Newsletter

Alastair’s Visit to America – Special Issue

Huskelhus School in Trempealeau Co, Wisconsin by Adeline and Eric Goplin; One Room Schools, Background of the Time, by Helen Swenson; Alastair and Astri Brown to Tour the Midwest! by Sandra Hendrickson; Norwegian State Church Becomes The ‘People’s Church’ by Anne Sladky

Following the Path of Sjåheim Ancestors; Emigration to America 163 Years Later, by Garry Rossing; ‘Looking Back’ – Harold Goplen, by Paul Anderson; The America Letter – An Important Source of Local History by Alastair Brown; The Earliest Photographs by Ed Goplin; WWI-Many Registered, Who Served??: by Barbara Horn; What Do You Know About Your Ancestors Before They Emigrated? By Alastair Brown

Pvt. Lawrence Karl Shoger by Larry Shoger; H.A.M. Steen, Landingslag Charter Member and First President, by Larissa Reutgen; Interview with Karen Swensson, Lag Member and Author, as told to Larissa Reutgen; Kari’s First Bunad, by Kari Nordal; LL Receives Church Records From Old East and West Paint Creek Churches, by Sandra Hendrickson; WWI Service Records, by Barbara Horn; Tubfrim, Your Cancelled Stamps Do Have A Use! by Ann Edwards; Obituaries of Milton ‘Leroy’ Madson and Ivan David Goplen

Discovering Our Ancestors Through DNA Testing, Part II, by Garry D. Rossing; Churches in Austin, MN With A Land Connection, by Ann Edwards; Celebrating 100 Years of Bygdelagenes Fellesraad, by Sandra Handrickson; U.S. Military Historical Collection Soldiers of Kandiyohi Co, MN; Hilsen Fra Lands Museum, WWII by Alastair Brown

Discovering Our Ancestors Through DNA Testing, Part I, by Garry D. Rossing; This Is Your Home Too, by Anne Sladky; Beverly (Lanning) Webster obituary

American Guests in Norway – by Individuals; 2015 Landingslag Tour to Norway, by Sandra Hendrickson

1926 Landingslag Stevne, Decorah, Iowa; The Gjefle Log Cabin, by Angela Helland; Landingslag Stevne, Decorah, Iowa in 1926

Wes Westrum, Major League Baseball Player, by Carol Olson; Gateway to the Prairies, by Eddie Goplin; History of Five Points, Norwegian Settlement, Richland Co., Wis.; Eidsvollsmenn, by Larissa Reutgen; Hilsen Fra Lands Museum, LL Visit to Land by Alastair Brown; Norway Tour Update, by Sandra Hendrickson; Miles K. Benson obituary

Ingeborg Jonsdatter, Peder Aadnes’ Widow, by Kari Nordal; The artist Peder Aadnes and his widow, compiled by Ann Edwards; Letter from Lina Goplen, submitted by Paul Anderson; Excerpts from The Landings Scatter, compiled by Larissa Reutgen; Goplen Family Reunion; Hilsen Fra Lands Museum, by Alastair Brown