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Storli Family Reunion, Lincoln City, Oregon (June 17-19, 1994). Includes family pedigree of Storli family in America (those descended from Ole Knutsen Storlie( 1832-1905) and Ingeborg Vallerdalen (1832-1911); The Ode Family: Gleanings of Family History (account based on a manuscript titled"Gleanings of Family History" by Anna Storli's niece, Sigrid Ode, who visited America from Norway in 1913-1914. Added to Ode's facts are additionalnotes given by Victor Storli; Victor Storli translation of article authored by Sigrid Ode (Arbeiderbladet, Aug. 1, 1939), "The Weather was bad, and many of the passengers seasick. At Last we arose to eat, An emigrant [Valdres] voyage of seventy years ago" based on an interview with Sarah Bergesen, older sister to Anne Ode Hagen Storli.
Letters from Ed. S. and Susanna Johnson of Hatton, N.D. to Susann’s Brother Johan Norum of Vaagenge, Rødøy, Norway (2013, with accompanying family history report & original letters, dating 1926-1966).
Kirt C. Johnson,"Following the Footsteps of Lars and Anne Thune" (2014). Family history of Lars Gunderson Thune (1826-1917) and Anne Johannesdatter Moen(1839-1933)
Margaret (Ostlie) Corrigan: A Collection of History Stories Reflections (2014). Descended from Hans Johannesen Stensby Jahren and Karen Marthea Nielsdtr Jahren. Ostlie-Tollefson story started with immigrants from Ullensaker, Norway and Vinje, Norway. Includes recollections of farm life and school near Farmington, Minnesota (skiing to school, thawing lunches, snakes in school,playhouse, and watch chain made from human hair) and cadet nurse corps, 1945.
"Jonas Gatland--the U.S. immigrant who returned to Norway" (2014).Gatland emigrated from Osterøy, Norway in 1903 and eventually settled in Cloquet, Minnesota. Family escaped the great fire of 1918 and lost everything. Soon thereafter his wife died due to the influenza outbreak. Gatland and his six children returned permanently to Norway in 1920.
"Thelma Olson Peterson" [reflections regarding her mother]. Thelma was born in Highlandville, Winneshiek County, Iowa. Owned and operated Vanberia, a Scandinavian gift shop in Decorah, Iowa