You Belong in the Icelandic Roots Community
Your family history is just the beginning!
Discover your ancestors, explore the places they lived, follow their journeys across the ocean, and find living cousins. But Icelandic Roots is so much more than genealogy! Connect with people who share your love of Iceland through fascinating programs, conversations, books, history, language, and cultural experiences.
As an all-volunteer nonprofit, we work together to preserve the records, photographs, and stories that connect generations. Your membership helps keep those connections growing and our shared heritage alive.
Come for your ancestors. Stay for the connections!
Love Learning?
Expand your knowledge with exclusive genealogy training sessions, member-only lectures and seminars, engaging webinars, and cultural programs, all to learn more about our shared Icelandic story.
Longing for Community?
Join online gatherings, educational programs, a book club, and a private Facebook group—and connect with our community across the world.
This is where you belong.
Enjoy Genealogy?
Our database is for you.
Discover original documents, vetted sources, and daily additions by our genealogy and IT teams - featuring the most comprehensive and accurate info on 1854-1914 Icelandic emigration.
Celebrating 13 Years of Icelandic Roots!
On November 12, 2026, Icelandic Roots celebrates 13 years as a nonprofit organization—but our story began decades earlier, with dedicated people researching family histories, preserving stories, and connecting generations.
Today, our extraordinary international volunteer team of about 90 people brings Icelandic heritage to life through genealogy, historical preservation, education, publications, cultural programs, and community connections. Our growing database connects almost 880,000 people. Thanks to our generous members and donors, we've awarded over $240,000 USD in scholarships and Icelandic heritage grants!
Come for your ancestors. Stay for the connections!
Discover cousins you never knew, explore ancestral farms, interactive maps, follow emigrant journeys, hear fascinating stories, and make friends around the world in our special events both online and in person.
Whether you're researching your family or simply love Iceland, there's a place for you!
And now, our shared story is gaining a home!
After nearly eight years of planning and dreaming, the Rootshús Interpretive Center is becoming a reality. Blending interactive, high-tech experiences with traditional learning spaces, Rootshús will celebrate the stories of Iceland and its people—from the settlement of Iceland through the centuries to Icelanders and their descendants around the world today.
Grand Opening: July 31, 2027 during the annual Deuce of August Celebration.
To the volunteers, members, donors, and friends who laid our foundation and continue shaping our future—thank you! Together, we keep our shared story alive.
Every day our genealogists connect new member trees, photos, census records, ship lists, and other media. The counter below updates every 15 minutes!
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