Whether you are a beginner, or a seasoned veteran, at researching your genealogy one of the first facts that you must realize is that many of our Norwegian ancestors took the name of their farm that they left behind in Norway as their surname when they arrived in the New World. You may find our List of Farms in Land a useful tool in researching your roots.

Not all of these emigrants took their farm name as their surname, either by their own choice, or often as a result of the ignorance of the Norwegian language or a lack of knowledge about Norwegian naming practices on the part of the immigration officials, thus resulting in the abundance of names such as Olson, Johnson, Swenson, Henrickson, etc. For more information see John Føllesdal's excellent article Norwegian Naming Practices.

We have also included a list of Books and References, some in English, some in Norwegian, and also Records of Land on Microfilm that we own. Members can request information from these resources at any time, and all of these resources are available for individual research in the genealogy room at the 7-Lag Stevne.

To learn more about immigration from Land, visit our Immigration page.

For more information about genealogy on the internet see Norwegian Genealogy Links on our Links page.

Please Note; Help with genealogy is a service to Landingslaget members.

Part of our mission is to collect information about immigrants from North and South Land kommuner  (municipalities) in Oppland fylke (county).  If you have information about your Land family you'd be willing to share, you can fill out and submit a pedigree chart either on-line or through the mail.  If you have trouble with pdf forms, our pedigree chart is also available on a webpage.  You'll find information about many Landinginger who came to America in our Centennial book.

E-Mail: Larissa Reutgen