Genealogy, history and culture from Norway
Some of you may have read my article How to find living persons in Norway I realize this article needs a little addendum.
At the website tilbakeblikk.no we are looking back in time. The photographer has collected a number of photos from times gone by and found the exact spot where they were taken.
I just made two great friends from Minnesota; Rick and Janet Swanson. Not only friends, it turns out that Janet and I are related. It is a pleasure to present this story
I have many friends and relatives who would like to learn Norwegian.
I was pondering over this picture, trying to figure out who these persons were. I had been exchanging emails with two of my late father’s cousins. It was the general agreement in the family that the man was my G-G-Grandfather Einar Nilsen Løvoll (1846-1939). His first wife Petrine Lassesdatter Vik (b.1856) died in 1894. Einar married Ane Eline Martinusdatter Lande (1857 – 1935) a few years later and together they had two sons. Based on the “fact” that the woman had a little girl on her lap I figured that this had to be Petrine and that the picture was taken about 1891.
So far, so good. But, if this was Einar and Petrine; why was only four of their six children in the picture? I was thinking that their oldest sons Nils Matias (b. 1874) had already moved out. This still didn’t add up. If the two children in the back were Ludvik (b.1876) and Mathea (my Great grandmother b. 1880), the boy on Einar’s lap was Mikal Edvard (b. 1884) and the girl on Petrine’s lap was Olianna (b. 1890): Where was Petra Einara (b. 1887)??
I truly enjoy, and are deeply humbled by, the many visitors who stops by my blog and read my writing. Books on blogging and website editing says “Keep the visitor at your site, avoid exit-links if you can”. If you are selling a product, this might be true, but my motivation for blogging is to share the fun of genealogy, so I am happy to point you to other blogs that I find interesting and enjoyable.
Many genealogists know about renaming traditions. Some use it for a lot more than it’s worth.
Abraham Lincolm
Here is another article describing the first steps in genealogy and we are going on a treasure hunt.
My wife is a member of a book club. Some days ago this book arrived in our mailbox.
I have added a download section where I plan to add various material that can be helpful to genealogists.
I plan to add more of these documents so be sure to check back!
The link to the downloads will reside in the top menu bar. You can access the downloads here.
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