
Surnames being researched.
The picture above was taken in 1978 at Rollag, Numedal, Norway and was the birthplace of Ingeborg Olsd. Haslerud Gronseth, my great-grandmother.
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since December 29, 1998.
Created December 29, 1998
Updated September 9, 2006.
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Look here for information and charts on the surnames being researched. I have over 11,000 names in my database with some of the direct lines on this page. You can contact me for more information if you think there is a linkage. Also Akron, Tanberg, Meadows and Prairie View landowner surnames for 1903 in Wilkin County. Trondhjem Township landowner surnames for 1884 in Otter Tail County. You can also visit a map of the Rothsay area of MN.
Minnesota Genealogy MnGenweb The Minnesota Genealogy MnGenweb is Minnesota's site for each of the 87 counties of Minnesota for genealogy information. You can request information and find surnames and links to information for people who resided in Minnesota. This page links to the United States Genealogy Genweb where you can visit any other state that your family resided.
RootsWeb.com Home Page RootsWeb.com advertises itself as the largest free resource on the internet. It has links to surnames, free web pages that you can set up, a new Worldconnect Project for you to submit your gedcoms, and it has a Social Security Death Index that is updated monthly. RootsWeb's Worldconnect Project Social Security Death Index Interactive Search
Ancestors From Norway This is a MUST SEE site to visit. John Follesdal has very valuable information on Norwegian genealogy as well as very well organized links to visit. I visit this site often and still have not gotten through all of the valuable information. Also includes links to the various counties in Norway.
Go to Sources from Bergen, Norway The University of Bergan, Norway has put a searchable database of the 1801 Census on-line. They also have the Emigration database from Bergan Norway on line. There is family information on the surnames I am researching on both of these databases. This site has much information.
Find a Person Look here to search for phone numbers and addresses for Look here to search for phone numbers and addresses for missing persons in your family tree. USA only.
Bob Risholms Genealogy Page This page includes Norway genealogy links, newsgroups, maps and books. A good site to visit.
The Fargo Forum Obituaries Home Page The Fargo Forum has listed by name those obituaries for MN & ND area surrounding Fargo - Moorhead. You can request a copy of the obituary after you find the date.
The Bjornstad Genealogy Site of Norway Look here to see genealogy information from Norway includes genealogy information including churches, the Vikings, the Royals, and currency and measurements.
The Bygdelag Page The Bygdelag Page lists organizations of emigrant descendants from particular areas of Norway who are now living in North America. Each lag seeks to preserve and strengthen bonds with the ancestral community in its area-of-origin in Norway. Contact persons are listed for each lag and in some cases e-mail contacts. Lots of information here.
Sons of Norway The Sons of Norway and the services they offer are here. Welcome to their "stabbur" a storehouse of information about things Norwegian.
Reunion, the family tree software Reunion is the family tree software that I use. Check it out. I have also used this software to produce the family charts on our family tree page.
Genealogy Resources on the Internet This site has links and links and more links on genealogy which you will find helpful.
Norskland Home Page This site has norwegian music and live cam shots from Norway. You must check this out!
Fargo Forum Records The Fargo Forum has now included obituaries listed by date. Also listed are births, engagements, weddings.
Ancestry Search This site has free searches including the SSDI.
Bureau of Land Management - Eastern States Home This site has a searchable database for land records from Minnesota and Wisconsin and other states.
Journal Obituaries The Fergus Falls Daily Journal did have obituaries on line but still does list deaths by date of publishing and limited information with the option of receiving a copy of the obituary from the Journal.
1865, 1875, 1900 Census in Norway The RHD (Registrationcenter for Historical Data) at the University of Troms� has just placed the 1865, 1875, and 1900 census records on the web!
Matrikkelutkastet av 1950 This site has information on farm names in Norway in 1950 and is searchable. Very helpful to find farm names in various parts of Norway.
Norway In America: TMA This site has a searchable database of the bibliographical collections of Thor M. Andersen (TMA) Check for your family here.
Muscat EuroFerret This site has access to fifteen million european web pages. Find Norwegian (or other country) relatives with web pages here.
Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site This site has searches to hunt through social security death indexes, census records, family trees, the Interet and others.
Home Page: American Memory from the Library of Congress This site has American Historical Collections for the National Digital Library including Photos and Prints, Documents, Motion Pictures, Maps, Sound Recordings
Bakkalias Genealogical Homepage Terje Bakkalia Homepage from Norway with links to Norwegian & other archives.
Hva er DIS-Norge? DIS-Norge was founded Jan. 12, 1990. The primary goal of this association is to make a common forum for anyone interested in using computers as a tool in genealogical research.
Guide to Norwegian Bygdeboks This site has lists the collections of bygdeboks at the UND Library.
How To Trace Your Norwegian Ancestors This site has lots of information on tracing ancestors from the Norway Online Information Service.
Norway Genealogy (GenWeb) Site This site includes links to Norwegians in America in 1880 for many states including Dakota Territory, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Kansas.
Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane Sogn og Fjordane is a fylke (county) on the west coast of Norway. The site includes information on the some 43,000 persons to emigrated to America from this area.
How to trace your Ancestors Goals, Preparations, Sources of Information, Where to find maps, Literature, Populations and emigrations, Counties & towns from the ODIN Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Norway.
Kommuner Cross-Reference This site includes the parish name and prior Amt. Name for reference use.
Kommuner og fylkeskommuner - alfabetisk sortert This site includes the alphabetical listing of the kommuner.
Kommunenokkelen This site includes a map of the various fylke (counties) of Norway.
Institute for Regional Studies - Biography & Genealogy North Dakota Naturalization Records Database.
Jim Wallace..Norway..'Nordland' Exceptional photos of Norway by Jim Wallace.
Minnesota Genealogy Research Intended to help those doing family or local history research in Minnesota. New topics are added each month.
RAND Genealogy Club RAND genealogy club, a group of RAND employees who share the hobby of tracing family trees and provide many links for your use.
Digitalarkivet - Arkivverket (i Norge) 1801, 1865 og 1900 teljinga. Including Kirkeboker and Emigrantprotokoller.
The Norwegian Historical Data Centre The Norwegian Historical Data Center University of Tromso computerizing information from the 18th & 19th centuries.
Norwegian - American Dictionary This list contain commonly used Norwegian words with their American definition.
Karla's Norway List Page Persons with Web Pages who are a part of the Norway List. You can subscribe to Norway-L at Rootsweb here.
InterTran (tm) Internet Translator can translate single words, phrases and pages in various languages.
Rogaland Roots Look here for much information on the Rogaland area of Norway. New addition: farm names for Rogaland.
Valle Radio i Valle kommune - Setesdal - Norway Organ music through Real Audio from Norway!
Hadeland Glassverk The History of the famous Hadeland Glassworks.
Minnesota Historical Society Contains Minnesota historical information including a newly developed catalog of photographic images some of which are now online.
South Dakota Birth Search Record Birth Record Search for South Dakota for persons born over 100 years ago. Easily searchable and gives name, date & parents as well as record number.
Road Maps Go here if you want the driving directions to go visit a place where your ancestors or relatives live.
Tiger Map Server Browser The U S Bureau of the Census supports this site with the goal to provide a public resource for generating high-quality, detailed maps of anywhere in the U.S. You can copy your favorite as a gif for your home page. See our family tree for the map of the Rothsay area generated by this site.
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