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Contact Us We welcome your interest in the Thomsens of Bear Lake, Minnesota. You can contact us via email. We are especially interested in acquiring historical family photos.
Published sources for this website: "Fitjar Bygdebok: Band 1, Gards- og Aettesoge," Fitjar Kommune - Bygdebok Nemnd; 1986. "Fitjar: Bygdeskipnad og Bygdesoga" by Jacob Åland. "Gards- og Aettesoge for Sveio" by Simon Steinsbø; Gamle Valestrand Kommune. "Jordbundet og Himmelvendt: Oppfinneren C.H.G. Olsen 1835-1921" by Alf Craner; H. Aschehoug & Co., Oslo; 2001. "Memories from Bear Lake" by Tolleif George Thomsen; compiled and privately published by Thor B. Thomsen, Seattle, Wash., 1968; second printing by Carolyn Thomsen Mutchler, 1971. "Ole Bull: Norway's Romantic Musician and Cosmopolitan Patriot" by Einar Haugen and Camilla Cai; University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wis.; 1993. "Saga from Western Norway" by Tolleif George Thomsen; compiled and privately published by Carolyn Thomsen Mutchler, Lynwood, Wash., 1979. "Skipsfører og seilmaker Ole Olsens efterkommere" by Hroar and Anna Hedvig Olsen; Oslo, 1943; published privately by Hjalmar Olsen. "Stord Bygdebok: Gards- og Aettesoga" by Ola Høyland; Stord Herad; 1966. "Stump Ranch Chronicles and Other Narratives" by Rolf Knight; New Star Books, Vancouver, Canada; 1977. "Thomsen Family Genealogy" compiled and privately published by Neil A. Thomsen, 1993. "Thomsen Family Reunion: 1882-1971" compiled and privately published by Carolyn Thomsen Mutchler; 1971. "Tysnes: Gards- og Aettesoge" by Ernst Berge Drange.
Contributors to this website: Roger Fossum is a computer analyst and relative of ours from Karmøy, Norway. Thanks to his research skills, we now know about our Thomsen ancestors back to the 1600s. Conrad Thomsen is a retired building contractor and developer who lives in Isle, Minn. He has written articles for the site that have sparked a new round of interest in our family history. He has also collected and scanned many of the photos for the site.
Gwen Thomsen Rhoads is a graphic designer who lives in Eugene, Oregon. She is responsible for designing the website. (email) Keith Thomsen is a retired journalist who lives in northern Wisconsin. He has written and edited articles for the site. (email) Neil Thomsen is a financial adviser who lives in San Diego, Calif. He compiled a family genealogy and taped interviews with elderly Bear Lake Thomsens in the early 1990s. Colin Thomsen is a student at the University of Minnesota, majoring in Scandinavian Studies. He assisted with translation and research.
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