Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the InternetAbout 20 or 21 of my ancestors came to the United States from Norway in the time period 1850 to 1890.
The families of both grandfathers came from the island of Karmøy on the west coast of Norway in Rogaland fylke, near Haugesund. some farm names: Fagerland, Ådland, Sandhåland, Vik (in Skudenes), Liknes, Åkra, Sund, Sørhaug, Austrei(m), and many more.
The family of my paternal grandmother came from the Østerdalen region of Hedmark, from Tolga and neighboring parishes. Farms include: Nygård, Øversjøen, Søndmør, Hodalen, Langsjøvoll, Vingelsåsen, and others get into the Os and Engerdal and Rendalen parishes.
The family of my maternal grandmother came from the Hadeland region in the southern part of Oppland fylke, in the Gran and Brandbu parishes. Farms include: Kjos, Dvergsten, Dahlen, Myre, Helmei, Klovstad, Sandbekk.
I was born in 1950 and live in Crosby, North Dakota. I carry on the tradition of the majority of my ancestors by farming nearby. In 1993 I married Sue Berosik (Susan Catherine Leffler), and I have 3 stepchildren: Christina Berosik, David Berosik, and Matthew Berosik.
Ahnentafel listings of my ancestors
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - Scandinavia & The Nordic Countries, Cyndi also has several other pages of good genealogy links at the link above
Sources from Bergen, Norway includes the 1801 census of Norway, an all-name census with ages. This same census database can also be accessed with a map to select the regions at 1801 etter kommune, which also has a listing which connects the names of the modern kommunes to the proper parishes in the 1801 census.
ANCESTORS FROM NORWAY John Follesdal links, and a lot of other good information
Ancestry's Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Online Search, mostly people with U.S. Social Security numbers who have died since the early 1960s
Karmøy Kommune Home Page A fairly new page; there are also several other pages with information about the island of Karmøy.
Slektsforum Karmøy. Includes online revision of the bygdebøker for Karmøy kommune in Rogaland, a work in progress.
Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections This web page includes a listings of the Norwegian bygdebøker (community history books) in the Chester Fritz Library at the University of North Dakota. Note that these books are not available for loan.
Norway Ahnentafel Report - 8 Aug 1997 , Jim Oberacker
Hr. Åkre's Family History , Kristen David Åkre
Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Pages: The KOSTICK family Tree, John S. Kostick
Bob Risholm's Home Page Another page with links and other information about Norwegian genealogy.
The Ronneberg Family Tree, Warren Ronneberg and Terry Ronneberg in America, and Sigismund Rønneberg in Norway
Familien Tjelle Bjørnestads hjemmeside, Arne Tjelle and Marit Bjørnestad in Haugesund. (new URL)
Prof DA Wahlström JD MS, David Wahlstrom
My Neck of the Woods, Lyle Woods
Willy's slektssider, Willy Kringeland
Follow this for an ahnentafel listing of my ancestors.
Map of Divide County, North Dakota
with townships (34 kB)
Microsoft Expedia map of Crosby area (link takes you out of my pages; use back button or history list in your browser to return here).
Gene Nygaard P.O. Box 591 Crosby, North Dakota 58742 USAE-mail to Gene Nygaard, gnygaard@nccray.com