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Unknown Photos Project Makes Discoveries
Icelandic Roots launched the Unknown Photos Project in January 2023 to begin putting names to faces in the photos. This is a real...
Mar 19, 20232 min read
Fond Memory of Our First Trip to Iceland
By Valdine (Scrymgeour) Hernes My husband, Sigfred (I640085), and I (I639986) have visited Iceland four times. On our first trip in July...
Mar 19, 20232 min read
The Icelandic Settlement of Spanish Fork, Utah Part II - The Icelandic Association of Utah
by Susan Bearnson Huff Many Icelanders lived near each other in Spanish Fork and gathered often both formally and informally. For the...
Mar 19, 20237 min read
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...
Mar 5, 20231 min read
Trying to Identify 13,000 Photos of Unknown People
By Rus Magnusson Over the years, Icelandic Roots has collected thousands of wonderful old photos submitted by our members. Over 13,000...
Feb 19, 20236 min read
Prophetic Dreams: A Curse or a Legacy
The Icelandic Roots Book Club for Thursday, March 2, 2023, will feature Prophetic Dreams: a Curse or a Legacy with author Alfreða...
Feb 19, 20233 min read
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, 20234 min read
Members Helping Members and a New Look for the Database
By Beth Finnson A new Icelandic Roots program called Members Helping Members, and database updates were the topic for Samtal Hour on...
Feb 5, 20232 min read
The One-Family Icelandic Settlement- Remembering Life Near The Souris/Mouse River Valley
by Margret Indridason Grisdale Jan. 11, 2023 While talking to Sunna Furstenau on Icelandic Roots "Samtal Hour," I mentioned that I grew...
Jan 22, 20239 min read
The Saga of Hrafnkel Frey’s Godi
The Icelandic Roots Book Club for Thursday, February 2, 2023, will feature The Saga of Hrafnkel Frey’s Godi, with Jason Doctor as our...
Jan 22, 20233 min read
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 8, 20232 min read
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...
Dec 11, 20227 min read
Storyboard Project Documents The Mountain N.D. Settlement
-The project will tell the story of Vikur Lutheran Church and the Mountain settlement By Loretta Thorfinnson Bernhoft and Sandy...
Dec 11, 20227 min read
Turkeys and a Christmas Cat
by Sharron Arksey A husband watched his young wife prepare the turkey. “Why do you always cut it in half before putting it in the...
Dec 11, 20222 min read
Could You Be A Snorri?
2022 was a banner year for the unique collaboration between North American Icelandic groups and Iceland. Known as the Snorri Program, ...
Nov 10, 20222 min read
VIKING VOYAGER: AN ICELANDIC MEMOIR
The Icelandic Roots Book Club for December 1, 2022, will feature VIKING VOYAGER: AN ICELANDIC MEMOIR with authors Sverrir Sigurdsson and...
Nov 10, 20223 min read
My Journey
By Brian Borgford She had just celebrated her tenth birthday and was alone, on a six-thousand-mile journey to join her widowed father in...
Nov 10, 20222 min read
My Icelandic Immigrant Ghost
By Doreen (Borgfjorð) McFarlane IR 602083 October is the month of Hallowe’en, so it is a time that many people think about ghosts and...
Oct 30, 20226 min read
Calling All Would-Be Memoirists!
The final installment in an Icelandic Roots webinar series on writing family stories is scheduled for November 16. “Memoir Writing for...
Oct 30, 20223 min read
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, 20222 min read
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