Dues enclosed$________ = $18 =$102years are:1year forIndividuals/Couples Dues to helpwith( I’m willing ________________________________) (Pa Vang____ Tynset____ Trysil____ Tolga____ Stor-Elvdal____ Furness from Hedmarkkommune: Ancestors _____________________________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________________________ E-mail:____________________________ Name(s) _________________________________________________________ Phone: _____________________________ Send Newsletter____by mail THE LAND THEY LEFT Hamar____ Løten____ ____ Difficult economic and social conditions in Norway during the late 1800s encouraged Norwegians to to: payable Make Check leave their homeland. Our Nord Hedmark og Hedemarken Lag includes Dixie Hansen,Membersh Dixie 16 kommuner in the three districts of Nord-Østerdal, Sør-Østerdal, and Hedemarken and Hamar. Lying in ARE YOUR _ for______year(s) southeastern Norway, lakes and rivers are dispersed newsletter, genealogy, annual stevne, beanofficer, other stevne, annual genealogy, newsletter, ANCESTORS FORM APPLICATION MEMBERSHIP NHOH LAG throughout the area from Lake Mjøsa on the ____ notify by e-mail ____ notifybye-mail To southwest to Lake Femund in the northeast. Forests FROM of pine and some hardwoods are prevalent Nes NORTH HEDMARK, Nord Hedmark or Hedemarken Lag orHedemarken Hedmark Nord throughout especially in the east. The legacy of Stange____ Romedal____ Ringsaker____ Rendalen____ Os____ ____ lumbering along the Glåma River carried over to the NORWAY? lumbering industry along the rivers in the upper Åmot____ Alvdal____Elverum Åmot____ ip, 1411Osceola Ave.,SaintPaul,MN551 dollars only] [US Midwest in the United States. European elk, which resemble American moose, and other wild animals inhabit the forest lands. Mixed farming is carried out mostly in the lowlands and gentle slopes near lakes and rivers. Hamar was an early trade and church 3 years = $25 = $25 3 years center as exemplified by the ruins of its medieval GenealogyFund=_______ =_______ Dues Membership cathedral. rish or other place: rish orother =_______ tal Enclosed Today, among the places of interest are the State Archives and Norwegian Emigrant Museum at Hamar, the Forestry Museum at Elverum, and andmailwith application to: ____ Engerdal____ Folldal____ Folldal____ ____ Engerdal____ Historielag in each of the kommune. Also, many cultural opportunities, and water and winter sports activities are available for Norwegian citizens as well )_________________________ as for foreign travelers and visitors. 05-2312 _________________________________ If you have questions, are interested in more information, or desire Stevne registration materials, please contact: Dixie Hansen 1411 Osceola Ave. Join the Saint Paul, MN 55105-2312 (651) 705-6401 NORD HEDMARK og [email protected] HEDEMARKEN LAG www.nhohlag.org AN INVITATION TO JOIN NORD HEDMARK og WHAT IS A BYGDELAG? Benefits of joining HEDEMARKEN LAG The Norwegian-American “bygdelag” is an Nord Hedmark or Hedemarken Lag: organization of emigrant descendants from a There are 16 kommuner in the northern particular area of Norway, now living in Bridges to Hedmark are built and part of the present day fylke (county) of North America. Every “lag” seeks to preserve ties to the communities represented Hedmark. There are 38 parishes Norwegian cultural heritage, facilitate in our lag are strengthened. Lag (bispedømme) in the 16 kommuner. genealogical research, and strengthen bonds members visit Norway. with its community of origin in Norway Annual Stevner (gathering of THE PROMISE OF AMERICAN members) are held, featuring genealogical training and The promise of opportunities for a better life assistance, Norwegian in a new land and the Viking image of entertainment, fellowship, field exploration tended to “pull” Norwegians to trips to pioneer homesteads, America. museums and other historical places. Historically, as the Norwegian immigrants Three newsletters per year are settled throughout North America, many still published, providing information had a desire to preserve their culture, on Norwegian settlements, traditions and emotional ties to the past. This Norwegian/Hedmark genealogy, caused groups (bygdelag) to form, and culture, heritage and traditions. gatherings (stevner) to be held by people from specific areas in Norway. The “stevne” (the Year-round genealogical guidance is first one convened in Minneapolis in 1899) provided by volunteer members provided a forum in which the old “bygd” knowledgeable in the use of (community) in Norway could be recreated. genealogical records for the 16 kommuner of northern Hedmark. In the early years, the bygdelag were, by and Many genealogical records on film, large, social organizations of immigrants. film readers, bygdeboker, and other Today, one of the primary functions is to references are provided for use by provide genealogical resources and assistance members at our annual stevner. to descendants. The Genealogy Fund helps to support this important service to The bygdelag movement grew to nearly 50 our members. societies. Many disbanded over the years, but many reorganized later. Today, there are over We provide assistance through a 30 bygdelag in America. The Nord Hedmark variety of classes and Lag website: or Hedemarken Lag was organized in www.nhohlag.org. Madison, Wisconsin on August 19, 1995. .