Hallo Pia, I have some of the persons you are interested as my ancestors. (Gullik O. Egge/Kari H. Berge). Helle is a farm in Høre in Vang and I have the bygdebok from this area. I can try to look up some of your questions if you like. Contact me on nrogn@c2i.net Nils ----- Original Message ----- From: Pia Fjelltun <sirenek@online.no> To: <VALDRES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 8:43 PM Subject: RE: [VALDRES-L] Valdres info. > Hi, > My name is Pia,and i signed in on this list a couple of day's ago.I am dutch > but live in Lier. I have startet recently with genealogy and was so happy to > could start with Valdres, already startet by somebody else, who does > unfortunetly not live anymore. I have now more and more questions and hope > somebody on this list might have same ancestors or the possibility to look > up some things in bygdebooks. I have østre slidre books. > > The person I am searching for are the grandparents from Ole Knudsen Beito > (Kveto) 1843-1930. > Father side. Knut Gullichsen Beito/Bekkenlund 1815-1846 drowned, married > with Berit Knutsdatter Helle, born 1803. > > The parents from Knut Gullichsen Beito are listet as Gullich Olsen Egge > (1750-1826), and Kari Olsdatter. In the 1801 it said that Gullich Olsen Egge > is married with Kari Halvordatter Berji, both 51 and first marriage. There > lives a Kari Olsdatter inderst on that farm with a daughter. Is that maybe > "my" Kari? I would expect Gullich Olsen is coming from Egge which I find on > a old slidre map, in vestre slidre, but somebody who looked it up said he > was not mentioned there. Gullich must have been 65 when Knut was born, but I > guess that is possible. > > Gullichs parents are mentioned: Ola Gullichson Beito, married Ragnhild > Jonsdatter Stee. Somebody who looked it up said there was no Ragnhild at > Stee. But they are listet married in 1749, and she was burried 1776 (born > 1715) > > On the mothers side, Berit Knutsdatter Helle (where is Helle?)parents Knud > Trondsen Berge married Berit Olsdatter. I found this family in 1801 at Berge > farm Wang prestegjeld. > It say Knud Tronsen "Deres barn". I thought this means that his parent are > listet too, but I can not find them. His wife and youngest daughter er > listet. > > Does anybody have the Berge farm in a bygdebok? On the same 1801 list stand > Ole Madsen tjenestfolk 25. Is this Ole Madsen Berge who married with Barbro > Andersdatter in 1803, on Kvåle (Qval) farm. Does it mention his parents, or > where he come from? > > I hope somebody wil recognise this line and can make it a bit clearer.Thanks > a lot in advance. > regards, > Pia > Sorry for the long letter, as there are so many persons with the same name I > thought I had to write down what I have. > > > > ==== VALDRES Mailing List ==== > VALDRES SAMBAND web page at http://www.valdressamband.org > Future Stevne's > June 22-24, 2000 - Kelly Inn - St. Cloud, MN > June 14-16, 2001 - Decorah, IA > June 20-22, 2002 - Oaks Hotel - Sioux Falls, SD > >