Finding family?

Question

is there anyone that might know of any of my family in norway the last name is grimland i live in texas and just wanting to know more of my family that came from norway

Answer 1

According to ssb.no (statistics Norway) there are currently "3 or fewer" people with the family name Grimland in Norway. (Grimeland, however, is more common - there are currently 113 persons with this family name in Norway)

Which probably means that your ancestors were among the many who chose a new name for themselves when they emigrated.

Answer 2

You should start by asking all your living relatives about family history.  Then, armed with that information, you can go to your public library and check to see if it has a genealogy department.  Most do nowadays; also, don't forget to check at community colleges, universities, etc.  Our public library has both www.ancestry.com and www.heritagequest.com free for anyone to use (no library card required).

Another place to check out is any of the Mormon's Family History Centers.  They allow people to search for their family history (and, NO, they don't try to convert you).

A third option is one of the following websites:

http://www.searchforancestors.com/...

http://www.censusrecords.net/?o_xid=2739...

http://www.usgenweb.com/

http://www.census.gov/

http://www.rootsweb.com/

http://www.ukgenweb.com/

http://www.archives.gov/

http://www.familysearch.org/

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/...

http://www.cyndislist.com/

http://www.geni.com/

Cyndi's has the most links to genealogy websites, whether ship's passenger lists, ancestors from Africa, ancestors from the Philippines, where ever and whatever.

Of course, you may be successful by googling: "john doe, born 1620, plimouth, massachusetts" as an example.

Good luck and have fun!

Check out this article on five great free genealogy websites:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article...

Then there is the DNA test; if you decide you want to REALLY know where your ancestors came from opt for the DNA test. Besides all the mistakes that officials commonly make, from 10% to 20% of birth certificates list the father wrong; that is, mama was doing the hanky-panky and someone else was the REAL father. That won't show up on the internet or in books; it WILL show up in DNA.

I used www.familytreedna.com which works with the National Geographics Genotype Program.

Answer 3

Here are some links to sites you may be interested in.  They are all about people researching Grimland family history.

http://boards.ancestry.com/SearchResults...

http://users.htcomp.net/wiland/grimland....

You may also want to email this Yahoo!Answers user through his profile.  He asked a question a couple of weeks ago about the Grimland family bible and says he has done tons of research on them.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?...