Icelandic Roots

05/19/2026

Can You Help Us Identify This Family?

Photographer: Stanton Photo Company, Springfield, Ohio (1888-1900)

From the Beverly Bodeux Unknown Photos Collection

05/13/2026

Do you recognize these three children?

Photographer: F.F. Dunshee and A. E. Hill, 22 Winter St, Boston, Massachusetts. They were in operation approx. 1893-1905

The Unknown Photo Project is volunteer driven and is part of the larger Icelandic Roots community. All-Access members can access more images like this one inside the Icelandic Roots database.

05/11/2026

🇮🇸 Something exciting is happening at Icelandic Roots today.

In just a few hours, our supporting members will gather on Zoom for a behind-the-scenes look at the Icelandic Rootshús — the heritage interpretive center we're building in Mountain, North Dakota.

What will it feel like to walk through the doors? Host Rob Olason and IR President Sunna will take members inside the vision — the Emigration Trail, the heritage library, the turf house Baðstofa recreation, the Saga Hall, the Wild Iceland Geology room, the children's discovery center. None of it exists yet. But it will. Groundbreaking is August 1, 2026.

This Roots Tips session is just one of many things our members and supporters experience every month — Book Club, Samtal Hour, genealogy seminars, the database of nearly 865,000 individuals, and a community of 80+ volunteers across three countries who care deeply about preserving the Icelandic story.

If you've been following along, sharing our posts, or recognizing faces in our Unknown Photos — thank you. You're already part of this. And if you'd like to come closer, we'd love to have you with us.

💛 Learn more or become a supporting member and join the varied and interesting community events and see the database, come to www.IcelandicRoots.com

(Photo: First conceptual rendering of the Icelandic Rootshús, 277 Main Ave., Mountain, ND. March 2026.)

05/11/2026

IDENTIFIED!!

This photo was in the January 2026 folder in the Unknown Photo section of the Icelandic Roots Database.

It has been identified by Nelson Gerrard. There is an existing photo of these four people in the IR database at F-190771

The man is Einar Guðmundsson / Borgfjord I-332100. The woman is his wife Þorstína Soffía Þorsteinsdóttir I-335715. The young girl on the far left is their daughter Johanna Borgfjord I-788773 and the young boy sitting in the middle is their son Johann Soffonias Borgfjord I-666677.

Einar and Stina had seven children. The first four were born in Minnesota and the remaining three in Manitoba after the family had relocated to the Mary Hill District in Lundar, Manitoba.

05/10/2026

IDENTIFIED!

This photo is in the May 2026 folder in the Unknown Photo section of the Icelandic Roots Database.

IR member Doreen Kristjanson-Marston has identified the couple as her great grandparents Kristjan Gunnlaugur Kristjansson I-29729 and Svanfridur Jonsdottir I-29764. Sitting on Kristjan's lap is their son Kristjan Kristjansson I-29770.

05/10/2026

💥Happy Mother's Day ! Plus Duluth's First Midwife, Candle in the Dark, Rootshus, Cousins Across Oceans: Read the latest articles in Icelandic Roots' Rætur Fréttir/Roots News - https://mailchi.mp/icelandicroots/10-may-2026

05/09/2026

Can you help identify this young man?

On the front of his suit jacket is the name "Isfeld".

Photographer is Magnus Studio, Minneota, Minnesota who operated in the late 1890's.

From the George Freeman Collection of unknown Icelandic photos

05/06/2026

We are so excited! Groundbreaking is 1 pm on Saturday, August 1st at August the Deuce! Learn more https://www.icelandicroots.com/rootshus

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05/06/2026

The dream of a permanent home for Icelandic heritage in northeastern North Dakota took a major step forward this week.The Icelandic Roots Rootshús project in Mountain has been awarded a $300,000 Destination Development Grant from the North Dakota Department of Commerce. The award was announced as p...

05/05/2026

CAN YOU HELP US IDENTIFY ANY OF THESE LADIES?

Photographer is unknown

From Olafson/ Myrdal/ Minneota Unidentified Icelandic Photos