Sun, 16 Jan 2000 20:35:25 -0700 skreiv Carol Condit : Hello Carol. >Dear Listers.... > >In May I will be traveling in Norway for the first time and would very much >like to meet some distant relatives, but their whereabouts remains unknown >to me. Allow me to share some clues: > >My gg grandfather is Trond Olsen KJORSTAD born December 1, 1800, in North >Aurdal. He married Inger Eriksdatter REVLING, born February 14, 1803. >They emigrated to Wisconsin in 1866 and both died there. One of his six >siblings remained in Norway. She is Tora Olssdatter KJORSTAD, born in 1810 >. She married Ole Eriksen ØDEGAARDEN and they had seven children: > >Marit, b. 1838 >Maria, b. 1840 >Ole Sørum, b. 1843 >Tora, b. 1846 >Erik, b. 1848 >Ulrick, b. 1851 >Tore, b. 1853 Ulrik Olsen is born in Jensestuen 5.dec1850, chr. 9/2-1851 married 20/1-1888 to Siri Torstensdtr Lien born 1861. Children: Olaf b. 27/1-1888 chr. 29/3 Teodor b. 22/10-1891 chr 1/1-1892 Thora b. 10/01-1894, chr 18/2 Ingvald b. 18/9-1895 chr. 13/10 Inger Marie b. 13/6-1898 chr. 31/7 Einar b.2/10-1900 chr 11/11 Magnhild b. 6/2-1904 chr. 10/4 Teodor b.20/11-1906, chr. 20/1-1907. They moved in 1890 to a farm called Nerbråten, It is south in Nord-Aurdal, on the west side of the river, near by Reinli in Sør-Aurdal. The son Einar has a son, Torstein, I have just talked to him, and you can write to him: Torstein Nerbråten, N-2933 Reinli, Telephone 47 61364986 And Inger Marie was married to Nils N. Bergene, who lived in the same village, but they have not any children. Besides I am a distant cousin of you too, about 10 cousin. Med hilsen Norodd Bergene, 2910 Aurdal T 61364611 fax 61362202 noroddb@online.no http://home.sol.no/~noroddb http://members.xoom.com/norodd