Eilert Osmundsen
Father of Jacob Eilertsen
Geni user Vidar Arne Kroslid is a third cousin
Yesterday I wrote about the Geni user from Farsund who posted Eilertsen family photos on the site. Geni has a feature to discover your family relationship to another selected user.
In this case, it worked perfectly, revealing Vidar to be Kate Eilertsen's third cousin. His greatgrandfather Isak Ludwig Osmundsen Farbrot was the brother of Jack Eilertsen's father Eilert Osmundsen.
Here is the full relationship chart as provided by Geni.
Norwegian family photos found on Geni
A Geni user named Vidar Arne Kroslid from Farsund posted photos "from the album Bernt Odd Kollevoll's photos," including priceless images of Jakob Eilertsen as a young man, of his mother Johanne Marie Jacobsdtr Vik, and of his two brothers.
Both Vik and Kollevoll are small hamlets very close to the Osmundsen/Eilertsen farm in Farbrot. Another nearby town is Dåreid, which is where the Geni user is from.
It seems that Bernt Odd Kollevoll was related to Eilert Johan Eilertsen, brother of Jakob. More to learn there.
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Eilertsen geography on the Spind peninsula
The map shows the location of the Eilertsen farm at Farbrot and the Nicolaisen farm at Reisvåg relative to the towns of Farsund and Lyngdal. Both families worshiped at the Spind Kirke.