The One-Family Icelandic Settlement- Remembering Life Near The Souris/Mouse River Valley
by Margret Indridason Grisdale Jan. 11, 2023 While talking to Sunna Furstenau on Icelandic Roots "Samtal Hour," I mentioned that I grew...
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Jan 22, 20233 min read
The Saga of Hrafnkel Frey’s Godi
The Icelandic Roots Book Club for Thursday, February 2, 2023, will feature The Saga of Hrafnkel Frey’s Godi, with Jason Doctor as our...
Jan 8, 20232 min read
2023: The Journey is Just Starting...
2023 is shaping up to be a momentous year for Icelandic Roots. On November 12th, we will celebrate our tenth anniversary as an official...
Dec 11, 20227 min read
My Saga with Saint Thorlák
Submitted By Aimée O’Connell, Guest Author It was one of those mornings that homeschooling families know very well: the kids were...
Dec 11, 20227 min read
Storyboard Project Documents The Mountain N.D. Settlement
-The project will tell the story of Vikur Lutheran Church and the Mountain settlement By Loretta Thorfinnson Bernhoft and Sandy...
Dec 11, 20222 min read
Turkeys and a Christmas Cat
by Sharron Arksey A husband watched his young wife prepare the turkey. “Why do you always cut it in half before putting it in the...
Nov 10, 20222 min read
Could You Be A Snorri?
2022 was a banner year for the unique collaboration between North American Icelandic groups and Iceland. Known as the Snorri Program, ...
Nov 10, 20223 min read
VIKING VOYAGER: AN ICELANDIC MEMOIR
The Icelandic Roots Book Club for December 1, 2022, will feature VIKING VOYAGER: AN ICELANDIC MEMOIR with authors Sverrir Sigurdsson and...
Nov 10, 20222 min read
My Journey
By Brian Borgford She had just celebrated her tenth birthday and was alone, on a six-thousand-mile journey to join her widowed father in...
Oct 30, 20226 min read
My Icelandic Immigrant Ghost
By Doreen (Borgfjorð) McFarlane IR 602083 October is the month of Hallowe’en, so it is a time that many people think about ghosts and...
Oct 30, 20223 min read
Calling All Would-Be Memoirists!
The final installment in an Icelandic Roots webinar series on writing family stories is scheduled for November 16. “Memoir Writing for...
Oct 30, 20222 min read
Happy Birthday, Icelandic Roots!
Nine years ago, Icelandic Roots was a dream shared by a group of Western Icelanders who wanted to connect with others across North...
Oct 30, 20224 min read
What about Guðríður?
Guðríður who??? A very good day to you! The majority of the people who left Iceland for America did so because the story traveled from...
Oct 16, 20222 min read
Intergenerational Heroes - The Volunteer Team at Icelandic Roots
Guest Article by Arden Jackson CVO (Chief Vinarterta Officer) These pioneers work for the world they will leave behind. They are the...
Oct 14, 202210 min read
Snorri Plus Program Tour August 8-22, 2022
By Judy Dickson This August I was fortunate to be a participant in the Snorri Plus Program which had been forced to cancel plans in 2020...
Oct 14, 20223 min read
How do you Unlock the Stories of Your Emigrating Family Members?
By Beth Finnson Samtal Hour on September 26, 2022, was so interesting...as usual. Judy Dickson and Dave Jonasson co-hosted. They posed...
Oct 2, 20225 min read
LEIFUR EIRÍKSSON DAY
by Doreen (Borgfjord) McFarlane In the month of October, we celebrate everyone’s favourite Viking, Leifur Eiríksson. (Unlike German, the...
Sep 19, 202215 min read
A Roots Road Trip
When most people visit Iceland they head to Reykjavik and take day trips to the Golden Circle and the South Coast as far as...
Sep 18, 20223 min read
IR Genealogist Cathy Josephson Featured in Morgunblaðið
Article by Steinþór Guðbjartsson Cathy Ann Josephson, genealogist living at Refsstaður 2, Vopnafjörður is always ready to assist without...
Sep 4, 20222 min read
Icelandic Roots Fall Writing Seminars
Earlier this year, Icelandic Roots members were asked during an online writing seminar what topic they would like to see covered in...
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