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The two sisters were close and my grandmother went to Støren often. Before I started school, I always went with her and later I spent my hollidays there. I still have contact with the older generaqtion at Støren."</I></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="0fb44830.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="387" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Annbjorg and Jakob Winsnes</B> are pictured above in their home in Singsaas Norway - Storstuu Winsnes.  They allowed me to stay in their home in 2001 for 3 weeks while I helped work on the reconstruction of an old building that is now used by foster children.  Annbjorg spent an incredible amount of time working on my genealogy while I was there adding to the data I had received before from Dag Einar Winsnes.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0fd58cd0.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="461" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Linda Schwartz:</B>  Linda found our site in 2003 (I think).  She lives in Michigan and has an incredible site "Sor-Trondelag to America" and she and her friends have filled in so many gaps in my research.  Look at her site under the "links to other great websites" link on the left.  She said: <I>The photo is me with my new bichon frise puppy last summer.  Her name is Bibelot's Sparkling Chablis. Chablis is descended from parents Belle Creek's Latest News and Belle Creek's Secret Admirer and grandparents Ch Special Times Just Right! [JR] and Belle Creek's Tessa Noel / Belle Creek's Moon Beam and Belle Creek's Silly Sally. Grandfather JR was the Best of Show at Westminster in 2001.   I can apply genealogy anywhere.  ;-)</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0fe80e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Per Moen</B>:  Per lives in Haltdallen and sings in the Haltdallen Manskor where I met him at a practice in 2001.  He has been very helpful with connections that had lines from the Haltdallen area.</div> <bR> <div> Photos to be added:</div> <bR> <div> <B>Dag Einar Winsnes</B> - actually, Dag is the one who started my Norwegian genealogy search when he answered a querry about my grandfather Jens Winsness.  Dag descended from Oline Winsnes, sister-in-law to my Jens and he had accumulated the whole ancestry for my line and shared it with me.  Dag lives in Sandnes Norway, near Stavanger, and works with the mentally handicaped people there.  Look at his site under "Links to other great websites" on the left.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Per Moen</B>:  Per lives in Haltdallen and sings in the Haltdallen Manskor where I met him at a practice in 2001.  He has been very helpful with connections that had lines from the Haltdallen area.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>