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| Did you know...
3-7-3 Johan
Christian Hojem
who was a
farmer in South
Africa, has
given name to
the onion variety
"Hojem"?
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Who
we are, and where we are going.
The
Oftebro family, with over 1200 members living today, is scattered over
most of the world. The bonds that long tied the great, extended family
together, were lost. A group of enthusiasts within the family started
to collect family information to be able to re-establish this contact.
This group, which counted 20 persons, called for help from another 30
resource persons scattered on the different branches of the family
tree in Norway and abroad. These resource persons conveyed our message
to the tiniest branch of the family tree, and helped us collect family
information for the good cause. The group arranged a great family
reunion in Lyngdal, Norway, August 2004, and issued a family book
later the same year.
These
efforts have made the ember from the old family solidarity and
enthusiasm into a new fire. The family book is being studied in the
many Oftebro homes. Bonds that had been broken were tied again in
Lyngdal, and many new friendships were made.
After
meritorious efforts throughout years, our organisation has shipped the
oars. But the family enthusiasm ought to be kept alive. It needs
nourishment from a continuous flow of new family information and from
maintaining personal contact. Like a phoenix from the ashes a new
family committee has ascended from the foundations of the former
organisation. So far we talk about a group of 7 persons. This
committee is open for anyone who has the interest and the time to
participate.
The
members of the family committee are:
| 3-5-7-2-2 Stein Opsal |
stopsal [AT] online.no |
| (3-2-1-3-1-1) Tom Pedersen |
tom.pedersen [AT]
lifi.no |
| 3-2-1-3-1-1 Astrid Edland |
astrid.edland [AT] lifi.no |
| 3-6-2-4-3 Inge Chr.
Oftebro |
inge.oftebro [AT]
hydro.com |
| 3-6-2-4-4 Lorentz
Hallstein Vaagland |
lorentzv [AT] gmail.com |
| (3-6-2-4) Grethe Oftebro |
grethe.oftebro [AT]
lier.online.no |
| 3-6-2-4 Torstein Oftebro |
torstein.oftebro [AT] lier.online.no |
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Torstein,
Tom, Astrid, Lorentz, Grethe, Inge and Stein |
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Objectives:
We
will continue to search for Oftebros that we so far have not been able to
trace down, in order to complete our family register.
We
will try to collect information on changes in the family tree, including
information on all new members of
the family.
We
will reconstruct our Oftebro website, and make it an arena for exchanging
family information and for contact between family members, and we will
continuously remind all relatives about the tremendous amount of
information that is available to everyone who buys the
Oftebro family book.
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