Ja• VOL XIII NO 1 MARCH, 1993 Serving Norwegian-Americans of Sigda! - Eggeda! & Krodsherad Ancestry Book "Passage to the .Prairie" July 8-10
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•~i9b~lsla1\~~ja• VOL XIII NO 1 MARCH, 1993 Serving Norwegian-Americans of Sigda! - Eggeda! & Krodsherad Ancestry Book "Passage To The .Prairie" July 8-10 PASSAGE TO THE PRAIRIE was selected as the 1993 theme for the 7 Lag Stevne to be held this July 8, 9 and 10 at the North Dakota State College of Science, Wahpeton, NO, at a planning session held February 20 at the Park Inn, Alexandria, MN. Leaders attending were 7 Lag Coordinator will not refund checks for rooms after July 1, Dean Sorum and his wife Carol, Carol Nelson, also the deadline for accepting reservations. assistant coordinator; Marilyn Somdahl, Dorm rates remain unchanged--for a single secretary & exhibits chairperson; treasurer room, $8.50 per night and for a double room, Allard Stevens and his wife Ann, Marilyn $14 per night. Sorensen, genealogy coordinator; Linda Christiansen, Joel Lund, Oscar Lund, ticket- Marilyn Sorensen reported that seven decorations chairperson; and Carol Toso, genealogy classes have already been planned publicity chairperson. with various presentors. Stevne genealogy hours will be Thursday 10 am to 10 pm and The secretary will request information which Friday from 8 am until noon. the lag presidents and genealogy coordinator can investigate as possible 1994 and 1995 Attempts are being made to continue to stevne sites. Questionaires given to 298 who support the popular program emphasis begun registered at last year's 7 Lag Stevne had 140 last year about the immigrants. The focus on responding with comments and opinions. Sites the journey itself from Norway to America will in other locations were suggested, but 107 influence choices for inclusion in programming. were willing to go to Wahpeton every year. Banquet tickets will be available by advance The treasurer distributed the financial report sale only at $13 per person. It is scheduled to lag presidents or treasurers, showing a Saturday at 5:30 pm at the Student Center. positive balance and one account receivable. Exhibitors will not be asked for door prizes. Food service costs remain reasonable and the Registration at $12 per person admits NDSCS staff will ask each lag to survey how members or visitors to all events except many will eat each specific meal at the meals! The fee covers costs of three days or Student Center. just one day of facility use and program expense. This includes meeting rooms, Unlike the Cultural Center auditorium and auditorium and custodial fees, renting & meeting rooms at the Student Center which transporting of special equipment--especially are air conditioned, the dorms are not. Dorms microfilm readers-- for genealogy research, and offer elevators and showers along with performers who will entertain, helping pillows, towels, and bed linen. Bring a everyone enjoy being a Norwegian-American. washcloth and an electric fan. The college Tickets for programs Friday or Saturday evening will be available to the general public 1993 SIGDAL LAG DUES include 3 issues of the SAGA. at $3 each, available at the door. Labels bear the paid year following the name. SAGA is sent FIRST CLASS TO ONE ADDRESS to 1 or 2 adults & Sorum will look into the booking agreement includes minor children at $8 annually or 3 yr/$20 in US with NDSCS which spells out the obligations & Canada. US currency, please. SEND TO of the individual lag and their leaders to MURIEL HOFF, Treas, 3512 White Bear Av, White Bear NDSCS. Audio-visual requests from every lag Lake, MN 55110. Checks payable to Sigdal Lag. need to be made 7 days in advance and no Membership cards will be sent. Total enclosed food/beverages are to be brought in. Coffee $ . (Use separate sheet for gift subscriptions) & goodies are sold in the Student Center near Name/s registration and exhibitors who have been ----------------- invited Friday and Saturday to display and sell St/RFD----------------- Norwegian art and crafts. City/St Zip _ VELKOMMEN TIL 1993 STEVNERf MARILYN SOMDAHL, Pres/Editor 612-831-4409 10129 Goodrich Circle AGDER: Call for date & place 7-LAG STEVNE: July 8-10 Bloomington, MN 55437 Rosa T. Johnson, 507-283-4205 Wahpeton, ND Dean Sorum, 218-233-1617 DON SKADELAND, 1st VP GUDBRANDSDAL: 402-331-5906 Brookings, SD; Aug 12-14 HADELAND: 10642 "0" Street Evelyn Finnes, 507-925-4485 E. P. Rockswold, 612-452-6029 Omaha, NB 68127 GUDBRANDSDAL-NW: LAND: CORRINE L JOHNSON, 2nd VP Tioga, ND; June 18-20 Oscar Lund, 612-874-7071 612-831-8637 Tillie Overlee, 701-546-4111 4575 - 80th St Circle #202 NUMEDAL: Bloomingron, MN 55437 HALlINGLAG: Chet Habberstad, 218-826-6268 Moorhead, MN; June 17-20 LEE ROKKE, VP/Genealogist Peter Gandrud, 218-751-4803 RINGERIKE-MODUM-EIKER: 612-432-9767 Allard Stevens, 507-768-3424 13465 Garden View Drive MJ0SEN-OPPLAND: Apple VaUey, MN 55124 Call for date & place SIGDAL: Alvin Helgestad, 608-764-5995 Muriel Hoff, 612-777-7395 NANCY NELSON, Secretary 612-430-3134 NORDFJORD: TELELAG: 6120 Oxboro Avenue N #309 Call for date & place Arnold Ness, 507-645-4086 Stillwater, MN 55082 Elmer Rodi, 612-366-3778 TOTEN: MURIEL HOFF, Treasurer NORDFJORD-WI: Borg Hanson, 612-835-3795 612-777-7395 Ferryville, WI; July 31 3512 White Bear Avenue Arvalene Vedvik 608-734-3192 White Bear Lake, MN 55110 NORDLAND: Call for date & place VESTLANDSLAG: June 10-13 Harold E. Hanson, 701-232-9222 Sioux Falls, SD Bob Skogman, 612-824-5028 ROMERIKE: Eau Claire, WI; Sept 23-25 HARDANGER: Priscilla Sorknes, 612-721-2702 Gladys Svobodny, 612-235-1590 Bygdelagenes Fellesrad meets the first Saturday of May (May 1). See SETESDAL: Oklee, MN; July 10 M0RE og ROMSDAL: page 12. Geline B. Nelson, 218-563-4212 Erling Weiburg, 612-789-2769 NORDHORDLAND: Norway's Constitution Day - May 17 SOGNEFJORD: will be observed in many localities Decorah, IA; July 23-25 Irene Naeseth, 608-831-8714 and cities. Plan to take in one in Judy K. Gates, 608-637-3805 your area. Minneapolis and Spring ROGALAND: Grove, MN, or Stoughton and SOL0R: Willmar, MN; Sept 16-18 Mike Miller, 612-856-2870 Westby, WI, are worth looking into. Earl Grefsrud, 612-722-9527 SOGN: Lee Grippen, 507-724-3281 Scandinavian Hjemkomst Festival in SUNNFJORD: Fargo, ND, and Moorhead, MN, is Wahpeton, ND; July 16-17 June 25-28. There are 20 program Lorraine Grimsbo, 515-568-3314 SUNNHORDLAND: and activity sites and many events Berta T. Aasby, 605-859-2907 are free. Phone numbers to call: TR0NDERLAG: 1-800-235-7654 or in ND 701-237- Call for date & place VOSS: 6134 or in MN 218-238-8484. Yvonne Marts, 218-739-2011 Dean Gesme, 319-362-6910 Hardanger Fiddle Association of VALDRES SAM BAND: America meets in River Falls, WI, Wahpeton, ND; June 18-19 Call for ticket & registration June 25-26 also. Alf Tveit will Leland Pederson, 612-239-2356 deadlines 3-4 weeks prior to teach hardingfele in the Telemark each "stevne". tradition and dancers will be Olav Sem and his daughter Mari. Registration and housing forms for the Wahpeton stevne July 8-1 0 will Sponsor appear in the May issue. Bygdelagenes Fellesraad, the national bygdelag council The ever popular Nordic Fest is held Meets May 1, 1993 - Mindekirken, Minneapolis annually the last weekend of July at Marilyn Somdahl, 612-831-4409 Decorah, IA. 2 GENEALOGY NEWS & VIEWS Lag members who volunteered to work on translating the old Sigdalslag publications The Winter Reindeer Festival, sponsored by have been hard at work. Sam Haugland and Sons of Norway, was once again held at the Sig Bergrud have been working on the 1914 Minnesota Zoo. There was singing and Sigdalslaget (yearbook). Rosella dancing, Sami exhibits, Vikings in costume Goettelman's winter project has been the and special showings of reindeer (naturally) 1949 Sigdalslaget (the last of the old series. and fjord horses. See pp 5-6). We hope that some day we will be able to provide those translations for There was also a genealogy table to guide you. Then our children who do not read people who might be interested in tracing Norwegian will have access to our history, their Norwegian roots, and I volunteered to and perhaps get a little understanding of the help. As I went off to work, my husband life and times of our immigrant ancestors. said, "I know that you can trace our families a long way back, but when you set up at the Zoo, it's going too far!" The traffic of people asking for help with RISBRUDT FAMILY HISTORY Sigdal genealogy has picked up again. It ENLARGES SIGDALSLAG'S LIBRARY seems to come in spurts. It is more than a month since I got the last request, and this Rodney and Audrey Pletan, Forest Lake, MN, week I had three. Fortunately, I was able to have given the Sigdalslag a copy of the find information for all of them. This is history of the Risbrudt family. It was partly because the members of SigdaIslag compiled in 1985 by Gail Olson and Becky have done such a good job of helping me Hensch. with information. I have gotten responses almost eery time I have asked if some one The book lists descendants of Engebret can identify a person. So... 1'II try again. Torkildsen and Kari Ellifsdtr Risbrudt, and it Does anyone know anything about these includes a translation of the biography of people? _ Torkel Engebretsen Risbrudt that was printed 1. Ellev Ellevsen Grimeli (b 1797) and wife on pages 132-138 of the 1914 Sigdalslaget. Gunhild Torsdtr Foslien (b 1808); came to Audrey is a descendant of Ellef Engebretsen the US in 1848 with three children: Berit Risbrudt who came to America with his (1831); Ingeborg (1836) who married Ole parents in 1861 , and Christine Knudsdtr HAkonsen Tangen; and Ragne (1839).