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Søndenå farm

Here is a photo of the Søndenå farm where Ole Olson (Finnestad) may have lived according to a contact at the Sauda kommune.


Søndenå farm

Ole Finnestad Sr appears to have left Søndenå and migrated southeast to Nordskår in 1836.
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Unknown said…
Hello; My name is Craig R. Finnestad and my grandfather was Lars Finnestad from Fenton, Iowa. My sister Marilyn is trying to get the Finnestad Ancestry Book together with proper information of our past. My father was Norman A. Finnestad, one of 11 children to Lars Finnestad who grew up in Fenton, Iowa also. Please contact me with any information you may have regarding our family tree. Thank you so much....

e-mail: Craigr1203@aol.com

Sincerely,
Craig
February 21, 2020 at 1:30 AM
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