Scandinavian Roots Resources
9/27/2009
General Scandinavian resources to get you started exploring your heritage:

Nordic Notes www.nordicnotes.com: Excellent all-purpose starting point for genealogy, travel and cultural links.

Nordic Pages www.markovits.com/nordic/: Internet resources throughout Scandinavia.

Societas Heraldica Scandinavia www.heraldik.org/shshome2.html: Scandinavian heraldry.

Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study www.montana.edu/sass/resource.htm: Academic and cultural resources and links.

Nordic Genealogy Bulletin Board www.farmwagon.com/discus-nnon/messages/board-topics.html

Nordic genealogy newsgroup/mailing list: soc.genealogy.nordic or see signup instructions for related listserv at members.aol.com/gfsjohnf/gen_mail_country-den.html#GEN-NORDIC

Nordic Heritage Museum, 3014 NW 67th St., Seattle, WA 98117, (206) 789-5707, www.nordicmuseum.com: Only US museum celebrating the legacy of immigrants from all of Scandinavia.

Scandinavian-American Genealogical Society, Box 16069, St. Paul, MN 55116: Publishes Scandinavian Saga.

Viking Heritage Server and Database viking.hgo.se/

Viking Home Page www.control.chalmers.se/vikings/viking.html

Viking Network viking.no/

L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site parkscanada.pch.gc.ca/parks/newfoundland/anse_meadows/anse_meadows_e.htm

TravelGenie www.netins.net/showcase/travelgenie/: Order detailed maps of Sweden, Norway and Denmark.

The Scandinavian American Family Album by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler (Oxford University Press, $12.95)

A Student's Guide to Scandinavian American Genealogy by Lisa Olson Paddock and Carl Sokolnicki Rollyson (Oryx Press, $24.95)

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