You may not find too much information about your MINSAAS and the other names you mentioned on this list. Valdres is in Oppland, just northwest of Oslo. Verdal, on the otherhand, is in Nord Tr�ndelag. You'll find the Verdal Kommune slightly northeast of Trondheim. Verdal had three parishes: Stiklestad, Vinne and Vuku. The Minsaas (also spelled Mins�s) farm is located about 3 miles northwest of Stiklestad, I believe. Vickie in Minnesota In a message dated 1/14/00 6:14:39 PM, MarylnT@aol.com writes: << I was wondering if I am on the right list to post and look for any information on the MINSAAS family line from Norway. I have the following information: Elling Jacobsen Kirkaraaen and Anne Benjaminsdatter had the following children: Andreas Ellingsen Minsaas b. 8 Apr 1832 Verdal, Norway. Baptized 27 May 1832 in Stiklestad, Norway. He was married to Ingeborg Johansdatter Arnsverx (daughter of Johan Pedersen Vukuvald) on 25 Oct 1859 in Verdal, Norway. They had the following children: John Edward Minsaas (my great grandfather) b. 29 Jun 1861 in Storvukuvald, Norway - baptized on 4 Aug 1861 in Vuku Church, Verdal, Norway. Trondheim emigrant records list John A. Minsaas age 20 from Verdal left Trondheim for Big Rapids, MI in April 1882. Died 20 Dec 1933 in Warner, WI. He married Bolette Martinson (daughter of Martin Embretson Martinson and Martea Beutson) on 11 Apr 1895 in Eau Claire, WI. Brendt Michael Minsaas b. 24 Jun 1867 d. 17 Sep 1946 La Crosse, WI Antone Julius Minsaas b. Jul 1862 Martin Minsaas b. 1865 Anna Minsaas b. Oct 1870 died in Denmark Morris Minsaas Paul Minsaas b. 1871 Anuse Minsaas b. 1873 Have much more information and still looking for more and will share all that I have. Thanks. Frank ==== VALDRES Mailing List ==== ========================VALDRES SAMBAND 1899-1999====================== Interested in joining the Valdres Samband, call June Adele Dolva (218)233-7134 if you have questions </XMP> ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- Return-Path: <VALDRES-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yh02.mx.aol.com (rly-yh02.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.34]) by air-yh02.mail.aol.com (v67.7) with ESMTP; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 19:14:39 -0500 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by rly-yh02.mx.aol.com (v67.7) with ESMTP; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 19:14:26 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA26070; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 16:11:12 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 16:11:12 -0800 (PST) From: MarylnT@aol.com Message-ID: <e.2c3d7f.25b1150e@aol.com> Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 19:10:54 EST Old-To: VALDRES-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 45 Subject: [VALDRES-L] Minsaas Genealogy Resent-Message-ID: <KEqg2D.A.oWG.es7f4@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: VALDRES-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: VALDRES-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: VALDRES-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <VALDRES-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/192 X-Loop: VALDRES-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: VALDRES-L-request@rootsweb.com >>