Nordic Blue

My family and friends know how passionate I am about genealogy and history, especially Norwegian-American and pioneer history.  But, there a...

It was not until I seriously began researching my adoptive father's genealogy that I found something unexpected among original records ...

I can hardly believe it, but it was 10 years ago on August 28th that I began Nordic Blue .  My efforts for an unseen audience began tentativ...

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 ...