Bygdeboker Locations

Bygdebøker Respositories in the U.S.

(a work in progress... let us know if you know of other significant collections)

Location	Organization	Web Address
All states	Mormon Family History Centers (loan from main collection if filmed)	http://www.familysearch.org/ Search/searchcatalog.asp
All states	Bydelags - many bygdelag have the bygdebøker for their area(s) in their collections.	http://www.fellesraad.com (a site with links to most of the bygdelag)
California	University of California System and California State Library
Iowa	Luther College, Decorah	http:// www.luther.edu/
Massachusetts	Harvard University, Boston	http://lib.harvard.edu/ (use the Hollis Catalog)
Minnesota	University of Minnesota	http://www.lib.umn.edu/
Minnesota	Norwegian American Historical Association (on the campus of St. Olaf College)	http://www.naha.stolaf.edu; (bygdebøker are all part of the St. Olaf collection)
Minnesota	St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN	http://www.stolaf.edu/library/
Minnesota	Concordia College in Moorhead, MN. (Carl B.Ylvisaker Library)	http://www.cord.edu/dept/ referenc/lib.htm
Minnesota	Otter Tail County Historical Society, Fergus Falls MN. 56537
North Dakota	University of North Dakota, Grand Forks	http://www.und.nodak.edu/dept/ library/Collections/bygdebok.html
Utah	Church of the Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City	http://www.familysearch.org/ Search/searchcatalog.asp
Washington	Pacific Lutheran University Library in Tacoma, WA	http://www.plu.edu/~libr/
Washington	Nordic Heritage Museum, 3014 NW 67th St., Seattle WA 98117; Phone 206-789-3217
Washington, DC	Library of Congress	http://www.loc.gov/
Wisconsin	Vesterheim Genealogical Center	http:// www.vesterheim.org/ genealogy/
Wisconsin	Norskedalen Library, P.O. Box 225, Coon Valley, WI 54623; Phone 608-452-3424, Fax 608-452-3157
Wisconsin	University of Wisconsin-Madison	http://madcat.library.wisc.edu/index.html

You can also search WorldCat® to find libraries which have particular books.