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whalle
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Posted - 22/02/2007 :  05:14:07  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Am searching for information

matthewmac66
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Posted - 22/02/2007 :  12:48:04  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Do you know of any given (first) names or dates?

M. McClellan
North Carolina, USA
Ancestry: Kristenhaugen/Haugen/Christiansen, Olson, Knudsdatter/Kindsæth
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Hopkins
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USA
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Posted - 22/02/2007 :  14:35:05  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Emigration lists of persons leaving from Bergen, Norway show 9 people showing 'Brathole' connections between the years 1879 and 1902. They all list that are from the area in Norway commonly known as Vossestrand.

1865 census residents of two 'Brathole' farms in Vinje parish of Voss, Hordaland -
http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=9&filnamn=f61235&gardpostnr=1102&sokefelt=skjul
http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=11&filnamn=f61235&gardpostnr=1103&sokefelt=skjul

http://www.rootsweb.com/~wgnorway/good-queries.htm

WHAT information is being looked for?
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matthewmac66
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Posted - 22/02/2007 :  23:59:20  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I'm not sure, but you found some great info . I sent an email to "whalle".

M. McClellan
North Carolina, USA
Ancestry: Kristenhaugen/Haugen/Christiansen, Olson, Knudsdatter/Kindsæth
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