confused about place names
Started by medic12965 · 2005-01-14
medic12965 · 2005-01-14#1
I have found a family tree of ancestors in Norway but have a few questions about place names. First of all in the case of Olav Aslakson Midtbo- is Midtbo the farm that Olav would have been born on??
This is how the info is presented to me:
Olav Aslakson Midtbo
Born: 1875- Sollid u/ Hauge
What does "Sollid u/Hauge" mean? I presume these are also place names. Can anyone make light of this situation?
Also Guro Jorgensdatter Utigard born at "Utigard i Byrte i Tokke"I know Utigard is the farm and Tokke is the parish but what does Byrte mean?
One more question. What does the place name "Nesland" refer to. I know Telemark is the County and Vinje is the municipality in question but I am confused as to the reference of Nesland.
Thanks in advance.