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 What do you already know?&nbsp; Have you talked to older relatives; grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins?&nbsp; They may&nbsp;have information that can be very helpful.&nbsp; Pay special&nbsp;attention to any mention of people, names, places, and old family stories.&nbsp; The stories could be true!
-Pay extra attention to last names. If the last name does not end in -sen or -son, it could be a farm names.&nbsp; Farm names can help you identfy a home parish in Norway. If you have a possible farm name, look it up in a Norwegian gazetteer. If there are only a few names like the one you are looking for, you may have found the place in Norway where you ancestor was born, married, or at least lived at some point during his/her life.
+Pay extra attention to last names. If the last name does not end in -sen or -son, it could be a farm name.&nbsp; Farm names can help you identfy a home parish in Norway. If you have a possible farm name, look it up in a Norwegian gazetteer. If there are only a few names like the one you are looking for, you may have found the place in Norway where you ancestor was born, married, or at least lived at some point during his/her life.
 Make sure you look for&nbsp;information in old Bibles, journals, letters, books, on postcards and old photos.&nbsp;&nbsp;You may find information in US sources like US Censuses, naturalization records, military records, homestead applications, Norwegian American Lutheran church records, obituaries, and newspapers.&nbsp;