From Christians trip round the Atlantic on Statraad Lemhkuhl. It took from mid september to mid descember 06: Bergen Norway, Canari Island, Bermuda, Norfolk and Baltimore USA, Portsmout England to Bergen again. |
In sun and calm sea to USA and Hurricans back home on the 50th. |
On deck on Theodore Roosefeldt |
The great traveling year for the Stoermann-Næss Holum Family. Elin and me did get 2 weeks at Crete i october. |
They have made this search possible: |
We did take on the wild west. Special thanks for great help and inspiration to: |
VIDAR & SON, USA AROUND 18 april -27 mai. Mail to all my US fiends and family. My plan is to have almost no plans.
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1 leg and the outline of the trip is: Oslo Island Air Minneapolis and family, to get a good start. Sacramento, to friends and a car loan. Skiing Rockies my son in Canada say's Lake Tahoe have 8,4 feet or meter snow, enough for me. SF and Alcatraz, but we did not stay. John as a guide did the great SF tour. Highway one LA tanks to Ken for a grand tour. Las Vegas, did win on Bjørns advice do put everything on red at first table. Salt Lake, did visit Mormon Archives and Nordic desk, very helpful. Pocatello Bikeweek (one week on Harley) 6000 miles fantastic, John, Heb and Jeff. Delivered the car in Pocatello.
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2 leg: Naples alligator seeing + sumpboat on Glades. Washington NARA to see if I can find my great grandfather passport, dead end. New York and Manhattan for a week was tricky, did find hotel in Queens. 17 of may Ground Zero, Champions League final at the sportspub 2 and 35. And celebration in Norwegian Seamans church. Minneapolis and family, test in Greg's new M5 what an engine purr. |
Vidar Holum
PS:
Dos anyone on have a ranch, love to be cowboy for a day :-)
Am I joking? Low vages expectation :-) My pay a one hour lecture in how to find your Norwegian roots.
I pack my PowerPoint about DIS and Genealogy in English on a USB pin.
Next trip 07/08:
Pittsburgh to see if I find the grave for great grandfather.
http://www.holum.net/gen/christofferson_usa.htm
Punxsutawney
NASCAR, racing and classic cars is my passion.
Cyndi did mail me about the 2 big genealogy conventions but I am sorry to miss them. (That will be another excuse.)
Naples and dinner with Laila.
Chicago
My be Arizona if Priscilla is home in Arizona?
Have not decided Portland/Seattle yet.
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Help for others, searching in Norway. Literature and books about genealogy and Scandinavians in: New certificates for "sale" take a look. They my help you in your search.
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