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/1253.2 Message Board Post: I went to Preston Mn, county seat for Fillmore Co MN and looked up birth records. I am looking for Hans Henrik Hanson, bor 4/18/1847 in Skee Sweden(on the border with Norway). A Hans Hanson appeared in the 1880 census for Dunn Co WI that was the right age. In tracking him backwards through your post here you said Fillmore Co MN. I found this birth record: Henrik Martinis Hanson born June 8, 1872 Arendahl Twnshp, Fillmore Co MN. Father Hans Hanson age 23 and mother Anna Hansdatter age 29. Both born in Norway. I tried to find out where they were living in Arendahl township and found 2 Hans Hansons who owned land there. One in section 4 turned out to be too old. The other in section 1 I was not able to find out enough informaton. This one owned 12 acres. I don't know if this Hans Hanson is the same as mine so will probably have to find his death record in WI to get his exact birth date and see if they match. On the plus side, since my grandfather Carl (Charles) Martin Hanson and his brother Hans Henrik are really the two names for the oldest son of the Hans in Arendahl I am mildly optimistic! In a few weeks I hope to go to WI and check the death records. I will find out if we are cousins! I noticed the birth date is one month difference in the birth record but I think we probably have the same Henry M Hanson--just I don't know if he is my relative. This makes the search fun. Russ Hanson