Does anyone own the 3 volume set of books from AstriMyAstri.com - Norwegians in America, their History and Record (years 1825-1913), 3-Volume-Set by Martin Ulvestad? I'm interested in buying them, but I first want to make sure they will be of help in my research. If you own them, please email me and allow me to look up a few of my ancestors and see if there is much information about them, where they came from, where they settled, etc. I live in East Tennessee, maybe you might know of a library or place to reference the books. Thank you in advance, John Everson [email protected] Vonore, TN

I have those three books, as well as the little volume of Norwegians in America by Knud Langeland, and History of the Norwegian Settlements by Hjalmar Rued Holand. I also have Between Rocks and Hard Places by Ann Urness Gesme, but I see it's no longer offered on Astri My Astri. I found them helpful since I was born and raised in MN in a community that was very heavily populated with Norwegian-Americans, so the bios and histories resonated with me. Vol. 2 & 3 of Ulvestad's books consist mostly of indices of names with references, sometimes mini-bios. Who are you looking for? For anyone else interested, all of these books are now on sale at the Astri My Astri web site. Gourley is prompt in sending out books once they are ordered. I got mine a week or less after ordering. [I have no business interest in Astri My Astri, nor do I know the owner; I'm just saying my experiences in ordering books from her web site were entirely positive.] http://www.astrimyastri.com/products/norwegians-in-america-their-history-and-record-3-volume-set http://www.astrimyastri.com/products/norwegians-in-america-some-records-of-the-norwegian-emigration-to-america http://www.astrimyastri.com/products/history-of-the-norwegian-settlements-a-translated-and-expanded-version-of-the-1908-de-norske-settlementers-historie-and-the-1930-den-siste-folkevandring-sagastubber-fra-nybyggerlivet-i-amerika-by-hjalmar-rued-holand Beste, Bev On 2/17/2017 6:54 PM, John Everson wrote: > Does anyone own the 3 volume set of books from AstriMyAstri.com - Norwegians > in America, their History and Record (years 1825-1913), 3-Volume-Set by > Martin Ulvestad? > I'm interested in buying them, but I first want to make sure they will be of > help in my research. If you own them, please email me and allow me to look > up a few of my ancestors and see if there is much information about them, > where they came from, where they settled, etc. I live in East Tennessee, > maybe you might know of a library or place to reference the books. > Thank you in advance, > John Everson > [email protected] > Vonore, TN > >

I found a couple of downloadable books on Archive.org that may be of historical interest to Listers. History of the Norwegian People in America by Olaf Morgan Norlie (Prof of Psychology, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa), 1925. https://ia800801.us.archive.org/20/items/historyofnorwegi00norl/historyofnorwegi00norl.pdf https://archive.org/details/historyofnorwegi00norl The first chapter of Norwegian immigration, (1821-1840) its causes and results. With an introduction on the services rendered by the Scandinavians to the world and to America by Rasmus B. Anderson, 1896. https://ia802707.us.archive.org/2/items/firstchapterofno00andeuoft/firstchapterofno00andeuoft.pdf https://archive.org/details/firstchapterofno00andeuoft Beste, Bev On 2/17/2017 6:54 PM, John Everson wrote: