⁴Every time I think about lutefisk, I don’t picture a cosy Christmas table with candlelight and rosy cheeks. I’m right back in a childhood kitchen, eyes watering, wondering if someone had boiled a fish and a cleaning product in the same pot.

This presentation delves into the lives of Norwegian immigrants in the United States during the 1800s, exploring their contributions to American society and the...

When families start talking about Christmas, they often begin with food. Christmas food may serve as a clue to their origin.

Family history is akin to going on journey. When we start we do not necessarily know where we are going, we don't know what we might see on the journey, nor the destination. We use our starting point and move forward, doing rough arithmetic to estimate the year of birth for the next generation back. We work through the census hoping that the first names are different and therefore it is easier to establish who is who.

A family friend said that Little Miss Shirley had angel wings in the photo, which meant that Shirley was going to die soon. Those words would prove eerily prophetic. It would be the final tragedy d…

8 March is International Women's Day and A Few Forgotten Women have a couple of things planned. We will be taking part in Women at Work, a free online event in collaboration with the Alfred Gillett Tr...

When Jens Andersen married his late friend’s widow, he did something extraordinary—he took the Bergum name as his own, ensuring Anders’ legacy would not be forgotten. Through weathered signatures, quiet vows, and the names carved in stone, this is the story of how a family name was chosen, not inherited.

Genealogy, history and culture from Norway