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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...

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...

Nov 10, 20225 min read

The Bachelor Invasion

By W.D. Valgardson The Royal Navy and Royal Marines, who occupied Iceland on May 10, 1940, weren’t invited. They just appeared like...

Oct 14, 20224 min read

The Viking Immigrants: Icelandic North Americans

The Icelandic Roots Book Club Nov 3 Featuring: The Viking Immigrants: Icelandic North Americans with L.K. Bertram By Heather Goodman...

Sep 4, 20227 min read

An Emigrant Woman: Sigriður Bjarnadottir (1862-1946)

Sigriður Bjarnadóttir (I334690) entered this world on the 7th of March 1862. A daughter to Bjarni Jónsson (1828–1887) and Bóthildur...

Aug 11, 20223 min read

Deuce of August 2022 Presentation

A huge thanks to the ICA for the 19th year of promoting Genealogy here at The Deuce. My brief message is to highlight the Genealogy...

Jul 17, 20224 min read

Icelandic Roots at the Heritage Celebrations

Icelandic Roots genealogists will be LIVE for the important Icelandic Heritage Celebrations in North Dakota and Manitoba at the end of...

Jun 5, 20226 min read

One Day on Snaefellsnes

by Christal (Oliver) Speer IR# 637679 On a beautiful sunny day in June 2004, my family and I headed in our rented van to the Snaefellsnes...

May 21, 20224 min read

Telling Tales in Hofsós, Skagafjarðarsýsla

Twenty-seven years ago, Valgeir Þorvaldsson began working on a dream. In this dream, he would tell the story of a people. He knew it...

May 6, 20223 min read

Barnasaga-Stories of Women and Children

by Doreen Kristjanson Marston and Þórdís Edda Guðjónsdóttir One of the many special features Icelandic Roots volunteers are working on is...

Apr 14, 20224 min read

Hofsós and Icelandic Roots

This article has many links to more information. Enjoy! On Monday, April 18th, 2022, we are pleased to have Valgeir Þorvaldsson join us...

Mar 12, 20223 min read

Destination Egilsstaðir

Life in Iceland was harsh in the mid-to-late 1800s. At the time, Iceland was part of the Kingdom of Denmark, and Denmark had largely...

Mar 12, 20225 min read

Sænautasel Highland Farm

The following article is written by IR Volunteer, Hjördís Hilmarsdóttir. She has included personal stories, a few photos, a video, and a...

Feb 26, 20225 min read

How I Handled Research for My Memoir

By Sverrir Sigurdsson A memoirist is supposed to depend mainly on his memory. For me, though, I wanted my memoir to reflect not just my...

Jan 16, 20222 min read

The Mailman is Ready For Delivery

The first book by Christopher Rodel, IR# I20590425, The Icelandic Postman, is published and ready for purchase. This book travels in the...

Dec 29, 20212 min read

More Gems from the Icelandic Roots Treasure Chest

“Hidden Gems Part II” -by Rob Olason (IR#I149007) Looking through the Special Collections section of the Icelandic Roots database offers...

Dec 8, 20213 min read

Taking a Peek in the Icelandic Roots Treasure Chest

Explorations among IR’s “Hidden Gems” -by Rob Olason (IR#I149007) When we first become members of Icelandic Roots, we have so much to...

Nov 22, 20214 min read

A Virtual Family Reunion

by Heather Goodman I15007347 There’s one in every family. Someone who is way more interested in collecting family memorabilia than anyone...

Oct 23, 20215 min read

Ferry Cabin News - The Seal Skin Trunk From Iceland

News from Washington Island and the Surrounding Islands Richard Purinton Washington Island, Wisconsin This story first appeared in The...