Fredrik lorentz Larsen
trea	Great Grandfather Fredrik Lorentz Julius Larsen born 16 April 1857 in Tune, Ostfold, Norway and wife Karoline Matea Hansdatter born 31 July 1859 Aremark, Ostfold, Norway. married 28 Nov 1880 Glemmen Church, Glemmen, Norway. Their oldest Chirld Laura was born in Norway and they came to Muskegon, Michigan in the spring of 1883. How can I find more about them in Norway. And is their any relation still in Norway?? Trea
jwiborg	Here is [url="http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=f60102&gardpostnr=252&personpostnr=2601&merk=2601#ovre"]Lorentz[/url] in the 1865-census. Is [url="http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=f60115&gardpostnr=429&personpostnr=3123&merk=3123#ovre"]this[/url] Karoline in the same census? She is registered as a foster child. Jan Peter
trea	I know her parents names were Hans Olsen Fossebekken and Christine Iversdatter and that she was born in Aremark, Ostfold, Norway
Hopkins	It appears that the young family left Norway from the port of Oslo/Kristiania on or about 30 May 1883. They listed their previous residence as Fredrikstad in Østfold and stated their intention to go to Muskegon. http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=emikra1&gardpostnr=69634&sokefelt=skjul To learn more about them and their earlier family history in Norway you will of course have to research in the records of the area(s) where they were each from. It's possible that some records may have been extracted to database form that you could find online BUT the original records have also been microfilmed and can be ordered and used through an LDS Family History Center most convenient to you. Once you have positively identified at least the basics of the family history for an earlier generation or two (names, vital dates, locations) you can also research in those records to learn if other family members existed and possibly stayed in Norway. In my opinion one of the best records for you to FIRST study in detail would be the marriage and engagement records for Fredrik/Lorentz and Caroline/Karolinein in Glemmen. That type of record usually listed at least the names and residence location of the fathers of each of the bridal couple. That information would help you to find the earlier birth/baptismal records for each to thereby identify both parents for each.