Grund – Community Histories

The project photographer, Norman Gilbert, worked with Al Thorleifson to prepare the collection of photographs to be included in the book.

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This short history of the community, based on information available at that time, was written and published by a group of Baldur High School students under the direction of Grace Beauchamp as a Centennial project.

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This document contains a brief review of the family's history in Iceland and the first generations in Canada.

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Booklet published by Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Recreation, Historic Resources Branch.

Please recognize the attitudes expressed in these bulletins may not reflect current attitudes

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Booklet published by Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Recreation, Historic Resources Branch.

Please recognize the attitudes expressed in these bulletins may not reflect current attitudes.

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Sigrun Sveinsson Isberg was raised in the Mimir School District in Argyle Municipality. This memoir focuses on farm and community life in the 20's and 30's.

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Gudrun Jonsdottir Storm was one of the few women in the settlement period to be granted a homestead. She and her family lived in the Grund district of Southern Manitoba.

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Gudrun Jonsdottir Storm was one of the few women who were granted Homesteads in Manitoba. These documents include some of the reports on her homestead application collected by the Homestead office.

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This reminiscence includes memories of Thorfinnur and Karolina and their family in the voices of several of their descendents.

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