Norway Societies: Difference between revisions

Many societies have collections that could provide information on Norwegian ancestors.  For example, The Norwegian-American Association ([http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/ http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/]) in Northfield, Minnestota, has a file known as the "Rowberg" file.  Andrew A. Rowberg started this file in 1914, using articles about Norwegian Americans from Norwegian American newspapers.  The articles included obituaries; wedding and birth announcements, and information about weddings, anniversaries, promotions, honors, Norway visits, and other events.  Short articles are mounted on cards, and longer articles are mounted in scrapbooks.  Reference cards indicate volumes and page numbers to these scrapbooks.  Each article gives the newspaper's name and date of issue.  This file also refers to biographical information in a number of Norwegian-American periodicals.