February 2001 Newsletter

Berte Marie Bergum, A Girl from Land Who Became the Wife of the First U. S. Secretary of Agriculture by Arvid Sandaker (Berte, first child of Johan Olsen Bergum and Nille Johannesdatter Volla, married to Jeremiah Rusk); Føderåd or Estate Pension in North America submitted by John Monson - Anna H. Brenum (born Anne Olsdatter Skinderud), widow of Hovel Johannesen Brenum, and son John; Life in Torpa Around 1920 submitted by Larry Goplen (memories written by Magnhild Nybråten (born Ulsaker) of Vest Torpa)