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From: Otto Jørgensen< >
Subject: Re: Benkestok book
Date: Sun, 01 Mar 1998 20:45:50 GMT


Sun, 01 Mar 1998 13:02:44 +0100, "Linda S. Bennett - The Oversetter"
<> wrote:

>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.

Not all information in the book is correct, so one have to
dobblecheck som of the information by the use of primary sources

For the old version of the book there are a prosject started in
Norway

http://www.dokpro.uio.no/dipl_norv/diplom_felt.html
Diplomatarium Norvegicum consists of 22 volumes of printed
transcripts of medieval diplomas concerning Norway in the middle ages

http://www.sn.no/disnorge/adel.htm
Adelsprosjektet - Adelen i Norge 1500-1670

http://home.sol.no/~asjonass/kilder/index.htm
Sources/ Kilder 1500 - 1900

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Otto Jorgensen - N-2020 Skedsmokorset - Norway
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