Finding Military Service Records
By Christal Speer with additional information from Susan Huff and Rus Magnusson Each day, many Icelandic Roots volunteers are busy...
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- 5 days ago
- 1 min
2023 Scandinavian Festival Features Iceland!
Special Icelandic Events - Please share by Romayne Kilde, Nordic Culture Clubs Scandinavian Festival The Nordic Culture Clubs and the...
- 5 days ago
- 2 min
The Icelandic Emigration Journey - From Turfhouses to Prairie Homesteads
Special Icelandic Events - Please share by Romayne Kilde, Nordic Culture Clubs Scandinavian Festival The Nordic Culture Clubs and the...
- May 14
- 3 min
Many IR Teammates Gather in Banff
Twenty-three Icelandic Roots volunteers and five family members are in Banff celebrating the Icelandic National League's Convention...
- Apr 30
- 7 min
The Pendant - A Family Heirloom
A pendant heirloom passed through the generations shrouded in mystery as to its beginnings. A lesson from the author to make inquiries...
- Apr 16
- 4 min
The Emigration Variations
INTERESTING EMIGRATION VARIATIONS By Dave Jonasson You may have already read articles about mass emigrations from Iceland during the...
- Apr 16
- 2 min
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 2
- 4 min
The 1816 Iceland Census
The 1816 Census is a wonderful resource that includes names, household positions, the farm they are living on, their marital status, age,...
- Mar 5
- 1 min
Encountering Genealogy Roadblocks
By Beth Finnson Genealogy roadblocks: who among us has not encountered one (or more) when researching family history? What do you do when...
- Feb 19
- 4 min
Welcome to Vesturfarasetrið
by Mallory Swanson Welcome to Vesturfarasetrið/The Icelandic Emigration Center in Hofsós, Iceland! In this tiny town in the north of...
- Feb 19
- 11 min
The Icelandic Settlement of Spanish Fork, Utah
by Susan Bearnson Huff 15 February 2023 Spanish Fork, Utah is the oldest continuous Icelandic settlement in North America. The history...
- Jan 8
- 2 min
2023: The Journey is Just Starting...
2023 is shaping up to be a momentous year for Icelandic Roots. On November 12th, we will celebrate our tenth anniversary as an official...
- Jan 6
- 3 min
Honored at Bessastaðir on New Year's Day
Congratulations to Cathy Josephson! She was awarded the Knight‘s Cross of the Icelandic Order of the Falcon at Bessastaðir on New Year's...
- Dec 11, 2022
- 7 min
My Saga with Saint Thorlák
Submitted By Aimée O’Connell, Guest Author It was one of those mornings that homeschooling families know very well: the kids were...
- Oct 30, 2022
- 1 min
Three Brothers Who Served
The book “Veterans of Icelandic Descent World War II” published by the Jon Sigurdsson Chapter IODE (1990) includes a lengthy chapter that...
- Oct 30, 2022
- 5 min
Local Veterans Lie in Foreign Cemeteries
By Kathy Thorlakson Each Memorial Day and Veterans Day, thoughts of how we honor our war heroes come to mind. Several years ago, the...
- Oct 30, 2022
- 2 min
Happy Birthday, Icelandic Roots!
Nine years ago, Icelandic Roots was a dream shared by a group of Western Icelanders who wanted to connect with others across North...
- Oct 30, 2022
- 4 min
What about Guðríður?
Guðríður who??? A very good day to you! The majority of the people who left Iceland for America did so because the story traveled from...
- Oct 16, 2022
- 2 min
Intergenerational Heroes - The Volunteer Team at Icelandic Roots
Guest Article by Arden Jackson CVO (Chief Vinarterta Officer) These pioneers work for the world they will leave behind. They are the...
- Oct 14, 2022
- 3 min
How do you Unlock the Stories of Your Emigrating Family Members?
By Beth Finnson Samtal Hour on September 26, 2022, was so interesting...as usual. Judy Dickson and Dave Jonasson co-hosted. They posed...
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