Posts about my genealogy pilgrimage to visit each of the eight Scandinavian and European villages of my immigrant great-grandparents.

13 Jun 2018

Finding Ross Ancestors in Edderton

By |13 Jun 2018|Church Records, Digital Collections, Genealogy Pilgrimage, Heritage Travel, Ross, Scottish Genealogy|2 Comments

Finding Ross ancestors in Edderton was the next step in my genealogy pilgrimage to the Highlands of Scotland in 2017. My husband and I were off to Easter Ross to find Little Daan, where my [...]

3 Sep 2017

Finding Scottish Ancestors at Dunnottar

By |3 Sep 2017|Genealogy Pilgrimage, Heritage Travel, Scottish Genealogy|8 Comments

This summer I've been finding Scottish Ancestors at Dunnottar. On my second trip of eight planned to visit the ancestral villages of my immigrant great-grandparents, I visited Dunnottar Castle. Once a 13th-century Scottish hilltop [...]

31 Aug 2016

Finding Norwegian Ancestors in Eiker

By |31 Aug 2016|Genealogy Pilgrimage, Heritage Travel, Norwegian Genealogy|7 Comments

Finding Norwegian ancestors in Eiker, Buskerud, was the other half of my summer adventure in Norway. (The first half of my ancestral trip was to my great-grandmother's farm in Ringebu, Norway.) Haug Kirke in Buskerud [...]

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