Hello, Pamela.

I see that your great grandfather, Halvor Andersen Hegna, was a brother of my great-great grandmother, Inger Johanne Andersdatter Hegna (1821-1858).

You might be interested in these web sites:

Jørn Olsen's "Bygdebok for Eidanger før 1814" is at
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Jørn's general ...

Some time before his death in 1753, Jakob Eiriksen Rue in Hol, Buskerud, wrote "Anno 1680 den 16.November blef jeg Jacob Erichsen fød til dene Syndige Verden paa Slatten dochen(?) i Vos Prestegjeld i bergen Huus lend" (quoted from Reinton & Reinton, "Folk og fortid i Hol", b. 4, p. 361-362).

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