August 2019 Update

Posted on August 28, 2019 by Susan M. Olson

Sunday, August 25th, I went to the Story County Genealogical Society Open House. Carol Foltz rode with me. I went to a class given by Mary Lohr.

I learned that you can get a free subscription to Ancestry.com. This is the link: https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/Free-Registered-Guest-Accounts

Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 1, in the office at the library, we will be having scanner training.

Monday, September 9, 2019 at 1 is our monthly meeting. I am hoping to update the procedures for printing from on line newspapers.

Free Access

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Susan M. Olson

Get FREE ACCESS to records from the Revolutionary War on Fold 3 until July 15th.

UPCOMING 2019 MEETING DATES

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Susan M. Olson

JUL 1, 2019 – FREE ONLINE RESOURCES; AUG 5, 2019 – LIBRARY WORKSHOP: SEP 9, 2019 – SCANNING PROJECT; OCT 7, 2019 – PENDING; NOV 4, 2019 – PLANNING FOR FALL PRESENTATION AND HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE; SATURDAY, DEC 7, 2019, HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE

2019 Update

Posted on May 20, 2019 by Susan M. Olson

Our next meeting is on Monday, June 3 at our office in the Fort Dodge Public Library, at 1:00 pm. There will be a business meeting. Afterwards, there will be a presentation about free online newspapers by Susan M. Olson.

Holiday Open House 2018

Posted on November 26, 2018 by Susan M. Olson

The Holiday Open House will be held at the Fort Dodge Public Library on Saturday, December 1st, 2018 from 10am-12pm.

Hope to see you there.

Susan M. Olson
President

Norwegian genealogy

Posted on October 6, 2018 by CaySedai

We have Linda Greethurst giving a program on Norwegian genealogy. She has give us two sites to help with research.

The Norwegian genealogy site is https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/. The /en/ is the English version.

Another site is OJ’s homepage. https://otjoerge.wordpress.com/norwegian-american-dictionary.

The dictionary site helps when working on DigitalArkivet.no.

Many of the Digital Arkivet records have not been indexed, so you may have to browse records. You will need to register for a free account in order to use the site.

Norwegian counties are like states in the U.S.

There should be an official parish register and a copy of the official parish register that was kept at a separate location. Once or twice a year, the keeper of the copy and the minister were supposed to compare the versions, so there might be additions at the end of the book.

Linda Greethurst recommends “A Research Guide for Norwegian Genealogy” as a valuable resource for researching Norwegian family history. It is published by The Norwegian American Genealogical Center & Naeseth Library in Madison, Wisconsin. Their website is www.nagcnl.org.

Websites again:

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en
https://otjoerge.wordpress.com/norwegian-american-dictionary
www.nagcnl.org

Special Event

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Susan M. Olson

On Saturday, October 6th, from 9 – 12, the Webster County Genealogical Society in Fort Dodge will have a speaker who will be telling us about Norwegian genealogy. The first hour will be called the name game, then a break, then about how to do research on Norwegian Digital Archives. You can bring your laptop and she will show you how to get onto the website. It will be held at the Fort Dodge Public Library. Free will donation. Hope to see you there.