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http://www.norwayheritage.com/

(above I've come across before)

Chris :)

Thanks Chris??

Well Austin Q and everyone else who’s helped me I have the copy of the original marriage certificate between Elizabeth Ann Carter and Andrew Olsen and unfortunately it looks as though it does say Ulster Olsen ( or Wolsen as it’s written). There are no other details about where he comes from and I wonder if they just wrote what they thought his name was, as it doesn’t sound very Norwegian.
I haven’t any idea what to do now as most of the Norwegian sites need a town of origin or something. I’ve put in Ulster Wolsen and Olsen and Andrew Olsen and Wolsen but no joy.
Has anyone got any ideas of how I can proceed now and find out more?
Thank you

Don't know if this will be of any help but there is a list of Norwegian surnames here:-

https://www.familyeducation.com/baby-names/browse-origin/surname/norwegian?page=6

Keep scrolling down as there are pages of them but you might find a name that is similar to what is written.

It may also be difficult for you as according to the same web page it says this:-

"If you have a Norwegian last name, you find it a little difficult to trace your family history back further than a few generations. That's because before 1923, the most common last names in Norway ended in -son, -sen, -dotter, or -datter, which mean "son of" or "daughter of," and changed with each generation. So Carl Johanssen is Carl, son or Johan. But Carl's daughter Anna might be Anna Carlsdotter.

In 1923, the Norwegian government mandated all Norwegian families to choose a last name they could pass down from generation to generation. Families either stuck with their current patronymic last name, but some chose the farm or other place they lived."

Kath. x

I wonder if there is a record of merchant crews, which might help define a birthplace in Norway.