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Rollag From Norway to Minnesota: The Numedal Valley Immigrants and Their Families, compiled by Dennis K. Herbranson and Maxine Lee Shulstad (Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 2009). Topics include: immigrants and particularly the community of Rollag, Minnesota. Short essays on the following topics: immigrant ships, name changes, the tine, the plow, the spinning wheel, smallpox inoculation, the bible, the fiddle, the sawmill, the trunk, isolation and sorrow, Red River Oxcart Trail
Formerly part of P539.
Lars E. Larson Family History book, Erik Anderson Og Martha Jacobsdatter I Norge Og Amerik:A Memoir of the Johnson-Blexrud Family, by Arthur (Lars) Larson, Whitewater, WI. 2008.
Formerly part of P539.
Karen Gavle Klassen Family History book, Kings and Kindred: The Ole Gavle and Randvei Morkve Family by Karen Gavle Glassen and Carol Sorbo Gavle (Amundsen Publishing Co, Decorah, Iowa. 2008.)
Formerly part of P539.
Includes cookbook compiled by Trygve R. Skarsten, Skarsten Cookbook: The Americanization of a Norwegian Culinary Tradition, 2007 and Grandpa Remembers: The Americanization of the Skarstens from Farsund, Norway, by Trygve R. Skarsten, 2007.
Formerly part of P539.
"A Psalm book…and a Good Pair of Shoes: The Floren and Haugen Family, 13 Generations, From Tangvold Farm, Hegra Parish, Stjørdalen, Norway, to Valley Grove, Northfield, Minnesota" by Carol-Jean Swanson Boevers.
The book includes general information about Norway, descriptions of each generation of the family, information about Norwegian emigration to America, and information about Norwegian life in America, including topics such as keeping Norwegian culture, education, preserving ties with Norway, religion, and American names.
Formerly part of P539.
"Family history, Porkka-/Stenbraaten, Austmarka/Vinger in Hedmark, Norway = Slektshistorie, Porkka-/Stenbråten, Austmarka/Vinger i Hedmark" by Ivar Hansen, published in Norway, 1994.
Formerly part of P539.
Includes the journal of great grandfather's journal, Thor Helgeson, and several pages of genealogy. Thor Helgeson immigrated to the United States in 1862 at the age of 20. Initially, Thor went to the Muskego settlement, Racine County, Wisconsin, and taught school. By 1864 he moved to New Hope in Portage County and remained for 25 years. He married Syverine Jensdatter Voldengen in 1867. In 1869 Thor purchased a farm in Iola, Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
Formerly part of P539.