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Flapjaxsid
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Posted - 10/11/2007 :  03:25:39  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I cannot find the location of Hallingdal. Can someone identify where it is located in Norway.

Thanks, Sid

DALB
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Posted - 10/11/2007 :  04:12:05  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hallingdal is a valley in central Buskerud. Check out the map. http://www.rootsweb.com/~norway/buskerud.html
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Flapjaxsid
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Posted - 10/11/2007 :  14:28:45  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thanks for the reply. I could not find Hallingdal on mapquest.
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jwiborg
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Norway
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Posted - 10/11/2007 :  16:15:25  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
About Hallingdal:
Hallingdal is in the northern part of Buskerud county. The valley is 150 km long, and goes from Gulsvik (by the lake "Krøderen") and upwards to the county boarders of Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane.
The Hallingdalen area covers 5840 square kilometers, and consist of the municipalities Flå, Nes, Gol, Hemsedal, Ål and Hol.


Hallingdalen 1842 by Joachim Frisch (1810-1858).

Jan Peter
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DALB
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Posted - 11/11/2007 :  20:36:35  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
If you are researching family in Hallingdal, check out this Lag.
http://www.fellesraad.com/hallinglag.htm
http://www.fellesraad.com/hallinglag-home.htm

Bygdelag information
http://www.fellesraad.com/
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