scott , by way of Alf Christophersen wrote in message <4.2.0.58.20001218095318.019c0f00@uio-pop.uio.no>... >My name is Scott Isphording. I live in Virginia. My surname is of Icelandic >origins. I think it was spelled Icfjorden or something like that. I am >trying to locate >a source to a "Saga", thats called the "Saga of Hovard Icfjorden". I don't >quite know the spelling of the last name. My father would like to know >about this before he dies. He is very close and any help would be greatly >appreciated. >I believe it was written in the 12th century. Thank you. > > Scott Isphording Hi Scott I tried searching at www.google.com and www.kvasir.no and found nothing worthwhile. I also tried http://www.lysator.liu.se/runeberg/ (nordic litterature online) and took a look at http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/tarristi/sagas.htm which has a few Icelandic sagas. Still I didn't find anything, sorry. But that last link might be of help if the saga is part of another saga and that one is there. I found 3 icelandic startpages that might help you further in your search (maybe to an icelandic library or saga-database?). http://www.startside.no/startsider/utenlandske/island/ is where that list is. http://bestoficeland.com/ has geneology links that might or might not help. This page http://nyherji.is/~halfdan/westward/vestur.htm is about Icelandic emigration to north America. If you don't find anything on the pages, you might benefit from sending an e-mail to the guy who made them. As I am browsing that site, it strikes me that "Isfjorden" or derivatives thereof is not a typical Icelandic name, because they use the father's name. If Hans has a son called Jens, his name woult be Jens Hansson - and Jens' son would be X Jensson and so on. It could "just" be that your Icelandic ancestor was called "Isfjorden" because that was where he came from, not necessarily because that was his official last name. I think that happened to a lot of people way back when. NOTE! I am _no_ expert in this field, just someone with a more than passing interest - so I am speculating. Maybe someone else can give you better information - I am just trying to get the ball rolling and help you search for info. Here is an interesting page at the Icelandic Geneological Society http://www.vortex.is/aett/ENGLISH.html This page might also help you zoom in on information http://www.worldskip.com/iceland/ I'm sorry I didn't find the saga you were looking for, but you might find something through the links I have given you - or someone else might have better resources available to them. Best of luck!! Marianne