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" . . . To help me with your research, success is determined by good information you send. To find your ancestors in my parish films or other databases, please include the following information : parents, spouses, children, their brothers, sisters and any dates of immigration, births & christenings of any of the above mentioned relatives. Also all locations of any known residences, birthplaces, are extremely helpful. When the research is in Norway, any known farm names will assist me to help you. By including this information, it will eliminate the need to query you for these details. I am happy to help you with your research, please include your name and where you found my volunteer help. Thanks."

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I have the family books (slektsbokene) for the municipalities Norderhov, Hole and Tyristrand. Theese books only tells about the farms and the peoples living there, but covers the period from about 1600 – 1920-

I can also do lookups in some churchbooks  for  Hole, Norderhov, Honefoss, and Aadal municipalities for the period 1800- 1926.

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MARRIAGES: Alta / Talvik from 1735 to 1752
Alta / Talvik 1866 to 1875
Tana from 1851 to 1877
Kjøllefjord /Lebesby /Tana from 1751 to 1851

I also have a copy of all the farm names in the parishes in Finnmark

I have a complete set of bygdeboks Sør Odal (8 vols) and Nord Odal (5 vol), Hedmark.

I need a place name to do lookups as there is no person name index.  Please see website for index over place names for each volume on my website http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hedmark/

 Odal is divided into 2 communities Nord Odal and Sør Odal (North and South)

Nord Odal bygdebook consists of 5 volumes the Parishes of
Mo Vol 1 2 
Sand vol 3-5

South Odal consists of 8 volumes the Parishes of
Strøm vol 1-5
Ullern vol 6-7
Oppstad vol 8

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The municipality of Øygarden came into being in 1964. In older days, possible "municipalities" may have been Hjelme, Herdla or Manger.

Feel free to contact me if anyone seeks information that might be available in these books.

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I can do lookups in ”Vaksdal Bygdebok Band 3; Stamnes sokn – Gards- og ættesoge 1965”

I have got the reprint of the old (issued ca 1950) bygdebok for Varaldsøy and Strandbarm.  They were separate "Kommuner" at that time, but so small that they gave out a joint bygdebok :-). The reference to the farm list of Hordaland must be added here too.

I also have the "Bygdebok for Odda, Ullensvang and Kinsarvik." Author: Olav Kolltveit, issued in the 1970's. An overview over farmnames can be found at DIS Hordaland's site: http://ho.disnorge.no/bboker/index.php. The upper line is index for the fam names which is registered by now (not complete for all "kommuner"). To get info an each bygdebok, chooose the kommune you found your farm in.

I can also offer lookups in "Røldal bygdebok" by Knut and Alma Dalen, issued in 1960. This can take sometime, because I have to borrow the book at the library. DIS Hordaland has also maps of different parts of the county on their site.

http://www.sol.no/disnorge/hordaland/linker.html#kart

Røldalsvegen 132
N - 5750 ODDA NORWAY

Folketellingen 1865 for KVINNHERAD
BERGEN Bys Historie 1  -Lokalhistorie
BERGEN Bys Historie 2  -Lokalhistorie
BERGEN Bys Historie 3  -Lokalhistorie
BERGEN Bys Historie 4  -Lokalhistorie

Vaksdal Bygdebok I – Bruvik sokn, with these farms: on Osterøy: Stokke, Vik, Skaftå, Hekland, Ytre-Bruvik, Kyrkje-Bruvik og Seilæ, Indre-Bruvik, Olsnes, Kyrkjeteigen, Løtveit, Vassdal,  and these Vaksdal farms: Rødverg, Hana, Stavenes, Sandvik, Langhelle, Ytre-Boge, Indre-Boge, Vaksdal, Herfindalen, Sedalen, Jamne, and Skreiæ.
 

I can look up information from Snåsaboka IV(no direct translations). Snåsaboka Volume IV contains a fairly detailed history of landowners/users and their families of the various farms from as early as the mid 1500's to the early 1900's. Beyond 1820 the information concerns the main users and usually does not include children. I have made additions and included exact dates(Snåsaboka only includes the year of birth/marriage/death) and updated the information from the book using Snåsa parish records. I added spouses using 1645 tax records that Snåsaboka did not include as well. My database contains all individuals form Nordli and Sørli (Lierne) using parish records after 1780 and using census and land records prior to that time. Most Lierne individual's ancestry goes back to 1700-1720 when records for that area were not as complete. I have been able to get a number of families' ancestry back to the mid-1600's with a couple ancestors born prior to that.

My database now includes individuals form 31 parishes in Nord-Trøndelag. Parishes with a greater number of indivduals: Beitstad(5,000), Grong(300), Inderøy(5300, updated using 1755 census as well), Kolvereid(150), Nærøy(175), Overhalla(500), Sparbu(300), Stod(300), Verdal(275), and Ytterøy(200). Outside of Nord-Trøndelag, my database contains individuals from many more parishes across Norway. Usually these parishes only have a few families, though. The most significant parish outside of Nord-Trøndelag is Brønø, Nordland with 2000 individuals. All individuals that married spouses from Snåsa and Lierne are included, and in many cases the ancestry of these individuals along with families of any siblings is included as well. Regarding Lierne, the parishes of Föllinge(Hotagen) and Frostviken, Jamtland, Sweden have a strong connection with Lierne as early as records are kept. This probably began much earlier than any records, as there are several individuals from Jamtland recorded during the 1666 census of Snåsa I believe I have found most individuals born in Nordli or Sørli that married individuals from Jamtland or moved to Föllinge or Frostviken from 1750 to 1900. My database includes all individuals (and descendants) that moved between Lierne and parishes in Jamtland. In several instances those that settled in Jamtland had children or grandchildren who returned to Lierne.


Parish Records
Snåsa
Births 1733-1900, Partial Births 1900-1930
Marriages 1733-1900, 1924-1940
Deaths 1733-1930(parish records do not include exact dates until after 1760)

Nordli and Sørli(Lierne)
Births 1780-1900, Partial Births 1900-1930
Marriages 1752-1755, 1780-1930
Deaths 1780-1930

Beitstad
Partial Births/Partial Marriages/Few Deaths 1750-1900

Inderøy
Partial Births/Partial Marriages/Few Deaths 1750-1900

Brønø, Nordland
Partial Births/Partial Marriages 1820-1900
 

Debbie Cole 
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“Bodin Bygdebok, bind II.2, Nordstranda." Terje Gudbrandson, 1983, Utgitt av Bodø Kommune Bygdebokkomitøen. Includes the Festvåg, Neverelva, Storvika, Stordalen, Steigtind, Mjelle, Mulstranda, Valvika, Skau, Kløkstad, Skjelstad, Myklebostad, Vågøya, Løp, Løpsmarka farms in the Bodin area.

“Bodin Bygdebok, bind II.3, Kirkegrenda." Terje Gudbrandson, 1989, Utgitt av Bodø Kommune Bygdebokkomitøen. Includes the Vollen, Rønvika, Hjartøya, Hundholmen, Hørnes, Bodin, Bodøgård, Prestgården, Alstad, and Jensvoll farms in the Bodin area.

“Bodin Bygdebok, bind 2.4, Innstranda." Terje Gudbrandson, 1992, Utgitt av Bodø Kommune Bygdebokkomitøen. Includes the Hunstad, Mørkved, Bertnes, Fenes, Mjåvasslia, Svartnes, Skarmoen, Steinmoen, Mosti, Soløya, Sandjorda, Kolhus, Tussvatnet, Bagglia, Støver, Åsen, Valle og Systad, Kvalvåg, and Vikan farms in the Bodin area.

“Slektsbok for Kjerringøy, Nordfold, and Sørfold”. Asbjørn P. Lind, 2000, Valnesfjord. Covers families located in the Kjerringøy, Nordfold, and Sørfold areas.

“Slektsbok for Nordfold." Asbjorn P. Lind, 1982. Records from the Nordfold area of Nordland, Norway, back to mid 1500's with family groupings and links.

“Slektsbok for Sorfold" Asbjorn P. Lind, 1980, Bodo, Norway Family groupings from the Sorfold and Folda areas of Nordland, Norway. North of Fauske, East of Bodo.

Heidi Ann Girton 
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“Gardshistorie For Hattfjelldal” Vesfn Bygdsbok. I would be more than happy to try and find some folk if anyone is searching.

Sømna : gård og slekt, Bind 4.
Sømna : gård og slekt, - Personregister Sømna bygdebok : gård og slekt I-IV.
Sømna : gård og slekt, - Kartnavn : (bind I, II, III og IV) : Sømna bygdebok.
Sømna : gård og slekt, - Slekt I-IV
Beskrivelse over Brønøe hovedsogn

Ringebu, Ministerialbok for Ringebu Church book 12, 1872-1877, A transcription of Baptism, Confirmation, Marriage, Death, Stillborn, Those Moving In and Moving Out 

Ringebu, Nedlagde Heimar I Ringebu—og folket som budde der, Ringebu Historielag

Clark Pederson
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Scott Seilstad
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Torgeir Dagfinn Teigum
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NOTE: If you were waiting for information from Pat and have not received it, please contact her again at her new email.

(Registreringssentral for historiske data Folktellinga 1865 )

Bygdebooks from Hvaler In Østfold

Bjerkreim (3 volumes, pub. 2001-2003)
Gjesdal (1939 ed.)
Time (1972 ed.)
Høyland
Klepp
Ølen 1a and 1b
Vats

What I am looking for: Tysvaer #4 and Skjold and Varhaug

Farms included:
Vormelandsvik(Tøtlandsvik), Vormeland, Fundingsland, Rødlende, Tøtland, Tveita, Meland, Kleivaland, Ritland, Helgaland, Laugaland, Breiland, Bjelland, Heggland, Hetland, Jørmeland, Husstøl, Einervoll, Fevoll, Øvre Fevoll, Nedre Fevoll, Steinsland, Kvame, Hagalid, Sæbø, Hjelmelandsvågen, Prestegarden, Tuntland, Røgelstad, Sande, Pundsnes, Kleppa, Askvik, Kro, Lerstøl, Espeland, Hauske, Mjølhus, Viga.

New address is needed for Greg

I also have # 2 Bjerkeimboka now

The Årdal database now has 28,458 individuals in it and I continue to add emigrant descendants as I find them.  I have just completed loading the 4 existing volumes of the Lærdal bygdebok into a new database.  The fifth and final volume won't be out for a couple of years.  I will add that as well.  So far their are 23,015 individuals, including a couple of thousand descendants I have already found.

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There is also a website of Gulen and Masfjord emigration that lists the names of many emigrants from that area.    http://home.sol.no/~mopdal

This was developed by a man named Magne Opdal. It is also an information center for those two areas.

Haltdalen og Haltdalingen - Bind 1 & 2

Bygdefolk og bygdeliv i Støren, Gard og Grend, Book 1 (farms: Voll, Frøset, Folstad, Bjørgen, Tilset, Røttum, Rognes, Bjerkly, Røsbjørgen, and Storrø)

Bygdefolk og bygdeliv i Støren, Gard og Grend, Book 2 (farms: Solem, Haugen, Bones og Bonesvollen, Refset, Aune, Rogstad, and Mo)

Bygdefolk og bygdeliv i Støren, Gard og Grend, Book 3 (farms: Skalvoll og Nygarden, Støren, Soknes, Øyan, Skjerli, Snøan, Gaustad, Haukdalen, Hallgutu, Amdal, Hongrø, Moan,Tømmeråsen, Ramstad)

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4105/index.html

Clark Pederson
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I have ”Bygdebok for Modalen herad; Mo sokn og Eksingedalen sokn. Band 1 – Gards- og ættesoga. 2. utgave 1984”. ISBN 82-7101-116-2 

Gransherad

Sauland

Hjartdal (Hjartdal Gvammen, Band III B)

Sauland and for Hjartdal can you add that it is the book Hjartdal Gvammen, Band III B

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I have had some of this book translated into English. This is what the introduction page says (in part, there is more) - Fyresdal, Family Records edited by Bendik Veum. p.7 Introduction and Remarks.

This family record book, which after the plan is meant as the first volume of a larger community history for Fyresdal, which will include more or less complete details of all the ancestery in the valley, as far as the documents now at hand can give direction. There is a Ætteregister, an index of all the families, and quite a few pictures also. For anyone searching in this area, this book is a goldmine.

http://www.vibeke-a.com 

We need a new email address for Jan

I also can do lookup's in the Harstad (Trondenes) area in Troms. "Folk og slekt i gamle Trondenes". This means something like People and families in old Trondenes. These books covers Trondenes, Harstad, Sandtorg, Skånland and Sørrollnes area from about 1600 up to 1900 (2 books, each 600 pages, with about 8300 families)

Per-Sverre Budahl
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http://www.arkitektur.evje.com/family

HAEGEBOSTAD by Anen Lauen
KONSMO by Tore Bergstol
LAUDAL by Tomas Birkeland 

We need a new email address for Kåre

The "Slagen Sogn Bygdebok" , the "Hedrum Bygdebok:  Bd. II - Garder og Slekter i Hedrum sogn/Bd. III  Garder og slekter i Kvelde og Hvarnes sogn."  "Nøtterøy, En  Bygedebok" by Lorens Berg 1922 and "Nøtterøy, Gard og Slektshistorie, Vol  1&2" by Sigurd Unneberg, 1971.  I also have 2 books on the history of  Horten:  "Horten, Fergestedet som ble Marinestasjon og By", by Rolf  Baggathun and "Horten, Kort omrids af Stedets Historie" by Joh. Beck.   I  would be happy to look up information  in them for you. 
 

I frequently use the computer program "STATENS KARTVERK Norgesglasset" to look up ancestral farms and have become quite proficient at it. Although the site is on the web I frequently get requests from people to help them
locate their ancestral farms or city addresses.

I would be willing to look up farms or city addresses and send a map showing the location to anyone requesting it. All I would need is the farm name and optionally the Municipality nearest to it. Although full blooded
Norwegian I do not read or speak Norwegian with any fluency.

Bicentennial History of Polk County, Minnesota

Compendium of History and Biography of Polk County,  Minnesota

Centennial History of the Thirteen Towns (Polk County)
The First One Hundred Years (Fosston, Polk County)
This is Our Story, Shelly Minnesota (Polk County)
A Meeting of the Reds, East Grand Forks (Polk County)

Lake of the Woods County (Minnesota), 2 books

Walsh Heritage (North Dakota), 4 volume set

Norman County, Minnesota

Marshall County, Minnesota

The Rural Municipality of Cartier, 1914-1984 (Manitoba, Canada)

History of the Sorkness-Wold Families of Solør, Norway and America

Plat Book of Minnesota (listing of counties and townships with range/township numbers)

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Wisconsin

Koshkonong Prairie, Dane County, Wisconsin Cemeteries:

East Koshkonong Lutheran Cemetery, Christiana Wis.
West Koshkonong Lutheran Cemetery, Pleasant Springs Wis.
Western Koshkonong Lutheran Cemetery, Pleasant Springs Wis.
Deerfield Lutheran Cemetery, Deerfield Wis.
St Paul Liberty Lutheran Cemetery, Deerfield Wis.
Liberty Prairie Cemetery, Cottage Grove Wis.
Hauge Cemetery, Deerfield Wis
Lake Ripley Cemetery, Cambridge Wis.
Willerup Scandinavian Methodist Cemetery, Cambridge Wis.
McFarland Cemetery, McFarland, Wis.
McFarland Lutheran Cemetery, McFarland, Wis.
Skaalen Cemetery, Stoughton Wis
Riverside Cemetery, Stoughton Wis.
East Side Cemetery, Stoughton Wis.
Albion Cemetery, Albion Wis.
Rockdale Lutheran Cemetery, Rockdale Wis.
Bovre Cemetery, Pleasant Springs Wis.

Minnesota
Ulen, Minnesota
Spanning the Century
Lot's of people from Hallingdal area in this book.

Norman County, Minnesota
In The World War 1917-1919
Pictures and write ups on all men who served from Norman County in WW I.

I would be happy to do any research that I could, and if anyone can help me research my family history prior to 1882 (especially relatives still living in Norway), this would be greatly appreciated. 

"A History of the Norwegians of Illinois." (Compiled and edited by A.E. Strand, published by John Anderson Publishing Co., Chicago in 1905.) It contains hundreds of biographies of prominent Norwegians living in Illinois in the early 1900's. It also has information on Norwegian settlments and churches in Illinois.

Kristin Brue ( Perry Historical Center) 400 Blue View Dr. Mt. Horeb, WI 53572

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