Dana,

>I guess I'll check with my dad next time he calls. Maybe the spelling is wrong. Gee, if I am the end of the line that would be sad. Thanks for the info.

Yes, that would be sad, but considering all the resources available it shouldn’t be too difficult finding information. Let me know if you got the spelling wrong and I can see if I can find some useful resources on the web (most are probably in Norwegian).

Jens Erik


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>Dana
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>>Dana,
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>>I can’t say that I have heard this name before. I looked it up in the phone book and I couldn’t find anyone with this name (we’re about 150.000 people in this city). I also looked it up on the National Statistics Bureau in Norway and the result was three or less people with this name. You can check this for yourself at: http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/00/navn_en/
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>>Maybe your grandfather’s whole family emigrated and that it wasn’t a very commonly used name at the time?
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>>Jens
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>>>Jens,
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>>>This is off subject, but I am part Nowegian, on my father's side. I am told that the name was changed when my grandfather came to the USA. It was originally Ruel. Is that a common name, does it sound familiar? Just curious on this. I may start some investigation as far as geniology someday.
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>>>Dana