Welcome
Welcome to my genealogy pages. Here I will present the results of my
family research. I have just passed 19000 names in my
family tree that I have made available on the web with the help
of the program DftCom2. A splendid application to present genealogy
on the Internet. You have to have a Java-enabled browser to see it.
Places
My ancestors comes mainly from the south-western part of Norway, Rogaland
and southern Hordaland. My wife Marit's ancestors comes mainly from
Bergen, Hardanger, Northern Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane.
Sources
Some of my information I have gathered from local history-books. Some
information I have found by searching church registers and censuses.
Here the searchable online databases at Digitalarkivet and Family Search is very helpful. I have also contacted
family by phone, mail, and email to gather information about my living
relatives. Some have also contacted me after visiting this web-site.
Thanks a lot to those who have contributed!
I have followed some emigrants over to USA. One family is the Fosså
- Fosaaen family in Iowa and North Dakota. They are brothers of my maternal
great-grandmother, Marta Knutsdtr Fosså, and their families. Another
family is the brother of my 3rd great-grandfather Lars Lambrigtsen Skålnes,
also named Lars, who emigrated from the Tjelle-farm in Skånevik to USA
with his family in 1847.
Genealogy software
In my work I use the program Legacy 6.0 Deluxe
from Millennia. You can download the standard version of this program
free, but if you want the deluxe version, you have to pay $29.95. It's
a fantastic application and it's worth every cent.
Latest update
April 24, 2006
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