I just saw this old post. If you or anyone is interested, please contact me. Lars Sovde would have been my great Uncle. My grandfather was his brother Ole Olson Holmestad. Ole and Lars came to the United States together. They took different names when they got here is what my mother told me. Have you found any information on Kari? The Kari that Lars was married to died in Winger, Mn. Lars married Minda after she died. The parents came to the US a few years after Lars and Grandfather Ole. My Great grandfather, Ole Sovde, died in Knute township, Polk county in Jan,1903. My great Grandmother, Martha Larsdatter Sovde, died in the village of Hendrum, Norman County around 1921. I have an article from the Greenbush paper that says that Lars Sovde and his niece Nellie(my aunt) were going to the funeral. Martha was living with a daughter last name Fremstad at the time of death. It shows up in the census. She also has another daughter married to a Bjerk. I have their names also. Pat