Blagen, Emma L. (1895-1983) Collection. Blagen lived most of her life in aDecorah, Iowa. She was employed by John Longstreet Photograph Studio and the Decorah Meritol Co. The collection includes diaries kept between 1934 and 1978; family letters and…
"A Psalm book…and a Good Pair of Shoes: The Floren and Haugen Family, 13 Generations, From Tangvold Farm, Hegra Parish, Stjørdalen, Norway, to Valley Grove, Northfield, Minnesota" by Carol-Jean Swanson Boevers. The book includes general information…
Letters from Ole Rocksvold. Decorah, IA: Anundsen Publishing Company. 492 page bound volume of the life, letters, and family history of Ole Rocksvold, born 1832 at Roksvold(en) farm, Vestre Toten, Norway and immigrated in 1853 to US through Quebec,…
From a Rocky Farm in Norway: The immigration stories of our relatives who made America our home (2017). Includes chapters: Crossing Alone: Thanks to Guri Syversdatter Sundbrei, a little woman in stature but a giant in faith, many of us call America…
The Rodahl Family: The Descendants of Ole K. Bakken, Bergitte ‘Betsy’ Peterson, &Halvor Rodahl 1840-2012, by Jean Trueblood Bye. Family settled in Swift County, Minnesota.
Letters from Ed. S. and Susanna Johnson of Hatton, N.D. to Susann’s Brother Johan Norum of Vaagenge, Rødøy, Norway (2013, with accompanying family history report & original letters, dating 1926-1966).
Fifty Years on Seven Seas: A Life On Board “The Ship”. Son of Sandefjord, Master Mariner, My Father Ivar Carlsen (2015, 60 page transcription, oral history conducted and edited by son, Carl Carlsen). Note from Carl Carlsen: “My father wasborn in…
A compilation of photographs, pedigree charts, and family correspondences (1886-1934). Includes short biography of Engel Revne Rood (1865-1943), a native of Baldersheim, Norway, who left home at age 15. After four years of working on a freighter he…
Clausen emigrated from Norway in1923, and settled in Illinois. Her brother, Morton, served as Editor andPublisher for the Hamilton Press in Hamilton, Illinois. In 1971, Clausenvisited Norway (transcribed letters included) for the first time in 48…
