will be) church records for Vang and > Vestre Slidre online, particularly for the Jøvne, Tørpe, Hemsing, Kjøs, > Lii, Kjerstein, Nefstad, Remmisbrekken, Fristad, Eltun, Røn, Viste, Lunde > farm areas.? > > Thanks! > > Martha Hicks > > > ==== VALDRES Mailing List ==== > ========================VALDRES SAMBAND 1899-1999====================== > Interested in joining the Valdres Samband, call > June Adele Dolva (218)233-7134 if you have questions > or JADOLVA@aol.com >

Hi! I am wondering if there are (or will be) church records for Vang and Vestre Slidre online, particularly for the Jøvne, Tørpe, Hemsing, Kjøs, Lii, Kjerstein, Nefstad, Remmisbrekken, Fristad, Eltun, Røn, Viste, Lunde farm areas.? Thanks! Martha Hicks

I would like to hear from fellow lister Martha Hicks as I don't have her email address. I have ancestors who lived on many of the same farms asher ancestors in Vang. Garth Ulrich

Try this web site for information. It's the archives page for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. I think they will let you borrow microfiche from their archives. http://www.elca.org/os/archives/intro.html Vickie in Minnesota ----- You wrote: My DAHLUM and EVERSON families lived near Volga, Brookings Co., SD. Does anyone know where I could find a list of Norwegian Lutheran congregations in Brookings Co. from say 1880-1945, and where the church records would be now? I'd like to borrow them on microfilm if possible. Thanks. Robert E. Wilder-Jones <robert@silvana.org>

Below are 2 web sites that might be helpful to you. If you can't find who you are looking for: try various spellings of the names or places; or try the patronymic name (ie: Iverson, Hallvardson, Olsdatter/Olsdotter/Olsdtr, etc) rather than the farm name (or vice versa). You may need to use your imagination when it comes to the spelling of names or places!! 1. Vang, Valdres burials from 1730-1808: http://www.hist.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?earkivverket/vangvbgr 2. Migrants from Valdres1816 to 1867: (not necessarily emigrants, just those people leaving their parish and going elsewhere) Again, try different spellings if you can't find your people: http://www.hist.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?earkivverket/valdutfl Good Luck! Vickie in Minnesota ~I have many ancestors from the Vang area farms! Lien (Gunderson/Gunnarson), Kasa, Nystuen, Kongslien, Bunde, Lille Jevne/Jøvne (later called Ødegaarden) and many more! ------- In a message dated 3/11/00 2:38:25 PM, mjhicks1@juno.com writes: << Hi! I am wondering if there are (or will be) church records for Vang and Vestre Slidre online, particularly for the Jøvne, Tørpe, Hemsing, Kjøs, Lii, Kjerstein, Nefstad, Remmisbrekken, Fristad, Eltun, Røn, Viste, Lunde farm areas.? Thanks! Martha Hicks

Fri, 10 Mar 2000 09:05:26 -0800 skreiv Ted Aksnes : > >Is anybody putting the Ulnes Church records on the web? No, not yet. You can begin. Med hilsen Norodd Bergene, 2910 Aurdal T 61364611 fax 61362202 noroddb@online.no http://home.sol.no/~noroddb http://members.xoom.com/norodd

I have set up a free, multi denominational mailing list at ONElist for all those researching the surname HERZ in any time and of any place. Shortcut URL to this page: <A HREF="http://www.onelist.com/community/Herz">http://www.onelist.com/communi ty/Herz</A> Post message: Herz@onelist.com Subscribe: Herz-subscribe@onelist.com Alice Josephs

Is anybody putting the Ulnes Church records on the web? -----Original Message----- From: Norodd Bergene [mailto:noroddb@online.no] Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 9:28 AM To: VALDRES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [VALDRES-L] Records from Aurdal church Sun, 28 Nov 1999 13:20:53 +0100 skreiv Norodd Bergene : >I have now begin to put the church register in Aurdal on the Web. >I begin from 1842, and with christening. >It is on http://members.xoom.com/norodd/church.htm >or you can go to my home-page at xoom, see below. Now I have got some more. You can search at the church book in Aurdal between 1842 and 1904, and over the whole area, at http://home.sol.no/~noroddb/browsinform/kirkebok/index_quick.html Med hilsen Norodd Bergene, 2910 Aurdal T 61364611 fax 61362202 noroddb@online.no http://home.sol.no/~noroddb http://members.xoom.com/norodd ==== VALDRES Mailing List ==== ========================VALDRES SAMBAND 1899-1999====================== Interested in joining the Valdres Samband, call June Adele Dolva (218)233-7134 if you have questions or JADOLVA@aol.com

Sun, 28 Nov 1999 13:20:53 +0100 skreiv Norodd Bergene : >I have now begin to put the church register in Aurdal on the Web. >I begin from 1842, and with christening. >It is on http://members.xoom.com/norodd/church.htm >or you can go to my home-page at xoom, see below. Now I have got some more. You can search at the church book in Aurdal between 1842 and 1904, and over the whole area, at http://home.sol.no/~noroddb/browsinform/kirkebok/index_quick.html Med hilsen Norodd Bergene, 2910 Aurdal T 61364611 fax 61362202 noroddb@online.no http://home.sol.no/~noroddb http://members.xoom.com/norodd

In going through my files tonight I found a photocopy of this original document that I thought might interest others with Valdres roots. I am transcribing it as best I can, so hope you will excuse any errors I make in interpreting the handwriting. "Blik pas Anne T. Høverstads livets Historie "Anne T. Holden (Høverstad) var fød Nov 26 1820. Hun voxede op i [enige?] omstændigheder. Hendes fader var dygtig lagger og snedker. Han byggede tre sagbrug i sin lifsted. Hendes moder var en djerv og dygtig kone som bevises ved at da en afhendes børn var kommen ved i en stor elv og førtes med strømmoen fik hun i hartighed fat paa en langstang sprang ud i vandet og fik saaledes tag i barnets plæder og fik det til land igjen levende. "Hva skale de fik paa den tid var omgangs skole kvar de kun lærte at [Ære?] og ikka at skrive eller regne. "Hved konfirmations alderen arbeidede hun hos preste familien i over et aar en del af tiden arbeidede hun for intet og resten for liden betaling saa sum eko og lidt klæder saa var hun paa [farm name ? ] to sommere og siden have hun aars tjeneste for hvilket hun havde $1.50 for aaret samt klæder. Saa var hun paa Remmen i 3 aar for 2.50 i [? ] og 50 [ct ?]guds penge og foster for en san arbeidet bested af kratur stellen om dagen og am aften spinde og binde og gjøre hvad andet som trengtes. "Her var hun da hun giftede sig med Even H. Holen. Hun var 21 1/4 aar da hun giftede sig 1842. "Hendes moder var fød paa Kvies moen. Hendes fader var paa Ner Hollen. Hans navn var Tosten Pederson Ner Hollen. "Bestemoder [avstigende?] var en broder som hette Christoffer og to søster kom til Amerika 1866 var fem (5) aar i Goodhue Co. Even H. Hollen var fød 1805 og var nesten sytten aar elder end sin kone." [Inscriptions on Anne and Even's tombstones in West Norway Lake Lutheran cemetery, near Sunburg, Minn., read as follows: ANNE HOLLEN, Født 20 Nov. 1820, Døde 13 Oct. 1915; EVEN H. HOLLEN, Født Nov. 1809, Død 12 April 1896. Some discrepancies with the manuscript are therefore apparent. Even and Anne's son Tosten E. Hollen (1845-1930) married my grandfather's aunt, Guri Halvorsdatter Hande (1841-1894).--D'Arcy Hande, Saskatoon, SK, Canada]

I have had the following newspaper obituary sitting in my files for a few years now. Never wanted to toss it out in case it might interest someone with Valdres genealogy, but today the day of reckoning came to clean up my "den" (so called, very appropriately). The obituary is from the Saskatoon (Saskatchewan) STAR-PHOENIX, 12 June 1996, page C4. I don't seem to be able to find any reference to her or her parents in the most recent Valdres bygdeboker. I would like to hear from anyone who knows of Ragna's roots in Norway, as I have a connection to one Johnsrud family in my Hande family tree. HAIGHT - Ragna, age 89 of Lutheran Sunset Home, Saskatoon, passed away June 7,1996. Our mother was born Ragna Johnsrud on December 2, 1906 In Ron, Valdres, Norway. She came to Canada on May 4, 1929 to be a bridesmaid. The next year, she married the bestman, Trygve Sira on March 18,1930 and they farmed south of Hanley. Years later, they moved into Hanley. Trygve passed away December 1, 1971. Mom married Floyd Haight on November 29, 1980. Floyd passed away on September 26, 1992. In January, 1993, she moved into Luther Tower and then into Lutheran Sunset Home in December 1994 after suffering a stroke, She is survived by a daughter, Thelma (Chic Csigi) Adolph of Saskatoon, and a son, Elmer (Marilyn) Sira of Hanley. Also step-children, Lloyd Haight, Alan (Violet) Haight, Jim Haight of Saskatoon, Glen (Rose) Haight of Hanley, Lucille (Jerry) Ermel of Cupar, SK and Floyd's brothers and sister. Also grandchildren and great-grandchildren; a brother, Gustav (Henny) Johnsrud; two sisters, Klara Holte and Marie Garlid, all in Norway; plus nieces and nephews, also in Norway. She was predeceased by her parents, Nils and Thurid Johnsrud; and her brother, Oskar Johnsrud of Norway and her husbands, Trygve Sira and Floyd Haight. Mom was always a hard worker on the form. After moving into Hanley, she was instrumental in getting Meals on Wheels and New Horizons (Seniors' Club) started in Hanley. She also took up oil painting at 70 years of age. Anyone wishing to make a donation, may do so to the Hanley Lutheran Church, Hanley, SK. The Funeral will be held at the Hanley Lutheran Church on June 12 at 2:00 p.m. Pastor K. Finnestad officiating. HANSON FUNERAL HOME of Davidson Is In charge of funeral arrangements. D'Arcy Hande Saskatoon, Sask, Canada

Hei Trudy Jean and D'Arcy. Østen Endreson and his wife Ingeborg Knudsdtr. had 15 known children: I haven't put them in order of birth, but just as I had indexed the microfilms. Østen b. 1-25-1884 Ambjør b. 12-1-1881 Guri b. 3-28-1870 Knud b. 9-30-1868 Endre b. 3-16-1867 Anders b. 11-23-1879 Marit b. 8-26-1871 Kirsti b. 3-22-1878 Ole b. 5-25-1876 Ingeborg b. 2-26-1873 Torger b. 6--18-1874 Margrethe b. 12-17-1859 Marit b. 7-5-1865 Ragnild b. 8-28-1858 Ragnild b. 8-13-1858 Trudy Jean, we'd love to have you as a member of the Valdres Samband Lag. My help is free, as long as you're a member. Only charge would be for a chart I make out (just what I pay for them), photocopying for our files for future reference, and postage. Dues are $10 a year or $27 for three years, payable by check made out to the Valdres Samband Lag, and sent to our secretary, Diane Lerohl, 13400 Pepperwood Circle, Minnetonka, MN 55305. You would also receive our publication, "Budstikken" twice a year, all about Valdres. See our website below, to learn more about the Valdres Samband Lag. Med beste hilsen, Betty D'Arcy Hande wrote: > > Hi, Trudy Jean and Betty, > > This Lansrud connection has me intrigued, too. I wonder if > Margaret/Margrete Lansrud is a sister of the Ragnhild Øysteinsdatter > Lansrud who married into my Hande slekt (see below). Was this > Ragnhild also a daughter of Østen Endreson & Ingeborg Knudsdtr., do > you suppose, Betty! > > D'Arcy > > HUSBAND: Knud Tordson BERGE > B: 18 Feb 1852 @ Vestre Slidre, Valdres, Oppland, > Norway > D: @ > FATHER: Tord Knudson BERGE > MOTHER: Barbro Olsd. LOMEN > M: 01 Dec 1879 @ Vestre Slidre, Valdres, Oppland, > Norway > > WIFE: Ragnhild Øysteinsdatter LANSRUD BERGE > B: ??/??/1857 @ Vestre Slidre, Valdres, Oppland, Norway > > D: @ > FATHER: > MOTHER: > > CHILDREN > > 1 M Tor Knutsen BERGE > B: 07 Sep 1881 @ Vestre Slidre, Valdres, Oppland, > Norway > D: 21 Dec 1965 @ > BUR: Erskine, Minnesota, USA > OCC: General merchant > M: on ? to Pauline (1890-1966) @ > > 2 M Øystein Knutsen BERGE > B: ??/??/1883 @ Vestre Slidre, Valdres, Oppland, Norway > > Living @ USA > > 3 F Barbro Knutsdatter BERGE GRØV > B: ??/??/1884 @ Vestre Slidre, Valdres, Oppland, Norway > > 4 M Knut Knutsen BERGE > B: ??/??/1886 @ ? > D: ??/??/1965 @ > M: on ? to Berit Toresdatter KJØRSTAD (b. 1911) @ > > 5 M Endre Knutsen BERGE > B: ??/??/1888 @ Vestre Slidre, Valdres, Oppland, Norway > > Living @ Canada > > 6 M Olav Knutsen BERGE > B: ??/??/1890 @ Vestre Slidre, Valdres, Oppland, Norway > > Living @ USA > > 7 M Gudbrand Knutsen BERGE > B: 08 Feb 1892 @ Vestre Slidre, Valdres, Oppland, > Norway > D: 28 Apr 1946 @ > BUR: Vestre Slidre churchyard, Valdres, Norway > > 8 M Halvard Knutsen BERGE > B: ??/??/1898 @ Vestre Slidre, Valdres, Oppland, Norway > > Living @ USA > > 9 M Eivind Knutsen BERGE > B: 19 Apr 1900 @ Vestre Slidre, Valdres, Oppland, > Norway > Living @ USA > > > > Betty Rockswold wrote: > > > Hei TrudyJean, > > > > I'm the genealogist for the Valdres Samband Lag. We need more > > information on Gullik Halvorson and wife Margaret Lansrud. Lansrud > > is > > in Vestre Slidre. Do you have any kind of dates for Margaret - > > born, > > married, etc.? > > > > What were their children's names, - those born in Norway? > > > > Can't find this family emigrating 1867 and before - so must be > > after > > this time. - Just looked at film 1282584, page 283 of the church > > records > > for Vestre Slidre, dealing with the time after 1867. I find Gullik > > Halvorson Skalbakken from Gol, Hollingdal, checking out of the > > church > > for America 6-3-1872. He doesn't have a wife mentioned, but his > > birth > > date was 10-27-1852. So he would have been only 20 years old when > > leaving - maybe didn't marry until he got to America, then either > > sent > > for Margaret or met her in America. > > > > I found a Margarete Østensdatter Landsrud born 12-17-1859: parents, > > Østen Endreson Lansrud and Ingeborg Knudsdtr. If this is the right > > Margarete, she would have been too young to be married to Gullik > > before > > he left in 1872. > > > > Let me know what you think of all this - if it makes a connection > > with > > your data. > > > > Med beste hilsen, > > > > Betty > > > > > > TrudyJean@aol.com wrote: > > > > > > Hi everyone - > > > I'm looking for a Gullik Halvorsen, born 1852 in Gol. When Gullik > > was 5, his > > > folks bought a farm in Vestre Slidre named Skarsbakken. [His > > siblings that > > > emigrated used the name BAKKEN.] Gullik married Margaret > > Lan(d)srud. I > > > don't know when or where they married. I don't know where they > > lived. I > > > don't know if they used Halvorsen/son or Bakken. Gullik emigrated > > to USA > > > about 1870. Family 'lore' has them in South Dakota around 1884 > > for birth of > > > a daughter Hannah. Family 'lore' has Hannah widowed and living in > > Wisconsin > > > in 1965. Anyone have these names??? I have information about > > Gullik's > > > siblings - but we have lost Gullik! Any suggestions for a first > > name if he > > > Americanized Gullik? > > > > > > ==== VALDRES Mailing List ==== > > > ========================VALDRES SAMBAND > > 1899-1999====================== > > > Interested in joining the Valdres Samband, call > > > June Adele Dolva (218)233-7134 if you have questions > > > > -- > > Betty Rockswold > > 1522 N. Greenwood Ct. > > Eagan, MN 55122 > > email: bettylou@spacestar.net > > web: www.valdressamband.org > > listserv: Valdres-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > > ==== VALDRES Mailing List ==== > > ============================= VALDRES SAMBAND > > ========================= > > VALDRES SAMBAND web page at http://www.valdressamband.org > > -- Betty Rockswold 1522 N. Greenwood Ct. Eagan, MN 55122 email: bettylou@spacestar.net web: www.valdressamband.org listserv: Valdres-L-request@rootsweb.com

Thank you Noradd, I look forward to your e-mail! Elaine

In a message dated 2/28/00 9:50:54 PM, rehoman@prodigy.net writes: <<He accepts this sister he never knew and her family in Norway and wishes that his mother had been more open and sharing about her past. This is my mystery family and I hope someone can help me find them!>> What a story! I don't know if comments like this are allowed on this list, but I'm going to make it! I certainly hope you find them! Barb

Mon, 28 Feb 2000 20:02:35 -0700 skreiv ehoman : >This tale was 1st brought to my attention in 1960's when my mother's >relative, Haldor Skrutvold told her to tell my aunt (my father's sister) >that she had an uncle still alive in Norway. My aunt soon flew to Norway >and met Knute Larson, my grandmother's brother. Knute told my aunt that she >had a half-sister still living also. It seems that my grandmother, Marit >Larsdatter, born 28 April, 1872 to Lars Gullikson and Marit Knudsdatter >Veahaugen; gave birth to a daughter, though she wasn't married. This >daughter lived with her grandparents Lars and Marit, while my grandmother >moved to Nes, Hedmarken where she met my grandfather, Hagbart Nelson, >married, immigrated to the US and raised 7 children. No one knew about this >other daughter until 1968. My Aunt Lilly met her half-sister Karoline the >following year. My uncles who were still alive would not acknowledge this >fact. Now, all from that generation have died, except my last uncle who is >87 years old. He accepts this sister he never knew and her family in Norway >and wishes that his mother had been more open and sharing about her past. >This is my mystery family and I hope someone can help me find them! > > Info that I have: >LDS microfilmed Skrautval Parish records (307311; births, page 12 entry 5 >1894): > Karoline b. 7 May 1894 Father: Kristian Olson of Kampen (?); >Mother: Marit Larsdatter of Aabolseie. Ugft (I assume means unmarried) > >1900 census also lists Karoline Kristansdtr living with Lars Gullikson and >Marit Knutsdatter > >1 copy of a letter written by cousin named Guri Bergli of Ron, Valdres from >Dec. 1974 to my Aunt Lilly's family after Lilly died. Guri wrote that >Karoline died 12 Dec 1974; my Aunt Lilly had died in Nov of 1974. Since >everyone had died, Guri wrote a few more details about Karoline. Karoline >was a very happy girl with her grandparents; she married a man named Olaus >Brager and had 5 children; 2 girls and 3 boys. Olaus died in 1953. Guri >also mentioned that Lilly and Karoline looked a lot alike. Should this be >of any help, the writer of the letter, Guri, mentions that she is the >daughter of Knute Larson mentioned above. He died in 1971 at the age of 96. > > Karoline was my half-aunt and I am sorry I never got to know her. I >hope that all or at least some of her 5 children are still alive. They are >my half-cousins, and it would be nice to get to know this family! I hope >someone out there may know them Thanks! > Elaine Homan In the book Gard and Bygd i Sør-Aurdal, B, page 278, I find: Olaus Håvelson Brager, 1874-1954 m. 1912 to Karoline Kristiansdtr Låksrud, Skrautvål b. 1894-1974. Children: Hallvard b. 1913 Marit b. 1914 m. Karstein Øybakken, lives in Nittedal Magne b. 1916 m. Magna Furuheim, lives in Nordsinni Nils b. 1918 m. Gudveig Øybakken, lives in Sør-Aurdal Magnhild b. 1920 m. Tormod Lien, lives in Sør-Aurdal Nils have this children: Kjellaug b. 1941 m. Arne Hagadokken, lives in Oslo Borghild b. 1944 m. Sten Bodin, lives in Asker Odd Egil b. 1960 Magnhild have this children: Trygve b. 1940 Elsa Karin b. 1941 I will send more information in E-mail to you Elaine. Med hilsen Norodd Bergene, 2910 Aurdal T 61364611 fax 61362202 noroddb@online.no http://home.sol.no/~noroddb http://members.xoom.com/norodd

----- Original Message ----- From: Dag Sverre Fauske <dasvfa@c2i.net <mailto:dasvfa@c2i.net>> To: <VALDRES-L@rootsweb.com <mailto:VALDRES-L@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 1:04 PM Subject: Re: [VALDRES-L] IMPORTANT for Nes parish in Hallingdal. > Hallo! > To learn a little about Valdres you can visit my home page. I have a > bikingpage with some maps. I also have a genealogy page you can look at. > My English bike page: <http://home.c2i.net/w-206924/eindex.htm> its a bit big, > heavy to download. > some maps: <http://home.c2i.net/w-206924/norgeskart.htm> Valdres placed in > Norway > <http://home.c2i.net/w-206924/valdreskart.htm> Valdres map > <http://home.c2i.net/w-206924/kartbagn.htm> Bang in Valdres 237 kb > <http://home.c2i.net/w-206924/kartulnes1.htm> Ulnes in Valdres 290 kb > genealogy page: <http://home.c2i.net/w-260284/slekt/Wc_toc.htm> > > If you have questions regarding Valdres I'll do my best to help you. > If you surf around my Norwegian pages you will find a lot of pictures from > the mountains in Valdres. > > Regard > -- > Dag S. Fauske > 2930 Bagn > Norway > dasvfa@c2i.net <mailto:dasvfa@c2i.net> > <http://home.c2i.net/w-206924/> > Listers, I tried responding to the email address in this posting a few days ago and the address was rejected. Does anyone know what is wrong? It seems to be the same address as on Dag Fauske's website. Cheers, Owen

This tale was 1st brought to my attention in 1960's when my mother's relative, Haldor Skrutvold told her to tell my aunt (my father's sister) that she had an uncle still alive in Norway. My aunt soon flew to Norway and met Knute Larson, my grandmother's brother. Knute told my aunt that she had a half-sister still living also. It seems that my grandmother, Marit Larsdatter, born 28 April, 1872 to Lars Gullikson and Marit Knudsdatter Veahaugen; gave birth to a daughter, though she wasn't married. This daughter lived with her grandparents Lars and Marit, while my grandmother moved to Nes, Hedmarken where she met my grandfather, Hagbart Nelson, married, immigrated to the US and raised 7 children. No one knew about this other daughter until 1968. My Aunt Lilly met her half-sister Karoline the following year. My uncles who were still alive would not acknowledge this fact. Now, all from that generation have died, except my last uncle who is 87 years old. He accepts this sister he never knew and her family in Norway and wishes that his mother had been more open and sharing about her past. This is my mystery family and I hope someone can help me find them! Info that I have: LDS microfilmed Skrautval Parish records (307311; births, page 12 entry 5 1894): Karoline b. 7 May 1894 Father: Kristian Olson of Kampen (?); Mother: Marit Larsdatter of Aabolseie. Ugft (I assume means unmarried) 1900 census also lists Karoline Kristansdtr living with Lars Gullikson and Marit Knutsdatter 1 copy of a letter written by cousin named Guri Bergli of Ron, Valdres from Dec. 1974 to my Aunt Lilly's family after Lilly died. Guri wrote that Karoline died 12 Dec 1974; my Aunt Lilly had died in Nov of 1974. Since everyone had died, Guri wrote a few more details about Karoline. Karoline was a very happy girl with her grandparents; she married a man named Olaus Brager and had 5 children; 2 girls and 3 boys. Olaus died in 1953. Guri also mentioned that Lilly and Karoline looked a lot alike. Should this be of any help, the writer of the letter, Guri, mentions that she is the daughter of Knute Larson mentioned above. He died in 1971 at the age of 96. Karoline was my half-aunt and I am sorry I never got to know her. I hope that all or at least some of her 5 children are still alive. They are my half-cousins, and it would be nice to get to know this family! I hope someone out there may know them Thanks! Elaine Homan