A translated version of the 1907 and 1913
Nordmændene i Amerika, deres Historie og Rekord
Volume 1
Written by Martin Ulvestad
Published by Astri My Astri Publishing

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 and Prehistory translated by Alexander Knud Huntrods
Indexed and Published by Deb Nelson Gourley, Astri My Astri Publishing

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Volume 1 — 480 pages, 7”x10”, hardcover book:
• Norwegian-American genealogy, sagas of pioneer emigration and their trials in the Promised Land
• Bilingual — Both English translation and Norwegian transcription from Gothic script (pgs 1-250 of 1907)
• USA (41 states, 500 counties) & Canada (6 provinces)
• Maps & Index of over 5,700 pioneers
• ISBN-13: 978-0-9760541-6-0
• LOC: 2010908184

Volume 1 includes both an English translation as well as a Norwegian transcription from pages 1-250 of the 1907 Gothic script. The sagas tell of where the pioneers emigrated from in Norway, immigrated to in America (1825-1907), genealogy, life and hardships on the emigrant ships, canal boat and cattle car journeys to the Midwest, sickness, oxcarts, dugouts, sod huts, numerous pastors and churches, livestock and crops, grasshoppers, prairie fires, blizzards, Indian Wars and more. Areas included are: USA - 41 states and 500 counties, Canada - 6 provinces.

SKU: 0000Ulvestad Vol 1