trying to find out about my surname??
skaalid	My last name is Skaalid pronounced "Scully" I dont know much about it except that it wasn't my families real name when they lived in Norway. They had to change it to Skaalid when they moved to Canada. I think it was the name of my greatgrand parents farm in Norway. They came over to Canada in 1924. Thats all i know. Its hard for me to search for my ancestors in Norway if I dont know my families original surname.So if anyone has any information on anything I wrote I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you[:)]
Hopkins	What were their first names and years of birth in Norway? Hopefully someone would have been born before the 1900 census and could be found in that database living on a farm similar to Skaalid. http://www.rhd.uit.no/folketellinger/folketellinger_e.aspx There were a number of farms that had names starting with Skaali....
Trond	There is a large family Skaalid [url="http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=EMIOSLO&gardpostnr=157021&merk=157021#ovre"]traveling from Kviteseid to Canada in 1924 on the S/S Bergensfjord.[/url] Maybe you will recognize their names? Skaalid [url="http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=f00829&gardpostnr=451&merk=451#ovre"]Census 1900,[/url] is a farm in Kviteseid, Telemark “County”, Norway
skaalid	Thank you both, unfortunilty I am having trubble finding my way around the sites. My grandfather's name was Svein Skaalid, and was born in Telemark on January 21 1921. He was only 3 years old when he came over to Canada with his family. Thank you again
hasto	That must be the right family. They live in 1900 census on Skaali, bruksnr 2, gardnr 76. You find the farm in the 1950 list of farm owner's [url="http://www.dokpro.uio.no/cgi-bin/stad/matr50?task=s&fnr=8&hid=180&gnr=76"]Matrikkelutkastet[/url] The main farm Brekke is on online [url="http://kart.eniro.no/query?what=map&stq=0&mop=l2&streetname=brekke&streetnumber=&city=MORGEDAL&postal_code=&mapstate=3%3B8.4275%3B59.4731%3B0%3B8.0909%3B59.6392%3B8.7641%3B59.3070%3B&mapcomp=%3B%3B%3BBREKKE%3B%3B%3B3848%3BMORGEDAL%3B%3B%3B%3B%3B8.42749%3B59.47305%3B0%3B0%3B0.0000%3B0.0000%3B&symbols=&content=&infopage=&homepage=&heading_exact=&heading=&heading_group=&company_name=&ns=&district_code=&geo_area=&hpp=&advanced=&match_name=&match_street=&cityarea=&parking=&delivery="]map[/url] It is very close to [url="http://www.morgedal.no/engelsk/"]Morgedal Hotel[/url] If you contact the Hotel you might get more information about Skaali.
Earl Dysthe	Hi, I happened on your posting and thought I'd try to help. First, Skaalid is an americanisation and/or "language reform" version of skålid. There is, indeed, a Skålid farm in Kviteseid, Vest Telemark. Some, but not all, search engines will find either version of the name. [If you want to do your own searching and In case you're not a computer language wonk, the character å is generated by holding alt and pressing 0229 on your number keypad.] Your first step might be to check out the website: kviteseid.kommune.no ... the website for the kviteseid "folk district. There's a link there to kviteseidbyen ....or "kviteseid town" for more info. Then check out the Bygdabok for Vest Telemark for your family name. Also check out Google Earth >satelite and input: kviteseid, Norway Good luck, Earl Dysthe
skaalid	Thank you Earl for you information but unfortunitly the web site dose not come in english version Thank you agian
Trond	Try this URL [url="http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=EMIOSLO&gardpostnr=157021&merk=157021#ovre"]from Digitalarkivet[/url]
Hopkins	The emigrant register for Oslo/Kristiania which shows the family leaving from that port on or about 14 April 1924. The head of household would appear to be 40 year old Olaf Folkvardsen Skaalid with wife 'Hege' Skaalid and children Thorvald, Karl, Fredrik, Arne, Ingebjørg, Svein, and Anne. http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=EMIOSLO&gardpostnr=221359&sokefelt=skjul The family won't have a 'surname' which you can track through earlier generations. You'll have to learn to work with patronmic names. The above listed 'Olaf Folkvardsen Skaalid' is shown in the 1900 Norwegian census as Olav Folkvardsson because his father's GIVEN name was Folkvard. Therefore Olaf's paternal grandfather was Folkvard something and his maternal grandfather was Lavrant something. (But this woman in the 1900 census MIGHT NOT be the mother; she may be a second wife. Always be aware that spellings can vary with the person who actually wrote the document.) http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=f00829&gardpostnr=451&sokefelt=skjul The 1865 census indicates grandfather Folkvard married to a woman of a different name. http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=f60829&gardpostnr=377&sokefelt=skjul You will find a number of good articles online about Norwegian naming practices and patterns. http://www.norwayheritage.com/articles/templates/genealogy.asp?articleid=2&zoneid=2 http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~norway/na12.html http://www.nndata.no/home/jborgos/names.htm http://www.uib.no/hi/nameprac.htm You have now been shown WHERE in Norway the family came from - with some study and preparation you will be ready to research the earlier generations of the family. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~norway/articles.html
skaalid	Wow, thank you Hopkins for your time and all your information, as well as everyone else who has helped me. I'm very greatful and happy with everything all you have helped me out im my search. I learned so much in the past 2 days. Thank you very much. This means a lot to me :)