Family History and Ancestry

of Deb Houdek Rule

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The hope in adding this material to my website is that distant relatives and other researchers may benefit and be able to add to their own research, and possibly add to mine. Please email Deb Houdek Rule if you have information to add, or corrections, to current entries. I'd especially like to be able to add photos of more people, and historical context of the people, their locations, and their times.

I've divided this genealogy of mine by my great-grandparents surnames. This let me avoid putting up any names of those still living, and to divide the entries more cleanly along family and country lines (Norway, Sweden, Bohemia, Germany). Relatives may contact me by email for information on more current generations.

Bollaugsen (also spelled Bellaugson, Bollougsen, Bollogsen Bollougson, Bolaugsen, Bøllougsen, Bøllogsen) of Hedmark, Oppland, and Troms, Norway. Includes Rasmussen & Rasmusdatter of Hedmark and Troms, Norway.

and

Lee - Lie of Hønefoss and Norderhov, Buskerud County, Norway. Includes Raa, Gihle, Hønen. Also the American descendents of Thorvald H. Lee.

Dahl of Smolen or Småland, Sweden (an area including about three Swedish counties).

and

Michelet of Norway (includes Brandt, Daae, Deichman, Finde, Finkle/Finkel, Fjelde, Hals, Harbou, Heidenreich, Hjede or Heyde, Holst, Schwarke of Østfold, Askerhus, Sør-Trøndelag, Vestfold, and Oslo, Norway) - added April 10, 2003

Hegge of Nord-Trondelag, Norway. --Pages revised and added to, April 10, 2003

and

Rask and Larson & Larsdotter of Finnakers Bruk, Fellingsbro, Örebro, Sweden.

Houdek of Bohemia. Includes Kotek of Bohemia. Also Picha or Piha, and Topich or Topic of Bohemia. Sauter of Prussia, Germany. Includes Kinzel of Brechinach, Bohemia. --Pages revised and added to April 10, 2003--Houdek and Sauter pages combined

Burnett County, Wisconsin cemetery pictures:

Pleasant Prairie Cemetery

St Olaf Cemetery

Wood River Baptist Cemetery

Benson Cemetery

Logging Creek Cemetery

Riverside Cemetery, Grantsburg

More valuable genealogical websites:

• LDS Family Search - the LDS have transcribed an enormous number of Norwegian and Swedish church records, very valuable. Includes instructions on how to order microfilm copies of the original records. A very forgiving search engine that includes many possible spelling on one search. (English)
• 1865, 1875, & 1900 census for Norway (in English)
• Digitalarkivet - A tremendous source for information and records on Norway, censuses, birth, death, and marriage records, and much more. (mixture of English & Norwegian)
• Slektsbase - apparently a Norwegian relative of the Bollaugsens with a personal genealogy site similar to this one. I took some info from this site which includes more farm names than I've included (Rydning means 'clearing in the woods' & øyen I've been told means 'island' but my dictionary says it means 'horrible, terrible'). (Norwegian but easy for English-speakers to use)
• Folk fra Ringerike 1300-1591 - 'People From Ringerike', care to take up the Lie/Lee ancestry back into the 1300s or 1400s? This site may have info. (Norwegian)
• Farm Names and Maps for Folldal parish, Hedmark county, Norway (English)
• Birth & Death Records for Nord-Trøndelag, Norway (Norwegian)
• Burnett County, Wisconsin Cemetery records - most of my American-Scandinavian relatives are in these records (English)
• 100 Years of Norwegian Emigrant Ships - ship info and some passenger lists. I found the Bollaugsens listed on this site (choice of English or Norwegian)
• Minnesota Death Certificate Search, 1908-1966
• Genforums - message boards for posting queries by surname or locations: Norway, Sweden, Germany, Minnesota, Wisconsin (Ancestry.com also has message boards)
• Cyndi's List - genealogical links, a 'must' stop
• Google - web-wide search engine, best on the web, try searching names, surnames, locations--a powerful resource

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Surnames: Bollaugsen - Dahl - Michelet - Hegge-Rask - Lee (Lie) - Houdek-Kotek-Sauter-Kinzel

Burnett Co., Wisconsin Cemeteries: Pleasant Prairie, St. Olaf, Wood River, Benson, Logging Creek, Riverside Cemetery, Grantsburg

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