Genealogy Research, Sources, Documents

• Discovering Family History: a 2-hour short course I presented on researching Norwegian family histories
• Etnedal Genealogical Lag
• Family Tree on Rootsweb: full records of my and my husband's families; contains obituaries, census data, and death certificate information where available
• Hazel, Minnesota: Memories by Otto Wedul
• Looking Back by Ellen (Johnson) Torkelson
• Life on the Fraction: A Tale of Norwegian Immigration by Melvin Torkelson
• Historic St. Pauli Lutheran Church
• Sweden and the Swedish Lanauge (Inger Nilsson)

• My Family (Antonson, Johnson, Torkelson, Wiken):
  1. Antonson/Olson Family
     • Antonson, Eric: World War II Letters
     • Erickson, Henry and Edna: Letter (1982)
     • Hegler, Ethel: Letter (1981)
     • Ingebrigtsen, Almar: Letter (1982)
     • Seljehaug and Takholmbugt in Gårdene i Målselvdalen
     • Olson, Ron and Helen: Letter (1996)
  2. Johnson/Klevgaard Family
     • Komplin, Inger Klevgaard: Memoirs (1951)
  3. Torkelson (Anfinson)/Stene Family
     • Anfinson (Torkelson) Records in Bygdebok for Rollag Buskerud
     • Houston County Stone Church: Anfin and Martha Anfinson
     • Laugen Family History (including Anfinson and Hostvet): Anna Hostvet Larson (1958)
     • Stene, Peder: Land Grant (1900)
     • Torkelson, Melvin & Helen: Letter from August 1972
  4. Wiken/Ormseth Family
     • Molstad, Petronelle and John
     • Strommen, Arne and Else: Letter (1988)
     • Wiken, Emma: Interview in 1982
     • Wiken, Halvor: Land Grant (1914)
     • Wiken Emigration Listing: 1885/1886
     • Wiken: Ormsettroa Farm Records
     • Wiken: Storviken Farm Records in Sunndalsboka

• My Husband's Family (Benson, Cambron, Cole, Lipscomb, Mann, etc.):
  1. Cole Family: Christine Hopkins
  2. Lipscomb Family Manuscript: Cathrine Cleek Mann
     • Lipscomb, Joel (ca. 1665-?)
     • Lipscomb, Thomas (1700-1770)
     • Lipscomb, William (1731-1810)
  3. Mann Family Manuscript: Cathrine Cleek Mann
  4. Mann, Lipscomb, Simmons, Moseley Histories: Tullya Mann Smith
  5. Moore, Horatio Richardson: Birthday Letter (1923)
  6. Moseley Family of Lower Norfolk County from Virginia Historical Magazine
  7. Richardson, Hiram: Letter (1884)
  8. Robertson Family History
  9. Woods, Michael, Jr. (1905)
  10. Woods, Michael, of Blair Park (1905)

This and That

• Faye and Oliver: Hurricane Marilyn in 1995
• Remember Grandma Helen's picture? It was Maxfield Parrish!

Travel

• Central Europe: 1996
• Alaska: 1997
• France: 1999
• England: 2000
• Germany: 2003
• Spain: 2003
• Torkelson Siblings in Norway: 2003
• Sweden-Norway: 2004
• Korea: 2005
• Norway: 2006
• Spain: 2007
• The Netherlands: 2008
• Cruising Central America: 2009
• Portugal: 2013
• Ireland: 2016
• Italy: 2017
• Greece: 2018
• England-Scotland: 2023
• France: 2024