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Feb 5, 20232 min read

Members Helping Members and a New Look for the Database

By Beth Finnson A new Icelandic Roots program called Members Helping Members, and database updates were the topic for Samtal Hour on...

Jan 22, 20239 min read

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...

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 6, 20233 min read

Honored at Bessastaðir on New Year's Day

Congratulations to Cathy Josephson! She was awarded the Knight‘s Cross of the Icelandic Order of the Falcon at Bessastaðir on New Year's...

Nov 26, 20222 min read

Free Writing Class For Icelandic Roots Members

Following the success of this fall‘s three-part webinar series on memoir writing, we are now offering a free six-week class on 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, 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, 20222 min read

Air Force Girls In Rescue Teams

Icelandic Roots Genealogist Doreen "Kristy" Kristjanson shared the following story from the Icelandic Roots database: Anna Louise Peden...

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 8, 20223 min read

Leave A Legacy by Preserving Your Family Stories

Preserving your family history and leaving a legacy for future generations is important! Icelandic Roots is making it easy for people of...

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...

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...

Sep 4, 20222 min read

"Going Home" With The Snorri Plus Program

-By Beth Finnson How much do you know about the Snorri Plus program? This was the topic for Samtal Hour on Monday, August 29, 2022. Judy...

Aug 20, 20222 min read

Finding Point Roberts, Washington, U.S.A.

Point Roberts is a geo-political oddity. The western United States-Canadian border follows the 49th parallel because of the Oregon Treaty...