{"id":3618,"date":"2017-01-16T16:40:40","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T15:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/?p=3618"},"modified":"2017-01-16T18:22:31","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T17:22:31","slug":"stories-by-and-about-norwegian-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/stories-by-and-about-norwegian-immigrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories by and about Norwegian immigrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A visit to the Wisconsin Historical Society&#8217;s website brought up some interesting results.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Browsing the net I came by the Wisconsin Historical Society&#8217;s website and came across some interesting newspaper article by and about Norwegian immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>The link below will take you to 46 articles by and about Norwegian immigrants published between 1893 and 1939. These include short biographies, reminiscences, interviews, memoirs, and obituaries. When scanning the table of brief titles, click\u00a0the title \u00a0to see the original newspaper article.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wisconsinhistory.org\/Content.aspx?dsNav=Ntk:All|Immigrants+Norwegian|3|,N:1078-684\" target=\"_blank\">Read the articles<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The online collection of Wisconsin Local History &amp; Biography Articles contains more than 50,000 pages. It is well worth to take a look if you have ancestors in Wisconsin as this is a treasure trove of interesting information. A good Place to start could be the\u00a0article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wisconsinhistory.org\/Content.aspx?dsNav=Ny:True,Ro:20,N:4294963828-4294963805&amp;dsNavOnly=Ntk:All%7cImmigrants+Norwegian%7c3%7c,N:1078-684&amp;dsRecordDetails=R:CS4014\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Collections overview&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The website has a good search interface. Note that you can check the &#8220;search within&#8221;\u00a0(your search results) \u00a0box to refine your\u00a0hits.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure you have a large jug of coffee ready. 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