This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JBrawford Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.dane/2504.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The December 1937 Edition of THE WISCONSIN MAGAZINE OF HISTORY has some LURASS and other Norwegion family info in Albert O. Barton's: MUSKEGO: THE MOST HISTORIC NORWEGIAN COLONY. Two Excerpts: 1. "The leader of this band of colonists may be said to have been John Nelson Luraas. They were the first Norwegian immigrants to land at Boston. Proceeding by way of New York and the Great Lakes, they arrived at Milwaukee about the opening of September on their way to the Illinois settlements. At Milwaukee, however, they were induced to change their plans and to purchase land on the shores of Lake Muskego, in Waukesha county, about twenty miles southwest of Milwaukee." 2. "The personnel of the Luraas party, which was chiefly from Telemarken and which settled on Lake Muskego, included, from Telemarken, John N. Luraas, Knut N. Luraas, Halvor O. Luraas, Torger O. Luraas, Halvor T. Lonflok, Hamar Nelson Lohner, Helge Mathiason, Ole H. Kroken. O. Mollerflaten, O. Kjonaas, and Nils Johnson Kaasa, all with families; also three unmarried men, Nils, Ole, and John Tollefsjord; from Stavanger, Gitle Danielson, H. Jellarviken, and P. Rosoino, with families, and John Evenson Molee, single." This is available online in PDF format at: http://content.wisconsinhistory.org Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.