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Spells are conjured, herbs collected, and potions concocted in this fascinating history of the practices and beliefs of Norway's folk healers at home and in the New Land.
"[This translation hopes] to convey to you, through Holand, the feelings and aspirations of Norwegian immigrants as they established settlements from New York on through the heart of the Midwest. Among the cities and regions cited in this book are Manhattan, New York; Fox River, Illinois; Muskego, Koskonong, Ephraim, Coon Valley, and Green Bay, Wisconsin; Grant, Goodhue, Kandiyohi, and Otter Tail counties; Norway Lake, Elbow Lake, and Minneapolis, Minnesota; Winneshiek county, Decorah, St. Ansgar, McGregor, and Spirit Lake, Iowa; Vermillion, Elk Point, Canton, and Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and the Red River Valley of North Dakota."--Page 4 of cover.
This "Supplement to Genealogies in the Library of Congress" lists all genealogies in the Library of Congress that were catalogued between 1972 and 1976, showing acquisitions made by the Library in the five years since publication of the original two-volume Bibliography. Arranged alphabetically by family name, it adds several thousand works to the canon, clinching the Bibliography's position as the premier finding-aid in genealogy.
Kristen Kristenson Espeland was born in 1792 in Norway. He married Guri Hallvardsdtr. (1803-1825) in 1823. They had three children. He married Malli Abrahmasdtr. Tjesseim in 1826. They had six children. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Norway, Iowa and South Dakota.
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