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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 30th, 2014 by Robert A. Bjerke

The families of three brothers, Hans Knudsen Økri (died 1722), Frans Knudsen Hylli (died 1727), and Trond Knudsen Gutu (died 1798).

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

The descendants of John Holden and his wife Esther Simpson of Revesby in Lincolnshire in England (fl.1787-1803)

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

The descendants of John Dunning (fl.1762-1777) of Aycliffe in County Durham in England.

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A Biographical and Genealogical Directory of the Residents of Norwegian Birth and Descent in Manitowoc and Kewaunee Counties in Wisconsin from the First Settlement to 1900

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