On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 09:59:09 -0500, Duane Bozarth wrote:
Dave Hinz wrote:

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I've got a 650-year family reunion to go to in Norway in 2008, maybe
that'd be a good starting place for a baltic trip.

How many are there from the previous one, Dave?

Last one I know of was to 600th, so that'd leave the grandma who was a
small girl then.

Interesting subthread...enjoying lurking...

It helps when the farm has been in the same family since 1358...and the
land sale record is even online:
http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/middel...l?b=2592&s=240

"3 men of the King's Authority, at (the event of) Harald of Lunde and
his wife Ingegorg selling to Gudbrand Thordsson, 3 units of land called
Tokestad at Forberg (in the parish of Ringsaker). (document location
and number), dated 29 June 1358.

The next section is middle-norse which an Icelandic friend of mine was
able to read as if she was reading a newspaper - their language has
stayed that pure over the centuries.

In the basement of the main house at this farm, is an oak beam that has
been dendochronologically dated to the 10th century, and the notches
show that it was used in a structure previous to the current one which
dates to the 1300s. Even 700 years ago people were re-using timbers.

Dave Hinz