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Welcome to my genealogical website. Here you will find the entire text of my book on the Norwegian settlers in the Manitowoc County area of Wisconsin, entitled Manitowoc-skogen, and my research on a number of families in the United States, Canada, Norway, and Great Britain. If you find this site and the information presented here useful, please leave a comment or contact me. Otherwise enjoy your visit.


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Last updated on January 20th, 2014 by Robert A. Bjerke

The ancestors of the family at Rønehagen in Stange. The townships of Stange, Romedal, and Toten are represented. RØHNE

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Last updated on January 29th, 2014 by Robert A. Bjerke

This ancestral chart includes lines of descent in these families: Luxembourg: Miller, Dimmer, Simminger, Schneider, Prom, Maigen, Juckem, Neuhengen, Spranek Sweden: Nelson MILLER

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Last updated on January 19th, 2014 by Robert A. Bjerke

This ancestral chart includes lines of descent in these families: Schwab, Walter, Schottenbauer, Prokosch SCHWAB

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Last updated on January 19th, 2014 by Robert A. Bjerke

This ancestral chart includes lines of descent from the following families: Bieck, Glock, Czadzeck, Schmidt, Sell, Gerlach, Koinke BIECK

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Last updated on January 18th, 2014 by Robert A. Bjerke

The Swedish placenames on this chart are parishes or farms in the area of Kila in Värmland. VÄRMLAND

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Last updated on January 17th, 2014 by Robert A. Bjerke

The Tulledge family of Leroy Township, Dodge County, Wisconsin. TULLEDGE

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Last updated on January 17th, 2014 by Robert A. Bjerke

This ancestral chart contains lines of descent in these families: Vaillant, Majeau, Tellier, Beaupied, Gauthier, Loiseau, Mousseau, Des Trois Maisons, Lorion, Chicoine, Paré, Brault, Rousseau, Picard, Daunay, Lesiège VAILLANT

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Last updated on January 17th, 2014 by Robert A. Bjerke

A line of descent in the family from Ton in Etnedal in Valdres. TON

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Last updated on January 30th, 2014 by Robert A. Bjerke

From England: A Gibson family of Boston in Lincolnshire, and a Gibson family of South Somercotes in Lincolnshire. GIBSON

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Last updated on January 17th, 2014 by Robert A. Bjerke

The family of Samuel Shuttleworth, who immigrated from Mansfield in England and farmed in Oakfield Township, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. SHUTTLEWORTH

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