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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:
| (3-2-1-3-1-1)
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 |
| 3-6-6-3-1
Hilde Oftebro |
oftebro
[AT]
gmail.com |
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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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