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- November 1st, 2008
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Picnic at Clearwater Lake
As my mother grew up on her grandparents' farm in rural Minnesota, she looked forward to the picnics held, typically twice each summer at Clearwater Lake (in Clearwater County). Grandpa Ole Johnson ow…
- October 24th, 2008
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No More Norwegian News!
For those of you who have been checking up on the latest in Norway via "Aftenposten"--the Norwegian online news, be forewarned that their nine-year old English news service will shut down any day now.…
- October 22nd, 2008
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History by Chocolate
...It sounds a little more promising than "Death by Chocolate," in any case.In the following video, an antique dealer tells how "chocolate molds capture history." It's just at the time when our swee…
- October 20th, 2008
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Boink! I've Been Tagged
Gads, Becky at Kinexxions tagged me on this about a week ago, and John of TransylvanianDutch, a couple of days later, not to mention Linda of From Axer to Ziegler shortly after that! And, I've just no…
- October 18th, 2008
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Spooked by Swensson
Each autumn after an annual membership drive, the Chippewa County Historical Society of Minnesota holds a special event, the "Enchanted Evening at the Swensson Farm.""To say that these evenings are tr…
- October 13th, 2008
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Just Call Me "Anna"
Whenever I look through Norwegian genealogy and census records that are filled with many of the same names (Karen, Maren, Berit, and Kirsten, to name a few), I've had to wonder how one of my great gre…
- October 8th, 2008
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Slang from the Great Depression
An Imaginary Trip to Hobohemia (Hobowhatia?)The bindle stiff looked around cautiously as he exited the alley. He’d been carrying the banner and was long weary of going by hand. Distracted by a high…
- October 5th, 2008
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Grampa was a Bootlegger?
In September 2005, Cousin Duane was driving two of my first cousins and me around Leonard, Minnesota to see the old family sites. We stopped at the farm once owned by our great grandparents, Ole M. a…
- October 1st, 2008
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Norway Moves Data Even FAST-er
Norwegians have come a long way since the early days of communicating by handwritten letters, painfully and slowly carried aboard emigrant ships to North America and elsewhere. Now, they're moving dat…
- September 30th, 2008
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GeneaBlogger Gnome at Snoqualmie Pass!
I heard a faint knock at the door late yesterday, and at first I thought I'd been imagining things. But, the dog barked insistently, alerting me to something unusual outside. I opened the door and pea…
- September 29th, 2008
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Family History and the Great American Migration
I must pause briefly from my Norwegian-American focus to introduce a source helpful to those wanting to read more about population migrations during the twentieth century. Social history, when added t…
- September 27th, 2008
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Getting to Know Me, Getting to Know Nordic Blue
I am a Bay Area girl turned Seattlelite, with eclectic interests ranging from history and genealogy to science-fiction and Chinese film, to name a few. One of my main passions has been discovering all…
- September 25th, 2008
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Historic Cabin Represents Lives of My Pioneer Ancestors
I would love to spend months exploring Chippewa County, Minnesota. It is the center of the genealogical universe when it comes to my mother's ancestry. All four sets of her Norway-born great grandpare…
- September 19th, 2008
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Quite Possibly the Loneliest Place on Earth
Those of us who are serious about the pursuit of genealogy and family history can appreciate the treasure that is gleaned by a field trip to the cemetery: not just treasure in data, but of feelings,…
- September 10th, 2008
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A Long Way Downstream - Preface
As promised, here is the preface to my recently published family history, A Long Way Downstream. I learned so very much during the research and writing process, and I can't thank enough those who help…
- September 9th, 2008
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A Little d'Elegance Never Hurts
A day in the life of a Norwegian-American family historian doesn't always include things specifically Norwegian. On Sunday, September 7, my husband John and I attended the Kirkland Concours d'Eleganc…
- September 8th, 2008
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Crowning Glory, or Not
From the land of sky-blue wa-ah-ters...(Remember that Hamms Beer commercial, or am I dating myself?)Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox. Photograph by Chery Kinnick, September 2002. Bemidji, Minnesota.In…
- September 3rd, 2008
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"A Long Way Downstream" Has Arrived
In July, I picked up the fruit of my labors at Gorham Printing in Centralia, Washington--a short-run printer of the finest calliber. The photographs below are proof: the Johnson/Winje family history i…
- September 2nd, 2008
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The Subtleties of September
Hello again... I said I would be back, and here I am! At this point, I am quite delinquent in reading all the wonderful genealogy/family history blogs out there, and I have a lot to catch up on, so th…
