Nordic Blue

Many family historians, myself included, take the necessary time and energy to track down every detail possible about their ancestors, but m...

I was pleasantly surprised to meet Tessa Keough recently, who prepares some of the "May I Introduce You to..." articles on the Gen...

As a child, I was delighted by the distraction of new adults entering into my sheltered world.  They came through the front door, often smil...

Story updated and reposted from 2013. SS Norge , ca.1890-1900. The ship's capacity was 800 persons. (Library of Congress Prints and ...

Story updated (with new photos) and reposted from 2013. Josefine Jorgensdatter Humberstad, with an unidentified young man--perhaps ...

Some years ago, my husband and I were visiting my mother in Salem, Oregon, when a cousin-in-law called and asked us to stop by.  Wilma Moen ...

The town of Maynard, Minnesota in Chippewa County has a little piece of my heart, being the longtime home of my Norwegian-American great...

Edited and reposted from December 19, 2007 In the early 1960s, shopping was such a special occasion for my family that we went on purpos...

Our beloved Kippers on the back deck with a cat Jack-O-Lantern pal.   Happy Halloween! from 26 years ago... Go out and make some...

I just finished reading The Distancers:  An American Memoir , by Lee Sandlin, which is an extremely well written account of the history behi...

The Missing Childhood Likeness of Malla (Vigesaa) Larson My concerted efforts as photo detective continue in the hope of teasing out t...

Getting together with my first cousins in August reminded me of how quickly time passes, leaving memories a bit faded, but the impressions a...