You can send for death records in Minnesota, for $9 each, and they sometimes say parents names, birthplace, etc.. if the person who informed about them (next of kin) knew the information.

Here is the website to order:

http://people.mnhs.org/dci/Search.cfm

FROLEN, ESTHER L.
Date of Birth: 19 Jun 1899
Place of Birth: MINNESOTA
Mother Maiden Name: RUSDAHL
certid# 1984-MN-032964
Date of Death: 03 Dec 1984
County of Death: ST. LOUIS

ENGEBRITSON, NETTIE
Date of Birth: na
Place of Birth: na
Mother Maiden Name: na
certid# 1946-MN-028422
Date of Death: 06 Aug 1946
County of Death: ST. LOUIS

And knowing her death date might help you locate an obituary for her in St. Louis County, contact the historical society.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
506 West Michigan Street
Duluth, MN 55802-1505
218-733-7580
Fax 218-733-7585
history@thehistorypeople.org
Executive Director: JoAnne Coombe, 218-733-7581
www.thehistorypeople.org/

Proctor Area Historical Society
c\o Marilyn Lee
PO Bo 65, Esko, MN 55733 (Mailing)
Proctor City Hall
100 Pionk Drive
Proctor, MN 55810
218-628-6288 (Mondays)
Contact: Marilyn Lee, Secretary, 218-879-0551
Hours: Fridays 8 a.m. to Noon and by appointment

There is an interesting database for all the farm owners in Norway in 1886. It shows that at Rusdal, Lund Parish, there are 13 subfarms there at Rusdal. Your family owns the 2nd one. Subfarm number 1. There are several numbers that go with this record.

1 212 Rusdal Lars Haaversen 2-39 2-0-3-0
Subfarm 1, also known as farm 212, Rusdal, owner Lars Haaversen, and then tax amounts. As you can see, in comparison to the other farms, your subfarm 1 is worth more han all the other parcels of land that are listed under Rusdal. Some might just be house sites, some are little farms. Rusdal's main farm number is 51. It's good to know that.

http://www.rhd.uit.no/matrikkel/mtliste.aspx?knr=1112&gn...

Resultat fra søking i gårdsmatrikkelen for 1886
Informasjon om matrikkelgård:
Fylke: Rogaland
Kommune: Lund
Sogn: Lund
Gårdsnummer: 51
Gammelt matrikkelnr: 52
Navn på gård: Rusdal
Antall bruk registrert på matrikkelgården: 14

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Bruksnr Gammelt
løpenr Bruksnavn Brukers navn Skyld i
Mark-Øre Skyld i
Daler-Ort-Skilling Merknad
13 221b Rusdal Mikael Kristiansen 1-23 0-4-20-0
1 212 Rusdal Lars Haaversen 2-39 2-0-3-0
2 213 Rusdal Leiel Ommundsen 1-34 0-0-23-0 Skyld fordelt med annet brug.
2 218 Rusdal Leiel Ommundsen 0-0 0-4-15-0 Skyld fordelt med annet brug.
3 214, 216, 222 Rusdal Kolbein Torstensen 1-61 1-0-11-0
4 215 Rusdal Torger Aanesen 0-64 0-2-20-0
5 217a Rusdal Ommund Olsen 1-6 0-4-16-0
6 217b Rusdal Svend Olsen 1-6 0-4-15-0
7 219a Rusdal Ole Olsen 0-70 0-2-22-0
8 219b Rusdal Ole Olsen 0-9 0-0-9-0
9 219c Rusdal Ole Olsen 0-4 0-0-4-0
10 219d Rusdal Ole Olsen 0-2 0-0-2-0
11 220 Rusdal Lars Olsen 1-90 1-2-11-0
12 221a Rusdal Kristian Kristiansen 1-24 0-4-21-0

There is a farm and family history book that was published in Lund/Lunde, which includes the history of the farms, and the genealogy of the people who were living there.
You will need to know that Rusdal is main farm 51, and your family was at subfarm 1, also called 212.

This lookups volunteer has the book for your Rusdal farm history in Lund.

Vivian Moulder
moulders5@yahoo.com

There are two books for Lund, on published in 1961, one in 1986. They might be available through an interlibrary loan, using the information below.

Mehus, I. (author)
Lunds historie, v. 1 1961
DL596.L816 M43 Farms

Heskestad, O. (author)
Lunds historie, v. 2 1986
DL596.L816 M43 People

The book might list all of the children, including Nettie, who emigrated to America, and when they went and where.

It will also maybe say where the other siblings went.