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Jan 22, 2023
3 min

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 8, 2023
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...

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...

Dec 11, 2022
7 min

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, 2022
2 min

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...

Nov 10, 2022
2 min

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, 2022
3 min

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, 2022
2 min

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...

Oct 30, 2022
6 min

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, 2022
3 min

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, 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
10 min

Snorri Plus Program Tour August 8-22, 2022

By Judy Dickson This August I was fortunate to be a participant in the Snorri Plus Program which had been forced to cancel plans in 2020...

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...

Oct 2, 2022
5 min

LEIFUR EIRÍKSSON DAY

by Doreen (Borgfjord) McFarlane In the month of October, we celebrate everyone’s favourite Viking, Leifur Eiríksson. (Unlike German, the...

Sep 20, 2022
15 min

A Roots Road Trip

When most people visit Iceland they head to Reykjavik and take day trips to the Golden Circle and the South Coast as far as...

Sep 18, 2022
3 min

IR Genealogist Cathy Josephson Featured in Morgunblaðið

Article by Steinþór Guðbjartsson Cathy Ann Josephson, genealogist living at Refsstaður 2, Vopnafjörður is always ready to assist without...

Sep 4, 2022
2 min

Icelandic Roots Fall Writing Seminars

Earlier this year, Icelandic Roots members were asked during an online writing seminar what topic they would like to see covered in...

Sep 4, 2022
7 min

An Emigrant Woman: Sigriður Bjarnadottir (1862-1946)

Sigriður Bjarnadóttir (I334690) entered this world on the 7th of March 1862. A daughter to Bjarni Jónsson (1828–1887) and Bóthildur...