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From: "Linda S. Bennett - The Oversetter" <>
Subject: Benkestok book
Date: Sun, 01 Mar 1998 13:02:44 +0100


At 21:02 28.02.98 -0500, Elissa wrote:
> Hello everyone:
>I have just received "Slægten Benkestok" via interlibrary loan and can do
>lookups for anyone interested. It appears to be a very thorough book, and
>even has an index!
> Please let me know if you are interested. And remember - I don't
>speak/read Norwegian, just pretend I do! -elissa
>
>
Hi!

Yes, "Slægten Benkestok" is a very good book indeed! The Benkestok family
was one of Norway's "nobility" families. As I understand it, the Benkestok
name was given to a man, perhaps he was just a servent, I don't remember,
who saved the life of a true noble here in the country by hiding with him
inside a log when some ursurpers were out to take the life of this noble
man (perhaps he was even a king...long time since I heard the story).
Well, this servant ended up saving the life of the man and was given the
name "Benkestok" and was made an honorary member of the nobility. The
Benkestock name is a derivation of his origina name plus "stok" on the
end..."stokk" means "log".

Many people with their roots from North Norway especially....Nordland...are
certain to find one or more of their ancestors in this book...

Just a little piece of info... If anyone else out there knows the whole
story, or if I've made any errors, please feel free to correct my version.
As I said, it's been a number of years since I heard the story.

Linda
http://home.sol.no/~lbennet

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