Hei Ruth, Fekjar is in the D volume of Sør-Aurdal, page 402. However, Ole Sjurdsen is elusive. Page 453 of the Fekjar farm shows Sjurd Sjurdsen Fekjar's children, but your Ole isn't mentioned. This is the closest I can come to Ole. The 1801 census (we have the microfiche) shows the farm spelled Nordere Fekier and Feker Søndre. Ole and Marit appear on page 276 of this volume, not 256. Marit was born 8 June, 1777. This is on microfilm of the church records, 125515, page 270. Given the naming system Norwegians more or less followed, Ole and Marit's first child was Sjurd, named for Ole's father. Second child ws Timann, named for Marit's father. First daughter was Ingrid - most like named for Ole's mother. Then they had another Sjurd, b. 1819, as a replacement for the Sjurd born 18009, died 1814. So this is just a clue. A suggestion is to write to the archive at Hamar. They are obliged to answer one question for free. Write airmail in English and the answer will be the same in about a month. Statsarkivet i Hamar Strandgaten 71 N-2300 Hamar, Norway I'm the genealogist for the Valdres Samband Lag. Please see our website below, to learn more of what we are about. Med beste hilsen, Betty Ruth Christ wrote: > > 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 -- Betty Rockswold 1522 N. Greenwood Ct. Eagan, MN 55122 email: bettylou@spacestar.net web: www.valdressamband.org listserv: Valdres-L-request@rootsweb.com