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Originally posted by mastokk2

Just a curiosity: The child under Else Hellene is Emma Hellena Gulbrandsdtr . Father Gulbrand E Haugen and Berthe Syversdtr (Johns sister)

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Originally posted by lyndal40

Going back to the ELCA data base, I wonder if this might not be the marriage of John and Anne.

Johan Siverson

in the U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875-1940
Name: Johan Siverson
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 21 Feb 1876
Marriage Place: Ostrander, Grand Meadow, Dodge, Minnesota
Spouse: Anna Zibbertsen
Church Name: Bloomfield Lutheran Church
Church Location: Ostrander, Minnesota

The brides name in the original record is Anna Gilbertson ? Looks like the word Mower is in front of her name.

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Originally posted by lyndal40

Faddenes are Ole A Odden, Anne Helstrom ? Ingeborg S? Odden, Anne Ellingsdtr. Merit Syversdtr. As best as I can read them. Here is the record.

Else Hellene Braaden
in the U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875-1940
Name: Else Hellene Braaden
Event Type: Baptism
Birth Date: 14 Sep 1877
Father: John Syversen Braaden
Mother: Anne Gulbransdr
Church Name: Bear Creek Lutheran Church
Church Location: Grand Meadow, Minnesota

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Originally posted by JaneC

Great, that's progress. So, noted here is one marriage record as recorded in the Bear Creek church book..

A modest fee must be paid, and a request must be sent, to obtain the two civil records of marriage.

1. Order Certificate #B-288, Mower County
21 February 1876 John Siverson to Anna Gilbertson

2. Order Certificate #B-409, Marshall County
27 November 1892 Erik C Braaten to Anna Syverson

Orders can be placed at website for Minnesota Official Marriage System (MOMS)

Also noted is a brief record of death? Not clear to me what you have posted. The civil record of death contains more information than what is stated here.

3. Order a copy of the civil record of death. Order can be placed on website of Minnesota Historical Society. A small fee is required.

4. Check the ELCA database for Landstad Lutheran Church in Sanders township (a township is a rural area), Pennington county, Minnesota if the family were members. They were buried in the Landstad Church cemetery. Maybe you are saying you looked at this church book. I can't tell.

These websites also furnish a street address if regular mail order is preferred over internet.

5. Write to Pennington County Historical Society. A newspaper published a story about Anne's death - an obituary. The newspaper was the "Sanders Spectator." (see page 4 of this thread.) Ask for a copy of the "obit," published 19 December 1918. They will mail it to you.

These are the basic US records needed in seeking Anne's Norwegian identity. The forum found and posted the index listing, that these records exist. But the online information is very brief. More information is included in the originals.

The church records are helpful, but the civil records (government) are also needed. Volunteer researchers are wonderful, but obviously they do not pay money for records.. That task falls to descendants.

There are no guarantees about what information will be found. Quite often civil records of marriage and death, and newspaper obituaries, hold clues to a person's identity.

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