Help Finding Gilbert Benson
I'm trying to find this man Gilbert Benson in Norway. His Swedish American church records say he was born 19 December 1848 in Aarnaes and he emigrated 1866-1868. I have found 28 farms by that name in Norway. I've checked as many as I can, but some cannot be checked such as one in Eidsvoll which lost its records. I've checked Nordmandene i Amerika and none of the leads there have panned out. I can only find five Gilberts on the 1865 and all are clearly not him. At this point I'm thinking his name was something else in Norway and there are too many farms called Aarnaes to uniquely identify him. I am considering telling my friend to test their DNA with MyHeritage and see where in Norway their closest Norwegian matches live. Does anyone have any better ideas or is anyone else able to find anything useful?
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