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Scandinavian Heritage Association (SHA)
The Scandinavian Heritage Association was started in 1989 to honor the cultures of the five Scandinavian countries: Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland. The SHA boasts an international membership and is committed to honoring the past and building a legacy for the future. We do this through various sponsorships of programs and cultural events, including our annual Midsommar Natt celebration, Scandinavian Heritage Park, Hostfest-Heritage Foundation and presentations by area artists and artisans. Future generations will be the heirs of our rich Scandinavian heritage because we cared enough to preserve and nurture the culture and traditions that were so much a part of our ancestor’s lives.
Our immigrant forebears were unable to bring much in the way of material goods and treasures with them to this land, nevertheless, they had an inherited strength of character and perseverance that surmounted the hard tasks of life in the New World . Their talents, skills and industrious nature, helped them to survive and even rise to greatness in their various pursuits.
While these new citizens loved their adopted land, they still remembered with great fondness the friends, relatives and familiar places they left behind in the “old country.” They often longed to see the majestic fjords again and walk through the meadow beside a cool, clear stream that rippled down from the old stave church on the hill. While an ocean separated it from them, their hearts craved to once more visit the home of their childhood and see things just as they were before they went away.
Resources
We have compiled some helpful links to help you find additional information about Scandinavian Heritage.
Please note: the following links will take you to websites away from the Scandinavian Heritage Association website. If you know of other online resources, please feel free to contact us and we can get them added to our list.
Norwegian Genealogy Search Tips – * [https://www.familysearch.org/en/]
Swedish Genealogy Search Tips – * [https://www.familysearch.org/en/]
Danish Genealogy Search Tips – * [https://www.familysearch.org/en/]
Finnish Genealogy Search Tips – * [https://www.familysearch.org/en/]
Icelandic Genealogy Search Tips –* [https://www.familysearch.org/en/]
User Submitted Resources
Genealogy Resources Online – Mapcon (Thanks Mia!)
The following links were taken from the list of Internet Links the Minot Public Library provides, and both provide great resources.
Government
Fold 3 – Military Records
National Archives and Records Administration
North Dakota Death Index
Social Security Death Index Online
Research Tools
Ancestry Library Edition
Billion Graves
Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Links
Ellis Island
Family Tree Connection
Family Tree Maker
Family Search – LDS Online
Find A Grave
Fort Wayne – Allen County Public Library Genealogy Dept
Genealogical Publishing Company Resources
Genealogy.com
Immigration History Research Center
Library of Congress – publications, resources, & research tools
Minnesota Genealogy – University of Minnesota Genealogy Dept.
Mouse River Loop Genealogical Society – Minot, ND
My Heritage (14 day free trial) – family trees
National Genealogical Society
New England Historical Genealogical Society
Newspaper Archive
North Dakota Biography Index
One Great Family
Rootsweb
State Historical Society of North Dakota
United States GenWeb Project
Norwegian
Digital Archives of Norway
Norwegian-American Genealogy – Vesterheim Genealogical Center
Norwegian Historical Data Center – University of Tromso, Norway
Norwegian Genealogy-National Archives and Census
Norwegian Listserv and Genealogy Links
Norwegian Rootsweb
Oluf Rygh – Norwegian Farm Names
Swedish
Augustana College Swenson Swedish Immigration Center
Bureau of Land Management General Land Office Records
Sweden Genealogy
Swedish Census 1890 and Archives
Swedish Genealogy Links
Swedish Institute
Swedish National Archives