About Valdres Samband:
The Valdres Samband is an organization comprised of descendants of immigrants
from the Valdres Valley in Oppland County, Norway. The valley contains the
municipalities of Vang, Vestre Slidre, Øystre Slidre, Nord-Aurdal, Sør-Aurdal
and Etnedal. The Valdres Samband was the first Norwegian bygdelag, founded in 1899.
As the oldest and largest bygdelag we welcome you to join us in
preserving the common genealogy, history and customs of Valdres.
Be sure to visit our website at
www.valdressamband.org and
find us on Facebook. Our members now have access to our
genealogy database at
www.valdresgenealogy.com
which consists of over 210,000 people as well as access to our
many historic organizational documents and publications which
have been digitized.
President/Contact Person:
Rebecca Wood
Valdres Samband
8014 Olson Memorial Highway #263
Golden Valley MN 55427
Contact's Email:
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Lag Membership:
Luci Baker Johnson
web link http://www.valdressamband.org/members/pay.htm/
Membership Email:
Click Here
Lag Web Site:
http://www.valdressamband.org/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/367887227045/
Lag Genealogist:
Tom Standal
1340 Unity Avenue South
Golden Valley, MN 55422
Genealogist's Email:
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Lag Treasurer:
Ken Svor
Treasurer's Email:
Click Here
Lag Newsletter:
Budstikken 1970-present (formerly known as the Valdres Helsing: 1903-1910)
OCLC: WorldCat: Budstikken (where you can find libraries that carry back issues)
Newsletter's Editor:
Bruce Weaver II
Editor's Email:
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Stevne Information:
- The Valdres Samband annual Stevne is back in 2022 and
will be a two day event held in Edina MN.
Valdres Samband will meet September 16 & 17 at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepard
4801 France Ave S., Edina MN. and the event hotel is Homewood Suites by Hilton in Edina
View Stevne Information
The very first Valdresstevne took place in Minneapolis, MN on
June 25, 1899 - called on initiative of Thomas Lajord. "The word
Stevne is a word meaning a meet or gathering of a prearranged
nature, and the word has since become a special designation of
this class of meetings or reunions..." said A. A. Veblen in The
Valdris Book (1920) page 45.
Links:
Links unique to the Valdres Samband
Facebook Valdres Samband - oldest bygdelag in America
Valdres Samband website
Valdres Genealogy . com
The Valdris Book: A Manuel of the Valdres Samband by Andrew A. Veblen - 1920
Find A Grave: Valdres Valley - Norway
Find A Grave: Valdres Samband Members
Valdres Samband 'links page'
Archives are in collection P0465 at Norwegian American Historical Association (NAHA)
Finding Aid. Records are found in Box #1 (3 folders); Box 2, 3, 4, and 5 (1 folder in each)
Links to specific websites, based in Norway
The National Archives of Norway
http://www.arkivverket.no/en/about-us/the-national-archives-of-norway
Nasjonalbiblioteket (National Library of Norway)
http://www.nb.no/search?mediatype=aviser
Norway's parishes (interactive map)
http://www.norwayparishes.com/#
Cemeteries in Norway (similar to Find A Grave)
http://www.disnorge.no/gravminner/index.php?language=engelsk
Norwegian Biographical Lexicon (NBL), is Norway's biographical reference book
https://nbl.snl.no/
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