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Mar 19
2 min

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
7 min

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 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
11 min

The Icelandic Settlement of Spanish Fork, Utah

by Susan Bearnson Huff 15 February 2023 Spanish Fork, Utah is the oldest continuous Icelandic settlement in North America. The history...

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...

Jan 22
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 6
3 min

Honored at Bessastaðir on New Year's Day

Congratulations to Cathy Josephson! She was awarded the Knight‘s Cross of the Icelandic Order of the Falcon at Bessastaðir on New Year's...

Nov 26, 2022
2 min

Free Writing Class For Icelandic Roots Members

Following the success of this fall‘s three-part webinar series on memoir writing, we are now offering a free six-week class on 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
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

Air Force Girls In Rescue Teams

Icelandic Roots Genealogist Doreen "Kristy" Kristjanson shared the following story from the Icelandic Roots database: Anna Louise Peden...

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 8, 2022
3 min

Leave A Legacy by Preserving Your Family Stories

Preserving your family history and leaving a legacy for future generations is important! Icelandic Roots is making it easy for people of...