This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gFC.2ACI/1311.1 Message Board Post: Gary, There were Sockness family in Dunn County area - I've seen the name in the records office. You may also find them under other spellings. (In Norway the farm name was probably Soknes.) I've run across someone else who was researching that name and will email you privately with her name if I can find it in my files. Linda