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From: "Erik Hov" <>
Subject: SV: Sortland in Nordland, why go there instead of America?
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 09:26:21 +0200
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Mary.

I can`t tell you about anything about the Sortland things ,but I couldn`t let bee to see you also have relatives in Land.

My great grandmother was from Torpa ,Nordre Land ,and I have a lot of relatives who emigrated to USA from Land. Some of them also moved to Northern Norway. Maybe we are related??

I`m interesting in knowing more about your relatives in Land. If you have told the list about them ,I`m sorry I haven`t seen that.

Erik H.
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Subject: Sortland in Nordland, why go there instead of America?


> While most of my relatives from Land in Oppland emigrated to America, I have
> found a few collaterals living in Sortland, Nordland on the 1865 census.
>
> A google search did not turn up a whole lot of information about Sortland but
> it appears to be primarily a fishing village. I am wondering what would have
> attracted my folk there? They were inland farmers, not fishermen. Would
> there have been cannery work available? This is mid-1800s that the Landings
> left. Things were tough in Land in those days and a great many folk left for
> America, but there were others who took off for other parts of Norway. And
> 2 of my grandmother's siblings went to Sortland as did a brother's widow.
>
> Can one of you enlighten me?
>
> Takk
>
> Mary Farrell
>
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