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VELKOMMEN TIL DEN NORSK AMERIKANSKE SIDEN!

Welcome to the Norwegian-American page!

Through the FamilySearch Research Wiki's Norwegian-American pages you can learn how to find, use, and analyze Norwegian-American records of genealogical value. The content on these pages are variously targeted to beginner, intermediate, and expert researchers.

Norwegian- American Research Strategy

So the time has come to trace your Norwegian ancestry, and you are wondering where to start. Always start with what you know for sure, and start at home!

What do you already know? Do you have older relatives still alive? If you do make sure you talk to them as soon as possible! Write down everything they tell you, no matter how insignificant it may seem to you. Pay special attention to any mentioning of people, names and places. Look for any family information in Bibles, hymn books, journals (if you are lucky enough to have them), obituaries or death notices, letters, postcards and photographs with names, dates, and places listed on them. There could be some truth to the oral traditions you have heard since childhood.
Look for any information in as many US sources as possible. Search all the US Federal and state censuses, applications to naturalize and the citizenship certificate, any homestead application,old newspapers, Norwegian-American Lutheran church records, military records, pension records, etc. Were they members in any Norwegian fraternities? Have you looked in any county histories?
Repositories for these records could be in your homes, homes of family members, local libraries, museums, or ethnic organizations.

Places that could be of tremendous help could be found in the following websites:

Norwegian American Genealogical Center & Naeseth Library, Madison, Wisconsin
The Norwegian-American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota
The Norwegian-American Bygdelagenes Fellesraad

Norwegian-American Sources by State

Norwegian-American Associations (Bygdelags)

A bygdelag is an association with an interest in a specific geographical district in Norway. Contact the corresponding individual for the area of interest and they will check their files to see if they have information about your ancestor. See the list below. You can also check the Bygdelagenes Fellesraad’s genealogy pages for more information.

Lags and Lag Genealogists

Gudbrandsdals Lag Genealogist: Marilyn Sorensen: Rddlagen@usfamily.net

Hadeland Lag Genealogist: Dave Gunderson: Davgund@prtl.com

Hallinglag Genealogist: Jackie Marler: jkmarler@qwest.net

Landingslag Genealogist: Carol Olson: caolson@copper.net

Lappmark Lag Genealogist: Christopher Pesklo: Dinkytown@hotmail.com

Møre og Romsdal Genealogist: David Christ: genealogist@moreogromsdallag.org

Nordfjord Lag Genealogist: Robert O'Neil: Irviking@comcast.net

Nordfjord-Wisconsin Lag Genealogist: Arvalene Vedvik: phone # 608-734-3192

Nord Hedemark og Hedemarken Lag Genealogist: John Reindl: genealogy@nhohlag.org

Nord Hordland/Sunnhordland Genealogist: Barbra Lunsetter: wbluns@gvtel.com Iona Loken: Irloken@srt.com

Nordlandslag Genealogist: Jay W. Liedman: Genscan@tds.net

Numedalslågen Lag Genealogist: Richard Holter: dikarmen@paulbunyan.net

Opdalslag Genealogist: Evy Kuecker: Evykucker@frontier.net

Ringerike Drammen District Lag Genealogist: Phyllis Maxwell: mpmaxwell@wcta.net

Rogaland Lag Genealogist: David Cross: Genealogist@rogalandslag.org

Romerikslag Genealogist: William Naseth: Wnaseth@charter.net

Sigdalslag Genealogist: Garth Ulrich: gulrich@sasktel.net

Sognadal Genealogist: Gerald Sime: Grsime1931@msn.com

Solør Lag Genealogist: Elaine Hasleton: eehasleton@gmail.com

Sognefjord Genealogist: Judy Gates: phone # 608-452-3805

Sunnfjord Lag Genealogist: Tamra Foster: sunnfjordgen@comcast.net

Telelag Genealogist: Darrel Johnson: Dejohnso@wcta.net

Toten Lag Genealogist: Mildred Andorfer: genealogist@toten.org

Trønderlag Genealogist: Barry Dahl: Bs2000@juno.com

Valdres Samband Genealogist: Be Gunelson: begunl@charter.net

Vosselag Genealoist: Ruth Christ: Ruth-christ@uiowa.edu

Østfold 2-lag Genealogist: JoAnn Glass: Ostfoldlag@worldnet.att.net

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-'''VELKOMMEN TIL DEN NORSK AMERIKANSKE SIDEN!'''
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-Welcome to the Norwegian American page!
-FamilySearch Wiki is a community website dedicated to helping people throughout the world learn how to find their ancestors. Through the Norwegian American Portal page you can learn how to find, use, and analyze Norwegian American records of genealogical value. The content is variously targeted to beginners, intermediate, and expert researchers. Please visit the [[Portal:Get started with this site|help page]] to learn more about using the site. The Norwegian American Portal Page is a work in progress, your contributions and [[FamilySearch Wiki:Feedback|feedback]] are essential!
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-== Featured Content  ==
-== Norwegian- American Research Strategy  ==
-The time has come to trace your Norwegian ancestry, and you are wondering where to start. Always start with what you know for sure, and start at home!
-. What do you already know? Do you have older relatives still alive? If you do make sure you talk to them as soon as possible! Write down everything they tell you, no matter how insignificant it may seem to you. Pay special attention to any mentioning of people, names and places. Look for any family information in Bibles, hymn books, journals (if you are lucky enough to have them), obituaries or death notices, letters, postcards and photographs with names, dates, and places listed on them. There ''could'' be some truth to the oral traditions you have heard since childhood.
-. Look for any information in as many US sources as possible. Search all the US Federal and state censuses, applications to naturalize and the citizenship certificate, any homestead application,old newspapers, Norwegian-American Lutheran church records, military records, pension records, etc. Were they members in any Norwegian fraternities? Have you looked in any county histories?
-. Repositories for these records could be in your homes, homes of family members, local libraries, museums, or ethnic organizations. Places that could be of tremendous help could be found in the following websites:
-<br>
-*Norwegian American Genealogical Center: &nbsp; http://www.nagcnl.org/<br>
-*The Norwegian American Historical Association in Northfield MInnesota:&nbsp; http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/
-*The Norwegian-American Bygdelagenes Fellesraad:http://www.fellesraad.com
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-== Jurisdictions  ==
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-== Did you know?  ==
-The 1910 Census is now complete!&nbsp; The 1910 census&nbsp;give&nbsp;complete birth information, not just a year, and information on Norwegian who have lived in America and returned to Norway!&nbsp; There&nbsp;is information on last place of residence in America, when they returned home to Norway, and how long they had lived "over there"!
-According to Yngve Nedrebø&nbsp;&nbsp;the next census project for the Digitalarkivet are the 1885 census for "cities" and the 1875 census for Rogaland.
-== Research Tools  ==
+Welcome to the Norwegian-American page!
-*[[United States Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
+Through the FamilySearch Research Wiki's Norwegian-American pages you can learn how to find, use, and analyze Norwegian-American records of genealogical value. The content on these pages are variously targeted to beginner, intermediate, and expert researchers.
-<br>
+== Norwegian- American Research Strategy ==
-== Norwegian American Sources by State  ==
+So the time has come to trace your Norwegian ancestry, and you are wondering where to start. Always start with what you know for sure, and start at home!
+#What do you already know? Do you have older relatives still alive? If you do make sure you talk to them as soon as possible! Write down everything they tell you, no matter how insignificant it may seem to you. Pay special attention to any mentioning of people, names and places. Look for any family information in Bibles, hymn books, journals (if you are lucky enough to have them), obituaries or death notices, letters, postcards and photographs with names, dates, and places listed on them. There ''could'' be some truth to the oral traditions you have heard since childhood.
+#Look for any information in as many US sources as possible. Search all the US Federal and state censuses, applications to naturalize and the citizenship certificate, any homestead application,old newspapers, Norwegian-American Lutheran church records, military records, pension records, etc. Were they members in any Norwegian fraternities? Have you looked in any county histories?
+#Repositories for these records could be in your homes, homes of family members, local libraries, museums, or ethnic organizations.
-[[Norwegian_American|Norwegian American]]
+Places that could be of tremendous help could be found in the following websites:
+*[http://www.nagcnl.org/ Norwegian American Genealogical Center & Naeseth Library], Madison, Wisconsin
+*[https://naha.stolaf.edu/ The Norwegian-American Historical Association], Northfield, Minnesota
+*[http://www.fellesraad.com The Norwegian-American Bygdelagenes Fellesraad]
+== Norwegian-American Sources by State  ==
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 *[[Hawaii Norwegians|Hawaii]]
 *[[Idaho Norwegians|Idaho]]
-*[[Illinois Norwegians|Illinois]]
+*[[Illinois: Norwegian Settlements|Illinois]]
 *[[Indiana Norwegians|Indiana]]
-*[[Iowa Norwegians|Iowa]]
+*[[Iowa: Norwegian American Settlement|Iowa]]
-*[[Kansas Norwegians|Kansas]]
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 *[[Louisiana Norwegians|Louisiana]]
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-*[[Michigan Norwegians|Michigan]]
+*[[Michigan: Norwegian American Settlement|Michigan]]
-*[[Minnesota Norwegians|Minnesota]]
+*[[Minnesota: Norwegian Settlements|Minnesota]]
 *[[Mississippi Norwegians|Mississippi]]
 *[[Missouri Norwegians|Missouri]]
-*[[Montana Norwegians|Montana]]
+*[[Montana: Norwegian Settlements|Montana]]
 *[[Nebraska Norwegians|Nebraska]]
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+*[[New York: Norwegian Settlements|New York]]
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-*[[North Dakota Norwegians|North Dakota]]
+*[[North Dakota: Norwegian Settlements|North Dakota]]
-*[[Ohio Norwegians|Ohio]]
+*[[Ohio: Norwegian Settlements|Ohio]]
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+*[[South Dakota: Norwegian American settlements|South Dakota]]
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-*[[Texas Norwegians|Texas]]
+*[[Texas: Norwegian Settlements|Texas]]
 *[[Utah Norwegians|Utah]]
 *[[Vermont Norwegians|Vermont]]
 *[[Virginia Norwegians|Virginia]]
-*[[Washington Norwegians|Washington]]
+*[[Washington: Norwegian Settlements|Washington]]
 *[[West Virginia Norwegians|West Virginia]]
-*[[Wisconsin Norwegians|Wisconsin]]
+*[[Wisconsin: Norwegian American Settlements|Wisconsin]]
 *[[Wyoming Norwegians|Wyoming]]
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+== Norwegian-American Associations (Bygdelags) ==
-== Norwegian American/Norwegian American Associations (Bygdelags)  ==
-A Bygdelag is an association with an interest in a specific geographical district in Norway.
+A bygdelag is an association with an interest in a specific geographical district in Norway. Contact the corresponding individual for the area of interest and they will check their files to see if they have information about your ancestor. See the list below. You can also check the Bygdelagenes Fellesraad’s [http://www.fellesraad.com/fell_roots.htm genealogy pages] for more information.
-==== Possible Contact Persons:  ====
+==== Lags and Lag Genealogists ====
 [http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Gudbrandsdalslaget Gudbrandsdals Lag] Genealogist: Marilyn Sorensen: [mailto:Rddlagen@usfamily.net Rddlagen@usfamily.net]
-Hadeland Lag Genealogist:&nbsp;Dave Gunderson: [mailto:Davgund@prtl.com Davgund@prtl.com]
+Hadeland Lag Genealogist: Dave Gunderson: [mailto:Davgund@prtl.com Davgund@prtl.com]
 Hallinglag Genealogist: Jackie Marler: [mailto:jkmarler@qwest.net jkmarler@qwest.net]
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 Sognadal Genealogist: Gerald Sime: [mailto:Grsime1931@msn.com Grsime1931@msn.com]
-Solør Lag Genealogist: Elaine Hasleton: [mailto:eehasleton@gmail.com]
+Solør Lag Genealogist: Elaine Hasleton: [mailto:eehasleton@gmail.com eehasleton@gmail.com]
 Sognefjord Genealogist: Judy Gates: phone # 608-452-3805
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 Vosselag Genealoist: Ruth Christ: [mailto:Ruth-christ@uiowa.edu Ruth-christ@uiowa.edu]
 Østfold 2-lag Genealogist: JoAnn Glass: [mailto:Ostfoldlag@worldnet.att.net Ostfoldlag@worldnet.att.net]
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