Kari,

Thank you for the census information. This has been very helpful.

Based on this I searched the parish records and found a marriage record for Diis and Christen. They were married in 1800 in Nes.

I also searched for a baptism record for Diis and believe I found her record,

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I am trying to find bygdebok information about the parents of Ambjørg Håkonsdatter Espeset. The Nes in Hallingdal books, Vols 1-4 do not seem to include Espeset. I have found parish records for Ambjørg, b: 1793, Espeset in Nes, m: 1/1/1815 in Äl, d: 18/4/1842 on Lien in Uvdal in Nore.

Her father ...

Linda,

Thank you for the information. I will wait for the bygdeboks to be available.

Bruce Johnson

I am trying to locate information about Birgit Nilsdatter Risland. She was the second wife of Olav Eivindson Hillestad (d; 1685 in Valle) in Åmli parish, Aust-Agder. According to Rygh there is a Risland farm in Åmli but I have been unable to find it in the Åmli bygdeboks. She is referred to on the ...

Thank you, thank you, thank you. This looks like a very good possibility and I am in the process of following up with a search in the Toten parish bygdebok. I also found him on the DigitalArkivet site with a birth date of 15 Mar 1781 and parents of same names. Farm name looks like "Gryte". Don't ...

Thank you for this information.

My dilemma is that I cannot locate any information on the birthplace for Anders. According to the Hemsedal bygdebok he may have come from Valdres. Is there any possibility of finding his parents? I understand that this may be impossible to find.

Looking for birth place and parents of:
Anders Engebretson, 1782-1856 - he is my 3x GGF
Married to Barbo Olsdatter Lien

I found him in"Hemsedals Slektshistorie, 1693-1975" by Hans Flaten. pp 297 - 299. He lived on Haug farm, Gnr 70, Bnr 1, Haugsslette. As I read the source bygdebok it is not ...