Norwegian-American Genealogical Association

Membership Meetings are scheduled!

Seminars are being planned. 

See Committees (under Membership) for opportunities to help with membership meetings and seminars. 

Upcoming events

    • 15 Mar 2025
    • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
    • MGC Mississippi Room

    How is a Bygdebok Compiled?

    with Peggy Miller

    N-AGA member, Peggy Miller has edited many bygdebøker. Peggy will answer your questions about the process of creating a bygdebok from start to publication. Please bring your questions about bygdebøker for Peggy to answer.

    This meeting will be in-person and remote via Zoom.

    • 26 Apr 2025
    • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
    • MGC Mississippi Room

    Hvor Kom De Fra?  Discovering Your Immigrant Ancestor’s Origin in Norway

    with Dana Kelly

    Dana Kelly is the Executive Director of the Norwegian American Genealogical Center & Naeseth Library in Madison, Wisconsin. She oversees the daily operation of the center and is active in outreach activities and educational programming. An avid genealogist, Dana’s passion for family history led her to a Scandinavian Studies degree from UW-Madison where she learned to speak, read and write Norwegian. She has served on the board of directors for the Koshkonong Prairie Historical Society since 2009 and is a member of several Norwegian cultural and genealogical organizations including Sons of Norway, Vesterheim, Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, Dane County Area Genealogical Society, and International Society of Online Genetic Genealogists.

    This meeting will be in-person and remote.

    • 17 May 2025

    Celebrate Syttende Mai at Mindekirken on Sunday May 18th. Wear your bunad and wave your Norwegian flag!

    • 21 Jun 2025
    • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
    • MGC Mississippi Room

    Celebrate N-AGA's 42nd Anniversary with cake and camaraderie. Discussions might include:

    How did you find your living relatives in Norway?

    What does your Norwegian name mean?

    • 19 Jul 2025
    • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
    • MGC Mississippi Room

    Topic to be determined.

    • 16 Aug 2025
    • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
    • MGC Mississippi Room

    Topic to be determined.

    • 20 Sep 2025
    • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
    • MGC Mississippi Room

    The Lives & Loves of Norwegian Immigrant Women from 1825 to 1900

    with Sandra Bestland


    • 18 Oct 2025
    • 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • MGC Mississippi Room


Past events

15 Feb 2025 Tour the Library with the MGC Librarian
18 Jan 2025 How to Use the N-AGA Library Resources, with Joy Sundrum
2 Nov 2024 How to Research the Norwegian American Historical Association's Archives with Kristina Warner, Archivist
21 Sep 2024 The Borders and Boarders of Norway: The people who called Norway home, with Eleanor Brinsko
24 Aug 2024 The Importance of Location for Norwegian Genealogy, with Dana Kelly
27 Jul 2024 The Norwegian Mayflower: The Voyage of The Restauration, with Dale Goodman
29 Jun 2024 N-AGA's 41st Anniversary Celebration
1 May 2024 There will be no membership meeting in May
27 Apr 2024 Grandma Nellie's Scrapbook: Identifying & Interpreting Historic Photos, with Tina Beaird
23 Mar 2024 Using MyHeritage's Theory of Relativity Tool to Find Living Relatives in Norway
24 Feb 2024 Using Family Tree Maker to Organize Your Family History Research, with Phil Dreyer
27 Jan 2024 The History of Norwegian Sweaters, with Laurann Gilbertson
28 Oct 2023 Emigration Here & There, with Joy Sundrum
30 Sep 2023 Digital Presentation and Preservation of Your Ancestral Records (a case study), with Paul Falde
26 Aug 2023 Searching the Norwegian Digital Archives, with Barb Horn
22 Jul 2023 N-AGA is on vacation in July!
24 Jun 2023 N-AGA Anniversary Celebration
27 May 2023 Research With Us in May
29 Apr 2023 Leprosy in 19th Century Norway: The Most Cruel Disease That Flesh is Heir To
25 Mar 2023 Breaking Brick Walls Using DNA
25 Feb 2023 Forest Finns in Norway
28 Jan 2023 Murder at Minnesota Point
15 Oct 2022 The October Membership Meeting date has changed to Saturday October 15, 2022.
24 Sep 2022 September Membership Meeting and Election of Members of the Board of Directors
30 Aug 2022 August Membership Meeting & Presentation
26 Jul 2022 July Membership Meeting & Research Assistance
28 Jun 2022 June Membership Meeting & Anniversary Celebration
31 May 2022 May Membership Meeting
26 Apr 2022 April Membership Meeting has been cancelled.
26 Mar 2022 March Membership Meeting & Personal Research Assistance
26 Feb 2022 February Presentation via Zoom
15 Jan 2022 January Membership Meeting is Virtual
27 Oct 2021 October General Membership Meeting
29 Sep 2021 Cancelled: Velkommen tilbake! Welcome Back!


Norwegian-American Genealogical Association

1385 Mendota Heights Road, Suite 100

Mendota Heights, MN 55120

N-AGA is a 501(c)3 non-profit educational organization.




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