Elling Anderson Lien

I am sorry that I dont have any info about Elling Anderson, what I can tell you is that his father proberly will have the name Anders as a first name, Anderson mens son of Anders, for females the name will be Andersdatter.
In earlyer year we did not have a last name often they named them self a last name by the place they lived. In Norway there is church records that is on the internet free for every body to see, if you search the net for digitalarkivet you will be abel to find it.
Best wishes from Irene Røyneberg

http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/

And he might also be called andersson, anderssen, andersen.... So lots of ways to get the name wrong... In the digital archive yiu have a better chance of finding something if you have a birthdate...

Thank you for your input. I realize that but sometimes forget being as I am 71 and soon to be 72 and have a lot on my mind since my father passed away last September. I will research the other spellings. Thanks again.

To Edith Kendrick.Hi,I am new to posting on here,but have been researching the Andersen,Petersen family history for 3 years now. I have an Elling Andersen b.1796 that was from Bergen,Norway. Married Petriche Maria Nielsdatter on 31 Oct 1819.They had a son,Rasmus Andreas Andersen,b.1820, who then had a son named Rikard (Richard) Emiel August Rasmus Andreasen (Andersen) b.1853. Richard is my Great-Grandfather,lived in Chicago and was also from Bergen.I am from Chicago,as well, but live in AZ. now. I hope this helps. I am still researching,probably will be for a long time. Let me know any of your finds.Thanks, Barb Smith