melby and hans olsen

[gj06423]

my name is ole nilsen and i live in australia and i need some information hopefully some one can help me WHERE IS MELBY AND IF I WAS LOOKING IN THE DIGITAL ARCHIVES IN 1775 WHAT TOWN MUNICIPALITY COUNTY SHOULD I BE LOOKING IN thank you

[Anne Lisbeth Stavland]

The farm Melby is among many places in Norway, situated in Orkdal, Sør-Trøndelag. Here is link to Orkdal(Ørkedal) in the 1801 cencus. It is 2 farms called Melby there.
digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=f18011638

And here is a link to a recourse page for Orkdal. There are different records :church books, military lists and more.
www.disnorge.no/genress/index.php?todo=visKategori&kid=100411

Anne Lisbeth