[#2802] Hans S. Hansen Strand, Vanelven, 1868

[Gjest Kristine Olson]

Help. I am trying to find the parents of Hans Severin Hansen Strand, born in 1868. He is my great-grandfather. The emigrants archive indicates that he left from Bergen harbor in 1889, and was from Vanelven. He married my great-grandmother about 1900 in Minnesota, USA. I can't find anyone in the 1865 or 1900 census records that appears to be related. I have checked all the records from the various Strand farms. Are there census records from anytime during 1868-1889, when he would have been in Norway, for the area? I don't know where else to look for him, or how to find his parents, ancestors, etc.Please reply directly also, if possible, to kristio@agd.org.Thank you.