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Nov 24
3 min

My Snorri 2023 Experience

By Hendrik Vis When I first heard of the Snorri program it seemed like a once-in-a-lifetime experience and an opportunity to connect on a...

Nov 11
3 min

Do You Care About Your Icelandic Heritage?

Yes. Of course, you care about your Icelandic heritage. That is why you are reading this! Ten years ago, on November 12, 2013, Icelandic...

Aug 19
5 min

DNA, Genealogy and That Magic Thing That Makes an Icelander an Icelander-Roots of Icelandic Roots

By Rob Olason Icelandic Roots is celebrating its tenth anniversary in 2023. But to arrive at the birthdate of Icelandic Roots in 2013,...

Aug 6
4 min

787,642 People Later...

By Rob Olason Icelandic Roots Celebrates its tenth anniversary on November 12, 2023. The organization received its non-profit...

Aug 6
7 min

The Icelandic Celebration of 1928 and 95 Years Later

In 1928, the Icelandic community of northeast North Dakota celebrated the Golden Jubilee, the 50th anniversary of the settlement. A book,...

Jul 8
8 min

Sarah's Story - Crazed by the Klondike

A new to Icelandic Roots member delved into the IR database and was surprised at the breadth of knowledge contained therein. What she...

Jul 8
4 min

Mother of Light: A Novel

The Journey of an IR Volunteer from Genealogist to Author By Elin de Ruyter Writing a book is no easy feat, and though it appears from...

Jul 8
3 min

Icelandic Writers Retreat

By Brian Borgford Who’s your daddy? Who’s your grampa? Better still, who’s your great-granddaddy? Icelandic Roots provides an...

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...

Mar 19
2 min

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 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
6 min

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
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 5
2 min

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...

Jan 22
9 min

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...

Dec 25, 2022
3 min

What is an Icelander?

Editor's Note: This speech was delivered by Sigfús Haukur Sigfússon, Snorri West 2022 participant, to the INL Iceland convention on...

Dec 11, 2022
2 min

Experience of a Lifetime

-By Owen Roberts The Snorri Trip was an experience of a lifetime. From the moment I stepped onto the Icelandair flight in Toronto, it...

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
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
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...