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Syftestad family history, 1959
"The Syftestad Family Since 1800" by Beulah Folkedahl. -
Syftestad family history, 1987, 1994-1996
Fillmore County MN, Yellow Medicine County MN, Bergen Lutheran Church, Fjelstad family, Rollefson family, family trees, and correspondence. -
Symra Society history, 1957, 1975
A commemorative pamphlet on the 50th anniversary of a society which was founded to assure support for the publication of Symra, a literary magazine started in 1905. A history of the periodical Symra, prepared by Einar Haugen for the Norwegian Immigration Sesquicentennial in 1975, and a listing of contents (by volume) of ten volumes of the journal with a broad subject index by Erik Christianson are included, as is a Kristian Prestgard article, "Hvordan skriftet Symra blev til," Decorah Posten, December, 1941. -
Synneve Brugjeld Skrenes papers, 1881-1956
Biography/History:
Synneve Brugjeld was born in Balestrand, Sogn, Norway, on March 30, 1845 to Peder Nielsen Brugjeld and Gjertrud Olsdatter Thorsnaes. With her parents, four brothers (Niels, Ole, Bottolf, and Peter P.), and one sister (Kari), she left Bergen, Norway in 1848 aboard the sailing vessel Dorothea and arrived in New York, NY on July 5, 1848.In 1865, after the end of the Civil War, Synneve moved with her family to Emmet County, Iowa. Synneve eventually Americanized her name to Susan Peterson. On November 6, 1870, she was united in marriage to John Knudtson Skrenes (John Johnson) at Lakeside Farm by Reverend T.H. Dahl. John and Synneve had eight children: Severina Gjertina (Tina) (Johnson) of Bricelyn, MN, Nels J. of Wallingford, IA, Petra Johannah (Hannah) (Olsen) of Pequot, MN, Carrie (Anderson) of Wallingford, IA, Helen (Berg) of Estherville, IA, Sena Josephine (Carter) of Blue Earth, MN, Bertha Randina and Manda Telende (Larsen) of Wallingford, IA. Bertha died at the age of 2, but the other seven children survived to adulthood.
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Family photographs, books, and personal letters of Synneva Brugjeld Skrenes from the estate of Wesley and Irene Anderson. -
Syttende Mai records, circa 1933-circa 1982
Correspondence and clippings relating to American Syttende Mai festivals, including four pamphlets from Brooklyn, New York (1967-1982). Of interest is the material concerning the Moscow, Iowa county, Wisconsin (May, 1933), festival, which commemorated the 1873 celebration when Ole Bull and Rasmus B. Anderson appeared on the program together with Syver Holland, who sang Heimtraa, a folk ballad. -
Syvde- og Vanylvslag papers, 1938
History of the Bygdelag:
Papers of "bygd" societies and their Common Council ("Bygdelagenes Fellesraad"), clippings, constitutions, correspondence, minutes and financial records, pamphlets, pictures, programs, and reports, dealing with conventions, officers, special projects, and the Norse-American Centennial of 1925. The bygdelag, organized around the turn of the century, are societies based on regional origins in Norway. They were active in the Eidsvoll Centennial in 1914 and the Norse-American Centennial in 1925. While activity dropped off after the beginning of World War II, a revival began in the 1980s as a result of renewal of ethnic interest, and with emphasis on family history. Odd S. Lovoll's "A Folk Epic; The Bygdelag in America" (NAHA, 1975), which includes a bibliography of lag publications.Papers of the various "bygdelag," "social organizations of (Americans) from the same homeland district, usually rural" which began in 1899 with the organization of the Valdres Samband. About fifty other lag with national-wide appeal were formed, as well as many others which were more local. They held annual "stevner" (meetings) and many published periodicals, yearbooks, or monographs which often contained extensive genealogical materials. A decline came after World War II, with a revival in the 1970s particularly through renewed emphasis on genealogical research.
A Council of Bygdelags (Bygdelagenes Faellesraad) coordinates activities of the groups. They were very active in the Eidsvoll centennial celebrations in 1914, and the Norse-American Centennial in 1925. Holdings for the various lag vary, but usually include clippings of newspaper articles about their meetings, correspondence, programs, and copies of their publications, duplicates of library holdings, in the periodical and book collections (monographs and annuals included in the latter). In some cases regional associations are included with the national groups, and in others separate groups which later merged are included under the merged name.
Oversized lag photographs and panoramas are located within the Photograph Collection (P0655). -
Syver and Berte Lanning family history, undated
"Ancestors & Descendants of Syver & Berte Lanning" by Beverly Lanning Webster -
Syver and Brit Lee family history, 2016
Syver and Brit Bakkenberg Lee (1807-1907) and descendants, Long Lake, Watonwan County, Minnesota. They emigrated from Storlien Farm, Oppland, Norway in 1866. -
Syver Aslaksen Vestedahl papers, 1794-1930
Includes:- Leather purse;
- Books: Dr. Erich Pontoppidans Forklaring, Bergen, 1831; Dr. Erich Pontoppidans Forklaring, Christiania, 1865; Dr. Martin Luthers Katekismus, Decorah, 1880; Dr. Henrich Millers Evangeliske Kierke-Speyl, Kiobenhaven (Copenhagen), 1794; St. Olaf College commencement exercises booklet, 1928.
- Correspondence, letters and postcards, 1856-1889.
- Mortgage and warranty deeds
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Syverson family papers, undated
No description available.
Formerly part of P539.