Nordic Blue

I heard a faint knock at the door late yesterday, and at first I thought I'd been imagining things. But, the dog barked insistently, ale...

I must pause briefly from my Norwegian-American focus to introduce a source helpful to those wanting to read more about population migration...

I am a Bay Area girl turned Seattlelite, with eclectic interests ranging from history and genealogy to science-fiction and Chinese film, to ...

I would love to spend months exploring Chippewa County, Minnesota. It is the center of the genealogical universe when it comes to my mothe...

Those of us who are serious about the pursuit of genealogy and family history can appreciate the treasure that is gleaned by a field trip to...

As promised, here is the preface to my recently published family history, A Long Way Downstream . I learned so very much during the research...

From the land of sky-blue wa-ah-ters... (Remember that Hamms Beer commercial, or am I dating myself? ) Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox. Pho...

In July, I picked up the fruit of my labors at Gorham Printing in Centralia, Washington--a short-run printer of the finest calliber. The pho...

Hello again... I said I would be back, and here I am! At this point, I am quite delinquent in reading all the wonderful genealogy/family his...

Every face has a story I don't know this person, and she is definitely not a part of my family history. But, as a dedicated and curious ...

I am committed to genealogy and family history, but I have been inspired by science fiction even longer. I don't mean the bug-eyed monst...

Perhaps I needed some palate cleansing after writing about French Onion Soup in a previous blog entry, or perhaps it was Lisa's Enumerat...

I recently did some searching on E-Yearbook.com . For a fee, you can search this database and access many old high school and college yearbo...

After writing about my grandfather's experience with the WWI draft board ( Hell, No, I Won't Go! ), I might as well continue with th...

"The future's so bright I gotta [read] SHADES" Have you visited Shades of the Departed yet? Currently showing: 2nd Edition of ...

In this blog, I focus a great deal on the midwestern history of my Norwegian immigrant ancestors. Their background has obviously had a ma...

When Ancestry.com first made World War I draft registration cards available, I immediately began to search for evidence about relatives. Onl...

 Ole Benhardt Berge weds Anne Marie Slaaen (Sloan), 1886  In early February 1946, the Maynard News in Chippewa County, Minnesot...