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Nov 12, 2020
3 min

Celebrating 7 years with exciting news (fréttir) and a new video (nýtt myndband)

**Íslenska eftir Written by Sunna Furstenau, Edited by Natalie Guttormsson Dear friends, Here at Icelandic Roots, we are marking our 7th...

Sep 16, 2020
3 min

Changing IR Social Media

To align with the privacy policies, Icelandic Roots will be changing the closed Facebook Group to a Membership-Only Group.

May 26, 2018
1 min

Updated Privacy Statement

The Team at Icelandic Roots take privacy and the protection of your personal information seriously. As media attention and government...

Feb 4, 2018
1 min

Together We Can Do So Much

Dear Icelandic Roots Friends and Cousins, We now have 632,000 people in the IR Database! That is >120,000 people in just over 4 years....

Nov 12, 2017
3 min

Icelandic Roots Celebrates 4 Years

Happy 4th Anniversary to Icelandic Roots! Many thanks to YOU, our volunteers and members, who make Icelandic Roots (IR) better every day....

Jun 24, 2017
2 min

Icelandic Roots - What's New

What is new with the Icelandic Roots Genealogy Database?

Jan 12, 2017
2 min

Hofsós Emigration Center and Icelandic Roots Announce Strategic Collaboration

Hofsós and Icelandic Roots (I.R.) are teaming up to integrate genealogy services through an interactive online experience. This new...

Dec 18, 2016
2 min

Media, Places, and More

Góðan daginn and Greetings! If you receive this email twice, no worries! We are working on the newsletter site and it will be fixed,...

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