Finstuen
John Bredehoft	Is there a Finstuen village in Norway? My great grandfather Peter Ole Finstuen may have been from there. Looking for any possible information on Finstuen.
askeroi	In the 1900 cencus there are 37 FARMS called Finstuen. He or his parents most likely have a connection to one of them. But I'm afraid we'll have to know a little more - like (approximately) when he is born and/or (approximately) when he emmigrated to find the right farm. askeroi
John Bredehoft	Ole Peter Finstuen and Agnet Finstuen are Peter Ole's mother and father. Agnet was born in 1817. Ole died in 1905(?) in Minnesota. I will go to the cemetery to find the year he was born. Agnet and Ole emigrated from Norway in 1868. I guess Peter Ole was actually born in Minnesota after Ole and Agnet came from Norway in 1868. Unfortunately I have limited information but hope to find more. The church records of Lands Lutheran Church in Zumbrota, Minnesota which would have contained Ole and Agnet were lost to fire in the late 1800's.
askeroi	There are no such people on any Finstuen farm in the 1865 cencus. But I have a good feeling for these peolpe: http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=arkivverket/ft1865/f60536&variabel=0&postnr=3834&fulle=true&spraak=F It looks like the mother, a widow in her 50th year (49 years old) having sold her farm and bought herself support etc on e nearby farm, probalbly by relatives. This is in Søndre land in Oppland. I'm not familiar with this district. If you start a debate in user-forum at Digitalarkivet someone surely could tell you wether there is a "bygdebok" from the district. Maybe someone is known there and could tell something about the Finstuen farm - and if I'm right or wrong about your people. GOOD LUCK! askeroi
John Bredehoft	Her name would have been Agnethe Aspugard (B 1817), she married Peder J. Finstuen. Their surname could have been Pedersen (spelling?) in Norway. Agnethe came to USA but I believe Peder J. passed in Norway prior to 1868. Ole Peter Finstuen (B 1843) therefore would have been their son. He married a Anne (B 1842, daughter of a ?Foraulid Ole?) They would have had a son named Peter Ole Finstuen. Thanks for your help:) John
John Bredehoft	I have some new information on the people I am looking for which differs from what I stated in my last posts. The National American Heritage Association was helpful in obtaining more accuracy in what I am looking for. Agnethe Pedersdatter was her name. She was born in 1817 in Norway. Her husband was Peder Olsen Finstuen who died in Norway in 1851. The two of them had four children: Johann Finstuen, Randine Finstuen, Ole P. Finstuen, born 1842 who married Annie Jorunlid born in 1843, and Peter P. Finstuen born 7 Nov 1846. Emigration for Agnethe and her children to America is believed to have been in 1868. They were from Lands, Norway from a farm called Finstuggu (Finstuen) which was a subdivison of a larger farm called Fossum in Torpa Parish. If anyone would know anything of these people, it would be great to hear from you.