Steivang's genealogy page

In Norway we are researching:

• Alvdal: Steivang, Brandvoldseng, Øykletten, and more
• Tylldalen: Søgård, Lund, and more
• Folldal: Myrhaug, Dalåsen and more
• Nord-Odal: Stenrud
• Sør-Odal: Brodal
• Eidsvoll: Røisi, Bådshaugdalen
• Åsnes: Røsberget, Paulsrudberget
• Våler: Skarderudsrønningen, Haltorpet

We are also doing some research in USA:

• Moen and Clayton families from Prairie Farm, Barron County, Wisconsin
• Wang family from Woodville, St.Croix County, Wisconsin
• Søgård (Sogard) family from Kimberly, Aitkin County, Minnesota

We actually already have a lot of info on these families, but we would love to hear from anyone sharing an interest in these names.

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Some useful links:

   FREDERIKS GAVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY (for Alvdal and Folldal, Hedmark, Norway)

   Nord Hedmark og Hedemarken lag (USA)

  Cyndis list - links to an incredible amount of Internet sites for genealogists

  Family Tree Maker website - our genealogy software program

  Norwegian "bygdebøker" (historical books with genealogical info for certain districts)

   Family history books

   Norwegian censuses 1801, 1865, 1900, emigration records and much more!

   "Ancestors from Norway" website

   The Norwegian Emigrant Museum

    "Norway in America" bibliographical collections

    Find a genealogist in Norway

    Searchable church records from Gudbrandsdalen

    Microfilms that are available through the National Archives

    Bokloftet - selling all kinds of Norwegian local literature and second hand books

    The oldest church registers in Norwegian parishes

 

Malena-Knut This is one of Bjørnar's great-great-great-grandfathers,  Knut Torsplass. Colloquially he was called Malena-Knut, as his mother's name was Malena. He was a famous fiddler in the district of Nord-Østerdal. He was born in 1842 and died in 1928.

 

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