At last year's Viking Exhibit at the Minnestoa Science Museum in St. Paul Minnesota there were a series of lectures that discussed the various colonies the Vikings established..mainly moving from Iceland to Greenland and then to the NE coast of N. America. I do not remember mention of Rhode Island though as I'm thinking it was more along the Canadian Maritime Provinces. I believe they did not see the benefit of sustaining these colonies so far away and eventually abandoned them. This information is found in the Viking Saga's that can probably be found on a web site. I did not purchase any books so am working off of memory. Hope this helps. I'm sure there are others much more informed on the subject. -----Original Message----- From: Margit <margit@eot.com> To: NOR-OPPLAND-L@rootsweb.com <NOR-OPPLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 8:31 PM Subject: [Oppland] Re: September 25, 1852 / NY Times / Ole Bull / Norwegians in America >Hi all, > >The part below blew me away, this was written 151 years ago, and they make >reference to Norwegian's being here long before Columbus. I have always >heard that, and Terje Erik Garberg made mention of it when we were in Norway >in May. I am just wondering who Biarn is? and Thorfin? I know who Leif is. >:-)) >Thanks for the education and any more information about this would be >appreciated. :-) >Margit > >> >> --that Biarn and Leif, eight hundred years ago, visited our shores, and that >> Thorfin with his bride and bridesmaids, and sixty picked Norwegians, sailed >> into Narragansett Bay, and took possession of what is now a portion of Rhode >> ISland by them called Vinland, leaving their traces in monuments on the rocks, >> to the puzzle of antiquarians; then, surely, the Norwegians have a right to >> come and claim a home on the continent they discovered. > > >==== NOR-OPPLAND Mailing List ==== >Make sure you check out the other lists available here for Norway: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/NOR/ > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >