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Norwegian-American Historical Association, Northfield, MN
The goal of the Norwegian-American Historical Association (NAHA) is to locate, collect, preserve and interpret the Norwegian-American part of this whole with accuracy, integrity, and liveliness. In doing so, Norwegian Americans will have an identifiable position in America's past, present, and future.
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• Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum Located in Decorah, Iowa, this museum is one of the best collections of its kind.
• Norwegian-American Historical Association Located in Northfield, Minnesota, the NAHA archives has an extensive manuscript collection, including letters, diaries, journals and ledgers, newspaper clippings, obituaries, congregational records, family and local histories, photographs, and other resources related to Norwegians in America.
• Digital Archives of Norway A public service of the National Archives of Norway and the State Archive in Bergen. Use this site to search Norwegian census, emigration records and images of Norwegian church records.
• Historielag.org Links to a number of Norwegian local historical societies.
• Norway Heritage Especially useful for finding ships leaving from Norway during the period 1825-1925.
• DIS Norge DIS-Norway is Norway's largest association for genealogists, with over 9,000 members. The Association's purpose is to create a national forum for genealogy and personal history in which computing and the Internet is used as an aid, spread knowledge about this and also encourage genealogical research in Norway.
• Slekt & Historie Has wonderful information about Norwegian naming patterns, administrative units, local histories, immigration and more.
• EmiWeb Swedish website with access by subscription to partner organization databases. EmiWeb is the first web based archive of its kind covering migration to and from Scandinavia.
• www.bt.no/skatt Searchable Norwegian tax list for the year 2009.
• Oluf Rygh: Norwegian Farm Names Norwegian farm names, based on O. Rygh's index of Norwegian farm names from the early 1900's. Search on a farm name and find the geographic location and parish.
• Vesterheim Civil War Page Searchable database for Norwegians in the Civil War.
• Astri My Astri Publishing A publisher of English and Norwegian bilingual books, Norwegian heritage and culture, Norwegian-American genealogy, and Scandinavian studies, history and education.
• Sons of Norway A fraternal society which promotes appreciation of the heritage and culture of Norway. Click on "Learn Norwegian On-line" to access Norwegian genealogical terms.
• Family Search A public service of the LDS Church available at no cost. Has many useful databases, some of which are submitted by individuals and thus may be inaccurate, some are transcriptions, such as the 1880 census.
• Ancestry A well known genealogy site available by subscription. The best source to view the 1930 census.
• Rootsweb Rootsweb is the premier non-profit genealogical website in America. Links to the Tombstone Project and USGENWEB, on which volunteers maintain websites about each county in America with information about the county and cemetery listings, biographies, vital records, and other information. Links to Norwegian genealogy newsgroups and mailing lists.
• Cyndi's List Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites is the leading genealogy starting point for Internet sites on every genealogical topic.
• Ellis Island Records Has a searchable database of over 22 million passengers and crew members arriving through the Port of New York between 1892 and 1924.
• U.S. Vital Records Find out how to acquire vital records (birth, death, marriage) from each state.
• Norwegian Emigration Center. Located in Stavanger, Norway.
• Norwegian Emigrant Museum. Located near Hamar, Norway.
• Fylkesarkivet in Sogn og Fjordane. Genealogical databases from Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Click on Databasetenester.
• Nordmanns Forbundet (Norse Federation). International organization promoting Norway and Norwegian culture.
• Mission Archives, School of Mission and Theology, Stavanger, Norway. A unique collection related to the history of Christian mission, founded in 1842. History of Norwegian missionaries living and working abroad.
• Norwegian National Library's Promise of America. An interactive website with materials from the Norwegian Emigrant Museum and National Library of Norway.
• Land Office records of the Bureau of Land Management. Find out if your ancestors bought land in the U.S. from the government. Scanned images of documents are available.
• U.S. Board on Geographic Names. Search any geographic name and find the location.
• People Finders - Genealogy Research. Introduction to genealogy research with 35 links to various genealogical sources, outlines and directories.
