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  • Subject is exactly "Genealogy & local history"

Ingebretsen’s Saga: A Family, A Store, A Legacy of Food by Anne Gillespie Lewis, 2011) Located at 1601 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota, the shop has remained a staple in the community for all things Scandinavian for over 90 years. Includes…

Elise Rudi came from Norway and the Nedre Rudi Farm. Themes in the family history include: Lars Rasmussen Ostnes, Norway to America Lars Ostnes in the Aleutians, Bering Sea and Juneau Lars Ostnes on the White Pass and Yukon Railroad to the…

Hans W. Ask, Redwood County, Minn., collected research notes and article by Hans Ask titled "Documented Local History, Nineteenth Century Homestead Certificate for County Land is Found" for the Redwood Gazette, 6 August 2012.

Written by Margaret Paisley-Otell.

The "Aasen Genealogy" is dedicated to the memory of John O. Aasen, 1872-1953. Includes: Family pedigree and family notes/missives transcribed Letter from Lars O. Aasen written in Newburgh, Trail County, Dakota Territory, 1879 November 28 In this…

"From Husmann to Farmers: Norwegian Pioneers in Dakota Territory" by Eric C. Johnson follows the story of Peder Johnson and Mari Nielsdatter who were born at Nord-Fron, Gudbrandsdalen. They came to America in 1866-1867 and settled in Wisconsin,…

A collection of books published by Carol Anderson of Iowa. Includes:"Musings, Memories, Matriomony and more...," 2008 "Never Move the King: A Memoir of Paul Anderson as Viewed by his Wife" "Eivind Birger Christoffersen Masonry Artist and the Building…

"My Stories As Told By: Leif B. Johannessen August 25, 1925-April 4, 2009," transcribed and edited by Erik B. Johannessen.

"About Florence," by Jim Hanson, 2019.

Jim Hanson’s "About Florence" is an extraordinary story, about redemption and abandonment, about lives cut short and lives lived to their fullest, and about the things that are told and the things that were…

Claus and Christine: A Double Biography. The Story of Our Parents, Americans from Scandinavia (2013, self-published) by Gordon and Carol Krantz. Christine Mickelson (1885–1956) was born in Hadeland, Norway, and immigrated to the U.S. in 1901. Her…
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