Upcoming Projects
ENGLISH TRANSLATION COMING SOON IN A 4-VOLUME SERIES
Nordmændene i Amerika, deres Historie og Rekord:
Norwegians in America, their History and Record
Written by Martin Ulvestad
Edited by Margit Nysetvold Bakke
Translated by Alexander Knud Huntrods
Gothic script transcribed by Benjamin Keith Huntrods
Published by Deb Nelson Gourley, Astri My Astri Publishing
Originally published in gothic script, these 100-year-old books were compiled from 450,000 questionnaires sent by Martin Ulvestad to Norwegian-Americans. The two old original books 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 4-volume series will be printed as 7” x 10” hard-cover books:
Volume 1 — early emigrants stories in the US States & Counties, Canada
Translated and printed in bilingual English-Norwegian text, available about 17 May 2010
(Source: from front ½ of thick book, published in 1907, pages 13-250)
Printed in memory of Olaf Kringhaug, translator
Volume 2 — Military, Government offices, Newspapers, Ministers, plus maps and other resources
Translated and printed in semi bilingual English-Norwegian, available late 2010
(Source: from front ½ of thick book, published in 1907, pages 251-502)
Volume 3 — Thousands of Norwegian-American names sorted by location emigrated from in Norway
Translated and printed in English only, available late 2010
(Source: from back ½ of thick book, published in 1907, pages 503-872)
Volume 4 — Small bios on thousands of emigrants in order by last name A-Z
Translated and printed in English only, to press about 1st June, available for Norsk Høstfest Sept/Oct 2010
(Source: whole book published in 1913, A-Z, pages 500-1008)
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