Vikings - Links

Note that another good resource for information is your local Icelandic Club library. To see the books available from the Icelandic Canadian Club of Toronto, see the current lending list.

General Resources
• Bob's Your Uncle, eh! the Toronto Reference Library links to many, many Internet resources
• Family Search - an excellent online search provided by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (based in Utah)
• Genealogy Resources & Software - located in the GTA
• Journal of Online Genealogy
• Directory of Royal Genealogical Data
• Familytreemaker.com
  Links Specifically on Icelandic Genealogy
  • Iceland Genealogy Forum - post questions here if you are stuck!
  • Iceland Bulletin Board - post questions here if you are stuck!
  • Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites: Iceland - A great portal to many other resources, Cyndi's
  Emigration/Immigration -- from Iceland to North America
  • Emigration from Iceland to North America
  • The Icelandic Emigration Center at Hofsós
  • Immigration Records - Genealogical Sources in Canada
  • Emigration Search Database
  • Icelanders in North America - A Bibliography
  • Snorri program for young people of Icelandic origin living in North America to discover the country and culture of their ancestors and to strengthen the bonds with relatives living in Iceland
  Icelandic Genes
  • "Decoding Decode Genetics" - An Interview with Prof. Gisli Palsson, Iceland Director of the Insitute of Anthropolgy at the University of Iceland
  • Mapping the Icelandic Genome - A website devoted to the scientific, political, economic and ethical issues surrounding the deCode Genetics project and its global implications.

Canada
• Canadian Genealogy & History
• Sources in Canada - Genealogy Reference Services
  Manitoba
  • Manitoba Genealogy Society
  • The Voyage to Gimli Willow Point
  • Western Icelanders in Manitoba
  Ontario
  • Archives of Ontario: Genealogical Research
  • Kinmount
  • The Icelanders in Kinmount, Ontario
  • Icelanders in Ontario

Iceland
• Icelandic Genealogy Society
• Genealogy Helplist Iceland
• Simaskra - Icelandic Telephone Book online

Understanding Icelandic Places, Names & Terms
• Map of Iceland - Lonely Planet
• Map of Iceland
• Antique maps of Iceland - All antique maps of Iceland (older than 1900) that are in the collection of the National and University Library of Iceland have been converted to a digital format and are accessible here
• Icelandic/English Genealogical Dictionary
• Icelandic Word List (a 13-page PDF file)
• The Icelandic Alphabet
• The Icelandic Naming System
• Icelandic Proper Names
• Icelandic Names
• What's in an Icelandic Name?

Musicians
• Björk
• Lindy
• Sigur Rós
• Gus Gus or here
• Nína-Margrét Grímsdóttir

Writers
• Books by Betty-Jane Wylie including "Letters to Icelanders"
• W.D. Valgardson & Books by W.D. Valgardson
• David Arnason & Books by David Arnason - chair of both Icelandic and English Departments at the University of Manitoba

Iceland
• Icelandic Tourist Board - travel facts, accommodation, tours, transportation
• Eye on Iceland - an excellent, comprehensive site; includes travel diaries and many useful tips!
• What's On in Iceland
• Nordic Adventure Travel - angling, hunting, tours, greenland, faroe islands
• Iceland Complete - very good resource - maps, accommodation, tours, culture, dining, shopping
• Discover Iceland - another really good, comprehensive site
  Tours
  Transportation
  • Airlines
    • Icelandair - look for great mid-week bargains during the winter, and specials throughout the year
    • Air Iceland
    • Keflavik International Airport
  • On the Road
    • BSÍ - Bus Terminal in Iceland
    • The Do-it-Yourself Jeep Trek
    • Icelandic Car Rental
    • Avis Car Rental
    • Budget - Bonus Car Rental
    • Hertz Car Rental
    • Car Rental

• The Icelandic Mountainbike Club
• Lonely Planet - Destination Iceland
• Eye on Iceland IceLinks
• Iceland Travel Net
• Travelnet.is
• Iceland Travel
• Iceland Worldwide
  Areas and Cities
  • Reykjavik
  • The Golden Circle - Þingvellir, Gullfoss & Geysir
  • Southern Iceland travel guide
  • Westman Islands
  • Eyjafjordur-Akureyri: North East Iceland
  • Blue Lagoon geothermal wonder

Manitoba
• Travel Manitoba

Icelandic Canadian Sites
• Icelandic Festival - Islendingadagurinn - in Gimli, Manitoba
• Gimli, Manitoba - the largest Icelandic settlement outside of Iceland
• IceCan - Icelandic Canadian Homepage
• Logberg-Heimskringla - the Icelandic Weekly, published in Gimli, MB

Icelandic National League of North America
• The Icelandic Canadian Club of Toronto (ICCT)
• The Icelandic Memorial Society of Nova Scotia
• Brúin, Selkirk Chapter, INL 
• Esjan, Arborg Chapter, INL
• Gimli Chapter, INL
• Icelandic Canadian Club of British Columbia, INL
• Icelandic Canadian Frón (Winnipeg), INL
• Icelandic Canadian Club of Toronto, INL
• Icelandic Club of Greater Seattle, INL
• Leif Eiriksson Icelandic Club of Calgary, INL
• Norðurljós, Edmonton Icelandic Society, INL
• Sólskin Society, INL Affiliate 
• Vatnabyggð, Icelandic Club of Saskatchewan, INL