Norwegians In America Their History And Record

Ulvestad compiled the Norwegian-American pioneer stories by sending out 163,000 small books and pamphlets along with 450,000 circulars and forms to the early immigrants and their families. The compilations were originally published in 1907 and 1913 in a Gothic script called 1883 Fraktur. These bilingual volumes include a Norwegian transcription and an English translation.

Background history of Norway, immigration, organizations and people in Norweigna-America.

A concise record of the struggles and achievements of the early settlers together with a narrative of what is now being done by the Norwegian-Americans of Illinois in the development of their adopted country

A brief history of the Norwegian immigration to America.