Looking for relatives from the Stjørdal area.
Shaftsbury	Hi, I'm looking for any relatives that may be living in the Stjørdal or other areas of Norway. I don't believe that there has been any contact between my North American relatives and Norwegian ones in a good number of years. Here is my ancestory as I have uncovered so far: 1 Per/Peder Larsen Floan b: 1700 d: 1766/1788 + Kirsti Pedersdatter 2 Per/Peder Persen/Pedersen Mæhre b: 1744 d: 1801 + Gjertrud Persdatter Rykkja/Rokke b: 1744 d: 1785 3 Per/Peder Persen/Pedersen Mæhre b: 1770 d: 1815 + Beret Olasdatter Stuberg b: 1771-1773 d: 1863 4 Gjertrud Persdatter Mæhre b: 1803 d: 1855 + Arnt Torsteinsen Heggjastroa b: 1803 d: 1855 4 Ole Persen/Pedersen Mæhre b: Abt 1813 + Karen Marta Johnsdatter Rokke b: Abt 1817 My ggrandfather Peder Olsen was born in Nedre Stjørdalen on 16 Sep 1838, he and his family emigrated to Lake Park, Minnesota between 1884 and 1888. For a larger view of that tree you can go here: [url="http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=judiwilliams&id=I11277"]Family Tree[/url] I would really like to contact any relatives still living in Norway [:)] Thanks
Shaftsbury	One final bit of information, the census of 1801 and 1865 show my ancestors living on the Mæhre, and Mæhre yttre østre, farms. After 1865 I lose track of any remaining relatives.
Jo Anne Sadler	You have covered this topic in prior postings, it would help to continue in the same thread, it is not so confusing.[:)] I would not rely on that family tree too much, it was originally posted by someone who posted it in the name of his 8 year old daughter and is solely based on the farm history books and has many errors in it. Everytime it comes up I check a few names and the same old errors are there. It has been downloaded so many times it is disheartening, my great grandparents are in it and their information is incorrect[:(].
Shaftsbury	Thanks Jo Anne, that's a little disappointing news but would probably explain the errors that I have found. The farm names that I have posted in this thread are taken from the census records so I would consider them correct. :)