I suspect that this is it. It was the only one that came up with the 1801 census for gard: "Fek..." http://www.hist.uib.no/cgi-win/websys.exe?n&04&0415&4&46&61 Janni -----Original Message----- From: Ruth Christ <ruth-christ@uiowa.edu> To: VALDRES-L@rootsweb.com <VALDRES-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, March 16, 2000 10:08 PM Subject: [VALDRES-L] Fekjar >Has anyone heard of a farm or cotter's place called FEKJAR? My >ggggrandfather was Ola Sjurdsen Fekjar, married to Marit Timmansdatter >Åmsrud (f. 1777, d. 1862, g. 1809). They lived on Svarvermoen after their >marriage. Svarvermoen is part of the Nerby farm in Sør Aurdal. I found >this information in Gard og bygd i Sør-Aurdal, Bd. D, p. 256, but I have >not had any luck finding Fekjar in the bygdebøker vols. for Sør Aurdal or >in the online census or Rygh. > >Thanks, >Ruth C. > > >==== 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 >