Looking for Your Icelandic Family?
Meet them here at Icelandic Roots!
Why join Icelandic Roots?
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Trace your ancestry back to the time of settlement and beyond.
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Connect with your cousins around the globe.
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Preserve your family tree for future generations.
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Be a part of a community.
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Get started by filling out a "Cousins Across the Ocean" form and get connected to your relatives today.
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What makes us different?
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We are a 100% non-profit organization run by a dedicated team of volunteers.
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Your membership helps us "pay-it-forward" by awarding scholarships and heritage grants.
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We are specialized in all things Icelandic: ancestral farm photos, geo-tagged locations, translation services, church records, and more!
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Use the relationship calculator to find your close relatives and your relation to famous Icelanders in history.
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Expert and personable genealogists available to answer your questions.
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All information is verified and sourced.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
LOUISE, 2019
Thank you for giving of your time to make a difference to so many. Thank you for all that you do to help make Icelandic Roots one of the world’s most credible and robust genealogy databases!
JAYE, 2019
I would like to say thanks for your help and to all the people that work on the site, it has been a godsend as I put together my family tree. What a huge wealth of information you have there. I can't wait to get to Iceland!
VIVIAN, 2018
I just joined...Why didn't I do this sooner? Seeing photos of the farms that my grandparents lived at was unexpectedly emotional.
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Icelandic Roots also has a private Facebook Group where you can ask questions, discuss anything genealogy or Iceland related, and connect with relatives!
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To join the "Icelandic Roots Group":
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1. Fill out a Cousins Across the Ocean form here. It is a free service for anyone of Icelandic ancestry and their families. Group members must be in the IR database before they can join the Facebook group.
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2. Once you have filled out the form, visit the Facebook group page here and request to join by answering a couple simple questions.
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