Emigrant Ancestor’s Name My roots in Trøndelag are Email ______City/State/ZIP/Province ______Street/RFD/Box/Apt. No. ______Name(s) ______Phone ______New ______Renewal ______Address Change Gift from ______I wish to make an additional donation of $ ______for ______Dues enclosed: Canada- $13 per year / /Europe - $15 year. Dues are effective from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 each Membership Dues: _____ please email me a PayPal invoice so I can use credit card. (Be sure to list your address below). Please complete this form and send it with your dues to our Treasurer. Make checks payable to “Tronderlag of America” or Did your Ancestors come from the Trøndelag Region $______for ______year(s) [US Dollars only] Date______

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2020-2023 Trønderlag Board Trønderlag of America Membership Application $12.00/year for Individual or Couple / $22.00 2 years $30.00 3 : (indicate which spouse). If available, include a copy of your 4-generation chart. President / Newsletter - Robert M. Fossum - 630 28th St, Chetek, WI 54728 715.924.4111 / [email protected] Vice Pres./Historian - Trudy DeKeuster 13911 Castelar Circle, Omaha, NE 68144 402.330.1191 / [email protected] Secretary - Karen Erickson Mullen 521 S. 58th Street, Omaha, NE 68106 402.312.6067 / [email protected] Treasurer/Membership - Jon Satrum 5420 Brookbank Road, While Nørd Downers Grove, IL 60515 / 630.826.8530 (North) and [email protected] Sør (South)

Farm Name(s) -Trøndelag are Past President - Linda K. Schwartz now merged 3316 Hidalgo Loop, Round Rock, TX 78665 into one 630.398.2085 / [email protected] region called Genealogist - Barry M. Dahl Trøndelag, 915 Fifth Ave. SE, Rochester, MN 55904 we still refer 507.288.5934 / [email protected] to North and Board - Joy Haugan Williams South Trøndelag 1317 N. 2nd Street, Ames, IA 50010 as that is [email protected] how research materials are Board - Sam Christenson located.

Mail to: Tronderlag Treasurer 5420 Brookbank Road Downers Grove, IL 60515 1101 Lamon Road NE Bemidji, MN 56601 Year Emigrated [email protected] TOA Facebook Admin - Margit Bakke Flom, MN [email protected]

Membership applications, stevne registration and other information about the activities of the organization are available at our web site: www.tronderlag.org Oct/2020 -F1

© 2016 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. meetings; publish journals, books and Our web site: www.tronderlag.org other publications; seek and accept grants, • Newsletter - Our newsletter, Trønderlag gifts and contracts for any of the above Nyhetsbrev, is published three times a purposes and, make available the results of year. Members receive the newsletter as its collection of information to the general part of their dues. It contains information public on a nondiscriminatory basis. about the activities of the lag, the stevne, Membership Benefits: as well as genealogical and historical Membership in Trønderlag of America is articles. open to anyone with an interest in the • Aarbok (Yearbook) - In 2012 the Lag history and culture of the Trøndelag region published their fourth Aarbok since 2005. of Norway, especially descendants of The Aarbok documents lag activities and Trønder emigrants. The membership year history and includes hundreds of indexed runs from January 1 to December 31. biographies of Trønder immigrants. Trønderlag of America is a bygdelag (lag) Renewals should be sent in December to Publication of future books will depend on – an organization of emigrants and their our Treasurer at the address listed on this having a sufficient number of volunteers to descendants from North and South brochure. Trøndelag areas of Norway. The Trønderlag, handle the various aspects of publishing. • Stevne - An annual stevne (gathering) established in 1908, is a not-for-profit • Heritage Tours - In 2005, 2010, and includes educational seminars on varied organization under section 501(c)(3) 2014 the Lag sponsored heritage tours Norwegian cultural and historical topics; of the IRS code and also a member of the to the Trøndelag area (middle) of Norway. genealogy research; annual Lag Bygdelagenes Fellesraad. Participants saw many historical areas as business meeting; local heritage tours; a Purpose of the well as having the opportunity to visit their banquet and Norwegian entertainment. ancestral farms and meet relatives. Trønderlag of America: Currently, the stevne, named the “Tre • To aid in the preservation of Norwegian Lag Stevne,” is held together with the The 2014 tour celebrated the 200th history, culture and heritage for future Gudbrandsdal and the Nord-Hedmark og Anniversary of the signing of the Norwegian generations by collecting historical Hedemarken lags. The Stevne usually Constitution. Members of the group joined information and data relative to takes place in August each year. with the Syttende Mai adult parade in on May 17 and participated immigration and settlement and to • Genealogy Research Assistance encourage research and writing of in a special service at . family, immigration and settlement - During the annual stevne, many hours Future tours will be planned. histories. are set aside for genealogy research. Lag resources include bygdebøker from many • To maintain communication and in Nord- and Sør-Trøndelag, working relationships between the personal family histories, other Norwegian members of Trønderlag and other reference books and films of emigration organizations with Norwegian heritage. protocols. During the rest of the year, our • To develop and maintain a library of lag genealogist is available to do lookups resources for member use, such as and searches in the lag-owned materials. bygdeboker (farm histories), Norwegian Lag members may contact him directly church and government records and for assistance. There is no charge for other such genealogical information. member lookups, although we ask for • To maintain and enhance fellowship reimbursement for photocopies. among the descendants of people from • Web site - The lag web site provides up- the Trøndelag area of Norway and to to-date information about the organization maintain a bond between Trønders in and its activities. In addition, you will find The symbol of the Trønderlag North America and Norway. links to many genealogical resources is the Nidaros Cathedral in To further these purposes, the Trønderlag specific to Trøndelag. Trondheim. may hold conferences, symposia and other