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Subject: Re: Leikanger Relatives - Please Read!!!
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 1997 20:56:51 -0500 (EST)

Oops -- when I hit reply, this went to Steven instead of the list. Please
excuse all the ">'s".

> As Steven knows, I am one of those lucky relatives! To think I almost
didn't
>post my message about naming practices because it seemed kinda' dumb!
Anyway,
> I heard back from Steven AND Gordon Berdahl & it turns out I'm related to
> both of them! It's incredible to me that not too long ago I had only the
> names of my great grandparents and now I can go back 6 or 7 generations! I
> feel VERY lucky to have gotten the info so quickly and easily.
>
> I would also like to recommend joining one of the lags because I also got
a
> LOT of preliminary help from Zona Mathison of Vestlandslag. Without her, I
> probably would still be staring at "How to Find Your Norwegian Ancestors."
> Between Zona, Steven & Gordon, I have been able to fill in many missing
> pieces and even correct some dates. I need to thank Dick Flisrand, also of

> Vestlandslag, for referring me to her.
>
> But I owe the most thanks to Karla for starting this incredible list. The
> people are great, I'm learning about Norway & of course I'm finding
ancestors!
> I hope that I can find similar lists when it comes time to search for my
> Dutch & Irish connections.
>
> Gratefully,
> Carole Pecora
>
> In a message dated 97-11-01 04:18:13 EST, Steven wrote:
>
> > I am about to complete the identification of ALL of my relatives listed
> > in the Leikanger Bygdebok, which includes all of the descendants of my
> > direct ancestors. This includes about 700 families, several thousand
> > individuals.
> >
> > If you have ancestors from Lekanger parish, Sogn og Fjordane, send me
> > their names (with as much detail as you can) and I will send you a
> > pedigree chart (handwritten) with photocopies of all relevant pages in
> > the bygdebok. And if you turn out to be a relative of mine, I'll send
> > you a GEDCOM when I get all this data keyed in (it will take a few
> > months to key in these thousands of names). And if you're not a
> > relative, I'll send you a GEDCOM if you want, even though it will not
> > contain any of your relatives (at least no identified ones).
> >
> > I'm not charging anything for this. It is a blatant attempt on my part
> > to identify relatives and receive new information.:-).
> >
> > I have communicated with one individual, and have traced 2 of her lines
> > back 6 and 7 generations. (She is also a relative, we share 4 sets of
> > ?G-grandparents)
> >
> > I'll be posting more later, especially those families who came to the
> > United States, with the majority of them ending up in Wisconsin or
> > Minnesota.
> >
> > I will acknowledge your request immediately, but it may take a few days
> > to get the photocopies, etc off to you. Do not feel obligated to send
> > me your snail-mail address until I get back to you with whatever
> > inforamation I find.
> >
> > To help, I have relatives on just about every farm in Leikanger, but if
> > your family is from one of the following, it is almost guaranteed that
> > we are related. These are the farms which are populated by mostly my
> > relatives.
> >
> > Suphammer, Grinde, Engaesetter, Huseboe, indre Hamre, Roysum, Njos,
> > Holum, Fosshage, ytre Hamre, Henjum. I also have relatives scattered
> > throughout the other farms.
> >
> > Looking forward to hearing from you and meeting 'new' cousins.\
> >
> > Steven R. Moen
> >
> >
>

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