Upcoming Projects
ENGLISH TRANSLATION COMING SOON IN A 3-VOLUME SERIES
Norwegians in America, their History and Record:
A translated version of the 1907 and 1913
Nordmændene i Amerika, deres Historie og Rekord
Written by Martin Ulvestad
Originally published in Gothic script, these 100-year-old books were compiled from 450,000 circulars and forms sent by Martin Ulvestad to early immigrants and their families. He then published the 1907 and 1913 oversized (now rare) books that contained 1,380 pages:
• 1907 volume (flat) — 872 pages, size 9.5” x 12” x 3.5” (24 cm x 30 cm x 9 cm)
• 1913 volume (upright) — 508 pages, size 9.5” x 12” x 2” (24 cm x 30 cm x 5 cm)
The new 3-volume series will be printed as 7” x 10” hardcover books:
Volume 1 — early emigrants stories in the USA (41 states & 500 counties) & Canada (6 provinces)
Translated into English by Olaf Tronsen Kringhaug and Odd-Steinar Dybvad Raneng
Transcribed from Gothic script by Benjamin Keith Huntrods
Edited by Margit Nysetvold Bakke
Ulvestad’s Foreword, Preface and Prehistory translated by Alexander Knud Huntrods
Maps and Index of 5,700 pioneers by Deb Nelson Gourley
(Source: pages 1-250 from the thick book published in 1907)
Taking Pre-sale orders, available September 2010
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Volume 2 — Military, Government offices, Newspapers, Ministers, plus maps and other resources, Thousands of Norwegian-American names sorted by location emigrated from in Norway
(Source: pages 251-872 from the thick book published in 1907)
Translated and partially transcribed in semi bilingual English-Norwegian, available 2011
Volume 3 — Small bios on thousands of emigrants in order by last name A-Z
(Source: whole book published in 1913, A-Z, pages 501-1008)
Translated and printed in English only, available 2011
Belmont Massacre 1862: Television Documentary
Click for BelmontSettlement.pdf
The pdf contains the Norwegian settlement list during 1860-1862 from Belmont, Christiania, and Des Moines townships in Jackson County, Minnesota, extending along the Des Moines River wooded area to Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa. Thirteen of these settlers were killed in the 24 August 1862 Belmont Massacre. Both Norwegian and Americanized spellings used by these individuals have been included along with birthdates, immigration data, and settlements in America. [The brackets contain the arrival years and land descriptions for Jackson, Minnesota, and Estherville, Iowa.]
Please contact Deb Nelson Gourley if you have any further information about these individuals for an upcoming Television Documentary . . . connecting the dots . . . from their homes in Norway . . . to their wagon train journey to Jackson, Minnesota . . . and the 24 August 1862 Belmont Massacre.
Ashley Park Monument located in Jackson, Minnesota
“Erected by the State of Minnesota in the year 1909, to the memory of the pioneer settlers of Jackson County, whose names are inscribed below, massacred by the Sioux Indians in 1857 and 1862”
28 March 1857 massacre:
- William Wood
- Joshua Stewart
- George Wood
- Willie Thomas
- Two children of Joshua Stewart
24 August 1862 massacre:
- Ole Olson Fohre/Fyre/Førde (father)
- Mikkel Olson Slaabakken
- Johannes Knutson Axe/Ekse
- Knut Haldorson Ro Mestad and wife
- Brita Andersdatter Røte Mestad
- Anna Knutsdatter Bjørgo Langeland (mother)
- Aagaata Knutsdatter Langeland (child)
- Anna Knutsdatter Langeland (child)
- Nicolai Johan Knutson Langeland (child)
- Knut Knutson Langeland (child)
- Lars Larson Rasdal Hjørnevik and wife
[unknown if Anna Knutsdatter is the wife of Lars Hjørnevik or Lars Furrenæs] - Lars Larson Furnes/Furness/Furrenæs
24 August 1862 wounded children who survived:
- Ole Olson Fyre (Ole F. Forde), the older Olson brother—age 11
- Anders Engebretson Slaabakken Olson—age 11
- Julia Knutsdatter Langeland—age 3