Thanks for info and if I find more out I will let you know thanks again Jeniece ---------- > From: ehoman <rehoman@prodigy.net> > To: VALDRES-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [VALDRES-L] Place???? > Date: Friday, February 25, 2000 9:17 AM > > Dear Jenny, > You have the best genealogist in Betty Rockswold to help you! I hope > you join the Valdres Samband. I have enjoyed my membership for 9 years now. > It has been a great help in my genealogy. > I have 3 grandparents with ties to the Valdres area so I am always busy > with this area. The sites that Janni gave you are great, as it is nice to > get an idea of the area. Another site that you can look at is the info > online from the Norwegian archives. I looked at the Norwegian 1865 Census > at www.hist.uib.no/arkivverket/1865/ > (that's 2 V's not a W). It's in Norwegian but don't let that scare you. > It's easy to get used to. 1. Click on the Oppland name on the left window > (that's the fylke name where Valdres is). 2. Then click on Nordre Aurdal > (click on the US flag will give you some of the text in English) 3. Change > the DISTRIKNR to GARDSNAVN and then, type in Thon in the next window. 4. > Click SEARCH or SOK. You should get a list of 5 farms. 5. Click the > number to the left to see the occupants of each farm. Try out different > things on this site. There is also some churchbook transcriptions > (kirkeboker) and other info at the archives. You will get used to the > important genealogy terms like navn, forenavn, gardnavn, dobt, ar (with a > circle above the a) etc. > I looked at this site and found 5 different farms by the name of Thon > in 1865. There were also listed a few other farms like Thon (nordre); Thon > nordre; Thon s*; etc. > I found Ole Olsons living on only two different farms, the Thon farm in > Skrutvold has 2 Ole Olsons; one is 54 and head of household, with a son, Ole > Olson age 13. The other farm Thon (nordre) is also in the Skrutvold area > and has an Ole Olson age 41 head of household. > One of these could be your Ole, but if you knew his age (even > approximate age in 1865) this could be a good tool to help search for him. > Was your g-grandfather already a family man? Was he a young adventurer? My > grandfather came to the US alone at age 16 in 1912 so it is not impossible > that the young Ole mentioned above could have travelled by 1868. Also, your > Ole Olson from Thon could be living at another farm as a worker or lodger > during the 1865 census! Try this site out and play around with it! > By the way, my grandfather mentioned above is Ole Gladheim. His great > grandparents were Bendix Olson Gladheim and Barbro Thon from Etnedal; we > may be related! > Good luck! Elaine Homan > > > ==== VALDRES Mailing List ==== > ============================= VALDRES SAMBAND ========================= > VALDRES SAMBAND web page at http://www.valdressamband.org >