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[[Norway|'''''Norway''''']] The best place to start your Norwegian American research is to start at home! | [[Norway|'''''Norway''''']] | ||
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The best place to start your Norwegian American research is to start at home! | |||
What do you already know? Have you talked to older relatives; grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins? They may have information that can be very helpful. Pay special attention to any mention of people, names, places, and old family stories. The stories could be true! | What do you already know? Have you talked to older relatives; grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins? They may have information that can be very helpful. Pay special attention to any mention of people, names, places, and old family stories. The stories could be true! | ||
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Did your family members serve in the military? There could be pension records. Were any members of any Norwegian fraternities? What about county histories? | Did your family members serve in the military? There could be pension records. Were any members of any Norwegian fraternities? What about county histories? | ||
=== <br>'''Cultural Context:''' === | |||
<br> To put your Norwegian emigrant in his/her cultural context, and to obtain a greater appreciation of what he/she may have experienced in this country, you may want to read the epic novel (trilogy) of Norwegian immigrant homesteaders in Dakota Territory “Giants in the Earth” by Ole Rølvaag. | |||
It is a classic story of a Norwegian pioneer family’s struggle with the land and the elements as they try to make a living in their new home land. It portrays the trials of loneliness, separation from family, and longing for the old country. | |||
It is a classic story of a Norwegian pioneer family’s struggle with the land and the elements as they try to make a living in their new home land. It portrays the trials of loneliness, separation from family, and longing for the old country. | Other great descriptions about life in Scandinavia can be found in papers given at the 1980 World Conference on Records, held in Salt Lake City. | ||
Other great descriptions about life in Scandinavia can be found in papers given at the 1980 World Conference on Records, held in Salt Lake City. | |||
World Conference On Records: Preserving Our Heritage | Volume 8 is the one to access for Norway and the other Scandinavian countries. World Conference On Records: Preserving Our Heritage Authors World Conference on Records (1980 : Salt Lake City) (Main Author) Notes: This is the 13-volume set of the proceedings of the 1980 World Conference on Records, held August 12-15 in Salt Lake City, Utah. | ||
Authors World Conference on Records (1980 : Salt Lake City) (Main Author) | |||
Notes: This is the 13-volume set of the proceedings of the 1980 World Conference on Records, held August 12-15 in Salt Lake City, Utah. | |||
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Includes index. | |||
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Contents: v. 1. General assemblies, forums, speakers -- v. 2. Personal, family and local history -- v. 3. North American family and local history, part I -- v. 4. North American family and local history, part II -- v. 5. British family and local history, part I -- v. 6. British family and local history, part II -- v. 7. Continental European family and local history -- | |||
v. 8. Scandinavian family and local history</u -- v. 9. Latin American and Iberian family and local history -- v. 10. Australasian and Polynesian family and local history -- v. 11. Asian and African family and local history -- v. 12. Historical changes in population, family and community -- v. 13. Index to proceedings. Language English Publication [Salt Lake City, Utah : Corporation of the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1980] Physical 13 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 28 cm. | |||
Subject Class 929.1 W893 1980 References (Indexed In) Index to proceedings (Indexed In) 1980 World Conference on Records microfiche numbers Contains General assemblies, forums, exhibits, speakers | |||
Places that | <br>'''Places that can be of help :''' | ||
[http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/ NAHA St. Olaf college, Northfield Minnesota] | [http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/ NAHA St. Olaf college, Northfield Minnesota] | ||