The Wolds

Jens and Ingeborg

Wold Farm in Tysvær, Rogaland, Norway

   Jens Jensen\ Voll (Wold) was born 11 May 1846 and Ingeborg Ole Andreasdtr Sætra was born 18 June 1847 in Tysvær, Rogaland, Norway. They emigrated to the United States in 1869 with their daughter, Marte Laurentse and possibly with two other children.

   Here is a link for Jens Jensen Wold on the 1865 Norway Census with his siblings and parents. Jens' parents, Jens Jensen Dysja b.1817 and Marte Lambrigtsdt Y. Rødne b. 1826 were from Imsland, Rogaland, Norway. Unfortunately, I don't know anything else about Marte yet.

   Jens Jensen Dysja's father, Jens Olsen Dysja b.1789 is found on the 1801 Census. His mother, Marta Eilivsdtr. Byrkjetveit b. 1778 was found living as a servant on the 1801 Census.

   You will find some reports on this line at my Family Tree Maker Home Page. With the help of some distant norwegian cousins, I have made some progress on these lines.

   Jens, Ingeborg and Martha(Marte) settled in Clay County, South Dakota by at least 1872. More info to come on this. Jens, Lambert and Jens' son in law, Martin Sexe traveled back to Norway at least once for which I have evidence.

Back Row: Martha, Alida, Josephine, Emilia
Front Row: Adolph, Jens, Julius, Engeborg, Edith
Little one in front is Anton  
~ Photo Courtesy of Katherine Lund ~

Rogaland Links

• Rogalandslag Check out this new site for the Rogaland lag!

• Norwegian genealogical sources 1500-1900 lists numerous sources for research.

• RogBase - Municipalities of Rogaland gives lots of inportant information about the area

• Haugesund Today has some pictures of the neighboring areas.
  

Personal Web Pages with Rogaland Roots

• The Erland Family - Tysvær Roots

• Arne Tjelle's Family Page

• Willy's Home Page

General Norwegian Research

• ANCESTORS FROM NORWAY is the most comprehensive site available to norwegian researchers. It covers just about every topic imaginable.

• John I. Borgos' Home Page has a lot of useful information for researchers.

• Norway List is the best List for norwegian research though we do get off-topic with anything related to Norway. Please read the guidelines so you are prepared to join us. It is a great group of about 1000 people all over the world but predominantly norwegians and norwegian americans.

• Linda K. Schwartz's Welcome To Norway Genealogy! is another helpful web site.

• Norway Reference Books and Lookup Volunteers

• Norway List Lookup Volunteers

• University of Tromso 1865, 1875, 1900 Census

• The Digital Archive 1801, 1865, part of 1875 & 1900 Census, Church Records, Emigration records

• Kvasir Try this norwegian search engine.

• 100 years of emigrant ships from Norway - The Solem, Swiggum & Austheim ship index

• Norwegian-American Bygdelagenes Fellesraad Organizations of researchers for different areas in Norway

• Slektsforskerbasen Are you trying to find the kommunes within the different fylkes?
  
  

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                                          Norwegian American Dictionaries
  
  

• Otto Jørgensen Dictionary

• Ancestors from Norway Dictionary

• Martin's Dictionary

• Norsk Dictionary
  

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South Dakota Links

Other Clay County Families

• Logue Family's Home Page

• Mark Soennichsen

South Dakota Links

• SD GENWEB Home Page

• SDGENWEB Ancestors Main Page

• 1860 Dakota Census

• Clay 1870

• Norwegians in Dakota 1880

• 1885 Dakota Territory Census Records

• South Dakota Personal Web Pages

• Cyndi's List of SD Sites

• South Dakota State Library

• SD State Historical Library

• South Dakota Birth Records over 100 years old

• Vermillion Plain Talk

• Sioux Falls Argus Leader

• SD BLM Land Database - Clay County

• SD Naturalization

• SD Vital Records

• Back to the Home Page

• Our Pioneer Ancestors

• The Memoirs of Aslak  ~  Ulvik Ancestors

• Brita Larsdtr. Jordalen  ~  Voss Ancestors

• My Bolstad/Bolster Page for my Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Line

• The Lunds of Denmark    

• The Olsons and Tollefsons from Valdres, Norway

• Bergen Lutheran Church   -- under construction

• Pioneer Settlement with early homesteaders   Coming Soon 
  
  
  Other Links
• FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service
• Ancestry.com
• Genealogy.com
  

  
  

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My Family Treemaker Reports

1901 and 1924 Homestead Maps of Norway Township, Clay County, South Dakota
are also on my FamilyTreeMaker site.

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  email Stephanie Benoit

updated 16 August 2003