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Feb 166 min read

Bryndís Víglundsdóttir – February’s Interesting Icelander

This month, we honor one of our own. Bryndís Viglundsdóttir volunteers her time with Icelandic Roots as a writer, translator, and...

Feb 33 min read

Roots Tips...What You Didn't Know You Didn't Know

by Shaune Jonasson Are you stumbling with working through the Icelandic Roots database? Having difficulty with searching for an ancestor?...

Jan 2012 min read

Discovering the Land of Fire and Ice: What We Know about Iceland's Settlement

"So many men of lore claimed land, that the whole country was settled in the course of sixty winters so that since it has not been...

Dec 23, 20235 min read

The Origins of Vínarterta

By Jón Jóhannesson Jónsson Western Icelanders have loved vínarterta for a very long time. They have been making it for over a century for...

Dec 23, 202315 min read

The Twelve Thousand Vínartertas of Christmas

By Rob Olason Over the previous twelve days before Christmas in 2023, a conversation exploded over a topic every Western Icelander has a...

Dec 9, 20237 min read

Icelandic Roots 10th Anniversary Trip to Iceland

By Alisa Jones My mom, Susan Huff, is a volunteer with Icelandic Roots. I was able to come on the 10th anniversary trip of Icelandic...

Dec 9, 20236 min read

Icelandic Roots 10th Anniversary Trip to Iceland

By Susan Huff It has been five years since I was last in Iceland when I lived there with my husband as Records Preservation Missionaries...

Dec 9, 20234 min read

Book Club - January 2024

The Icelandic Roots Book Club is back for another eventful season. As winter has endeared itself to many of us, it's a great time for...

Dec 9, 20233 min read

2023 Snorri Plus Experience: A Summer Adventure in Iceland

By Terri Kristjanson Wintonyk After hearing about the Snorri Plus program on an Icelandic Roots Samtal Hour, I was hooked! Participating...

Dec 9, 20233 min read

Minneota - An Icelandic Community

Note: Find the link to the recording of this webinar at the bottom of this post. By Kathryn Rothman Judy Dickson and the Samtal attendees...

Nov 24, 20232 min read

November's Interesting Icelander

Árni Magnússon (I41634) 13 November 1663 – 7 January 1730 By Brian Borgford "And that is the way of the world, that some men put errors...

Nov 24, 20232 min read

Introducing Peanut Butter and Pandemonium

This new book written by Anita Daher, Peanut Butter and Pandemonium, a second book following Peanut Butter and Chaos, we read about Sam's...

Nov 11, 20234 min read

Icelandic Roots Emigration Port Plaques

By Rob Olason In September 2023 a group of Icelandic Roots volunteers traveled to Iceland to dedicate four monuments in four emigration...

Nov 11, 20233 min read

Do You Care About Your Icelandic Heritage?

Yes. Of course, you care about your Icelandic heritage. That is why you are reading this! Ten years ago, on November 12, 2013, Icelandic...

Nov 9, 20232 min read

The Sagas of Vopnafjörður

Icelandic Roots Volunteer Cathy Josephson guides us on a literary journey through the Sagas of the Icelanders that take place in the...

Nov 6, 20233 min read

Sunna’s Dream of a Little Safnahús on the Prairie

Writer’s Note: This is the final article in the series commemorating Icelandic Roots' 10th anniversary. I sat down with Sunna Furstenau...

Oct 29, 20235 min read

1887 Icelandic Emigrants

by Willie Engelson As Willie is researching an 1887 travel journal that tells of his great grandparents and their journey to Washington...

Oct 15, 20234 min read

October's Interesting Icelander:

Agnes Magnúsdóttir 27 October 1795 – 12 January 1830 October’s interesting Icelander is a gruesome tale of love, greed, jealousy,...

Oct 1, 20234 min read

Edda - From Ashes to Majestic

This post is twofold. Enjoy the photos, history, and Ainsley Bloomer’s article. #1 - A short post with pictures about the new EDDA House...

Oct 1, 20236 min read

The Marvel of Icelandic Roots, Now and in the Future

Editor’s Note: I’ve been piecing together the Icelandic Roots “story” through a series of articles celebrating the organization’s tenth...