This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bohaugom Surnames: Haugom, Ringerud, Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.lacrosse/1021.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, I am the 5th generation after the father of Jacob Larson Haugom. I am living in Norway and I am trying to find out as much as I can about my ancestors and their descendents. Jacob grew up on a small farm in Ringsaker, Norway, with 4 brothers and 2 sisters. One of his brothers, Mathias, emigrated to US in 1869. Jacob's parents were Lars Andersen and Ingeborg Larsdatter. Ingeborg was the oldst daughter (b. 1811 and died between 1875 and 1900) of Lars Larsen (B. 1785)and Ahlis Nilsdatter (b. 1787) on the farm Haugom (different ways to write the name - Hougom, Hougum, Haugum). Lars Larsen's parents were Lars Joensen (b. 1743) and Inger Jorgensdatter (b. 1750). Lars Joensen's parents were Jon Larsen and Elie Pedersdatter. And that is how far back in time i have been able to track the people at Haugom. The farm itself was divided in smaller units before 1900 and they still exist today. But I do not know the people living at the farm - I have not been able to find all the descendents of Jacob's father. I would be glad to know more about the descendents of Jacob as well. Some years ago I found the family tree of Jacob, but with a lot of LivingF and LivingM. Any help appreciated. Yesterday I found some of the names after Jennie Ringerud (daugther of Jacob) on a blog, so I got some new names in my database. http://fairygirlsland.blogspot.com/2007/07/family-history.html Bjorn Olav 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.