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The Deuce of August: Honoring the Past, Building the Future
The Deuce of August: Honoring the Past, Building the Future in northeastern North Dakota. Come celebrate Icelandic heritage.
Jul 42 min read
5 Compelling Reasons to Support the “Cousins Across the Ocean” Project with Icelandic Roots
Our researchers put many hours into public record searches and maintain community connections to help keep the database up to date, but most of our contemporary information comes from you—our members, supporters, and followers.
May 95 min read
2025 Heritage Tour and Emigration Port Ceremonies
Two busloads of IR volunteers and members have just returned from Iceland as we traveled for twelve unforgettable days of heritage,...
Sep 26, 20257 min read
Icelandic Roots at Íslendingadagurinn 2025
by Greg McNeill and Shaune Jonasson It’s summer! That means sun and fun with fairs, parades and festivals. This year, the Viking spirit...
Jul 4, 20253 min read
Land of Fire and Ice: A Sociological Journey Through Icelandic
Each year a group of young Icelandic descendants living in North America participate in an amazing cultural exchange in Iceland, the...
Jun 20, 20254 min read
A Snorri West - Icelandic Roots Success Story
Jody Arman-Jones, Co-Director Snorri West Program One of the tenets of the Snorri West program is to attempt to identify and facilitate...
Mar 15, 20254 min read
Icelandic Roots: Praising and Preserving the Heritage
Editor's Note : The following is an edited excerpt from the article Arfleifðin vegsömuð og varðveitt . This is an article published in...
Oct 11, 20248 min read
Samtal Hour Explores the Journey to the Americas From Iceland
Journey to North America from Iceland
Sep 14, 20243 min read
The Worst Week and the Best Day
Editor's Note: Emma Kaliel wrote this account about her 2023 Snorri Experience. The 2024 Snorri participants are currently engaged in...
Jun 22, 20243 min read
Meet the Snorri West 2024 Participants!
Snorri West Participants in 2024
Apr 25, 20245 min read
Do You Care About Your Icelandic Heritage?
Yes. Of course, you care about your Icelandic heritage. That is why you are reading this! Ten years ago, on November 12, 2013, Icelandic...
Nov 11, 20233 min read
Sarah's Story - Crazed by the Klondike
A new to Icelandic Roots member delved into the IR database and was surprised at the breadth of knowledge contained therein. What she...
Jul 8, 20238 min read
Discovering Your Past
Learning about and sharing our stories with Icelandic Roots By Shaune Jonasson Have you ever wondered what life was like back “when”?...
Apr 16, 20232 min read
Snorris, Samtals and New Podcasts
Two members of Icelandic Roots' new Podcast Team dropped into Judy Dickson's most recent Samtal Hour and shared what they've been working...
Apr 16, 20232 min read
The Sólskin Children, a Reykjavík Hobo, and a Poem
By Ruth Cartwright Poem by Nelson S. Gerrard One hundred fifty letters from first, second, and third-generation Icelandic children living...
Mar 5, 20234 min read
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