Hi Sindy - I'm just beginning my search for family history so I don't know if I can help you or not (I just discovered on-line, etc.!). What information do you presently have or know? My great-grandfather was Jens Hans Olafson b. 3-15-1870, Strausners, Sunfjord, Norway, d. 8-7-1953 Hopkins, MN. Jens immegrated to the US at the age of 15 as a stowaway on a cattle ship. My grandfather was Leonard "Duke" Earl Olafson, b. 11-21-1909 Madelia, MN d. 8-5-1987. He eloped to Iowa with my gradmother Alice Irma "Irs" Teske on 10-20-1933. Does that help at all? Let me know...