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.
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Holiday Open House 2018
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
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
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.
Monthly Meeting
Our monthly meeting will be on Monday, Sep 11, at 1 pm at the Fort Dodge Public Library. Hope to see you there.
August 2018 Monthly Meeting
Our monthly meeting will be held tomorrow. August 6th, at 1pm. It will be at the Fort Dodge Public Library, Room 134. I hope you can all attend.
Sad News
A long time member, Joan Ewing has passed away. Services are pending at Laufersweiler’s here in Fort Dodge.
Cards can be sent to Laufersweiler -Sievers Funeral Home, 307 South 12th St., Fort Dodge, IA 50501
The society is sending flowers.
Susan M. Olson, President
Webster County Geni Gleanings – Saturday, August 15, 1981
Big News!
On Saturday, October 6, 2018 we have a speaker who will tell us about Norwegian Genealogy. Her name is Linda Greethouse. Topics are the Name Game and the research tool Digital Archive.
Location is the Fort Dodge Public Library, 424 Central Ave, Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Time: 930 – 1130 am
Hope to see you there!
41st Anniversary Open House, April 20th, 2018
On April 20th, 2018 we held a 41st Anniversary Open House. The speaker, Dave Baker, spoke about Ghost Towns of past communities of today. A celebration of Iowa history, architecture, and scenery through photography. 31 people attended. Thank you to everyone!
Dave Baker
