Nordic Blue

Remembering... Karna Lou (Winje) Franche April 28, 1938 - September 1, 2007 ( Left to right), back row: Kenneth Moore, Bonnie (Simmons) Win...

Something I read today starting me thinking about the meaning of home. After all, family history deals quite a bit with the subject of home,...

Gulbran Olsen Berge, ca. 1870s. Chippewa County, Minnesota. On April 12, 1868, Gulbran Olsen Berge departed Christiania (Oslo), Norway ...

I thought I should write something before this blog withers away. Much of my spring and summer has been taken up by family health concerns. ...

A year after the repair project was begun (see August 28, 2006 blog entry), I can now say that the 1888 Winje family monument at Scandia Cem...

Time for an exercise in genealogy and social history detective work. Are you ready? SCENARIO: You are a Norwegian immigrant woman of good he...

I have been tagged for a Meme by a friend and fellow blogger, FootnoteMaven , to answer some questions regarding balance in life. This Meme ...

Are you passionate about genealogy and history? Do you live in the Seattle area? If you don't, perhaps Aunt Sue can offer you a spare ro...

Early in the process of researching the Winje Family, I discovered that Eric and Bertina Winje (my great great grandmother and her second hu...

The persistent shall be rewarded... I just received word that a lady (Astri) in Norway is scanning some old letters for me; they were sent t...

 Bertina Johnson Winje (78), with three granddaughters and two daughters.  L to R:  Josephine Larson,  Thea Larson, Emma Larson, Bertin...

I'd like to reassure everyone interested that I am still plodding along on the Johnson/Winje book. A year of classes in genealogy and fa...

On Saturday, I hop on a plane again to visit my mom, Doris, and sister, Becky, who live in Oxford, Alabama. This time, I am planning a drive...

This blog is for keeping track of, and sharing my family research and discoveries. I hope it will also increase the level of sharing and con...