At 09:28 PM 1/26/2000 -0600, you wrote: >Dear List: > >This information may be very vague, but it's all I have regarding my Valdres background. > >My gg grandfather was Ole Sather. On his 1893 North Dakota marriage certificate, it shows his parents as Ole and Augie Sather. It states the place of residence at the time was Valdres. Augie must be americanized for some Norwegian name. I realize that since Ole's fathers name was Ole, he would be Ole Olson . I also realize that Sather was americanized for the farm Saetre/Saethre. Are there any farms in the Valdres area? > >That's all I know of Ole and Augie (?). Where would I go from here on research? Death records maybe? This is probably just coincidence but... My GGGrandfather was Thore Halvorsen Kongshavn Sætre; he had a brother Ole. He was born in Kongshaven near Bokn, Rogaland, Norway at grandparents place called Klubben. Thore ended up living near Centerville, SD. Sandra Sandra Ninas-Scheffel