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Sep 4, 2022
2 min

"Going Home" With The Snorri Plus Program

-By Beth Finnson How much do you know about the Snorri Plus program? This was the topic for Samtal Hour on Monday, August 29, 2022. Judy...

Aug 20, 2022
1 min

Write Your Family Story

Coming fall 2022 - Icelandic Roots Members Only Writing Seminars We believe your life story is important and deserves to be written down...

Aug 20, 2022
2 min

Finding Point Roberts, Washington, U.S.A.

Point Roberts is a geo-political oddity. The western United States-Canadian border follows the 49th parallel because of the Oregon Treaty...

Aug 20, 2022
3 min

Snorri 2022 Homestay a Priceless Memory

By Karrah Parke My experience in Iceland as part of the Snorri Program 2022 was largely defined by the truly extraordinary people I had...

Jul 17, 2022
4 min

My Lögberg-Heimskringla Connection

In the late 1970s, I was the assistant editor at Lögberg-Heimskringla, the Icelandic newspaper in Winnipeg. The hyphenated title...

Jul 17, 2022
4 min

Icelandic Roots at the Heritage Celebrations

Icelandic Roots genealogists will be LIVE for the important Icelandic Heritage Celebrations in North Dakota and Manitoba at the end of...

Jul 17, 2022
3 min

Meet Christina Sunley at the Icelandic Roots Book Club on Thursday August 4

By Heather Goodman Lytwyn The Tricking of Freya, a novel by Christina Sunley, is one of the first contemporary novels by an American...

Jul 16, 2022
8 min

Mr. and Mrs. Ingimar Ingaldson attend Millennial Celebration of Alþingi, Iceland's Parliament

By C.R. (Rus) Magnusson Icelandic Roots Volunteer Genealogist Database Media Team Leader Translations Team Leader Ingimar Ingaldson,...

Jul 3, 2022
1 min

2022 August the Deuce Celebration

The 123rd Annual Deuce of August Icelandic Celebration gets underway on Friday, July 30th in Mountain, North Dakota. If you've never...

Jun 19, 2022
4 min

Bárðar Saga Snæfellsáss

Probably the best-known saga to highlight Snæfellsnes is Bárðar Saga Snæfellsáss (The Saga of Bárður God of Snæfellsnes). This saga tells...

Jun 19, 2022
9 min

Remembering Afi

The third Sunday of June in the United States and Canada is set aside to honor our fathers and grandfathers, while Iceland celebrates...

Jun 5, 2022
6 min

One Day on Snaefellsnes

by Christal (Oliver) Speer IR# 637679 On a beautiful sunny day in June 2004, my family and I headed in our rented van to the Snaefellsnes...

Jun 5, 2022
1 min

Icelandic Roots Snorri Scholarships

By Doug Hanson A big part of the Icelandic Roots mission is to give back to the Icelandic Community through grants and scholarships. Each...

Jun 5, 2022
2 min

A Treasured Memory

By Christal Speer On a family vacation to Iceland in 2004, one of the first places we visited was the marvelous Skogar Folk Museum in...

May 21, 2022
4 min

Telling Tales in Hofsós, Skagafjarðarsýsla

Twenty-seven years ago, Valgeir Þorvaldsson began working on a dream. In this dream, he would tell the story of a people. He knew it...

May 6, 2022
7 min

Amma Sumarlína-A Mother's Day Remembrance

Amma, Mother, Daughter By Bryndís Víglundsdóttir My maternal grandmother, Sumarlína Pétursdóttir, IR #128090, born April 22nd, 1886 in...

May 6, 2022
3 min

Barnasaga-Stories of Women and Children

by Doreen Kristjanson Marston and Þórdís Edda Guðjónsdóttir One of the many special features Icelandic Roots volunteers are working on is...

Apr 22, 2022
2 min

Manitoba's Link to Icelandic Heritage

The Southeast & Winnipeg Branch of the Manitoba Genealogical Society is offering an educational program on Monday, April 25th. All are...

Apr 14, 2022
4 min

Hofsós and Icelandic Roots

This article has many links to more information. Enjoy! On Monday, April 18th, 2022, we are pleased to have Valgeir Þorvaldsson join us...

Apr 2, 2022
3 min

Icelandic Roots Online Book Club

Our new book club will be launched on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, with the First Lady of Iceland, Eliza Reid! We are so honored to host her...