Ringerike-Drammen Districts Lag offers its members a unique source of information about their Norwegian ancestors in eastern Buskerud County

  • Opportunities to learn more about Norwegian social customs, costumes, folklore, and history

  • Genealogists who specialize not only in Norwegian genealogy, but the farms and families in specific geographical areas offer their services at no charge to R-DD members

  • A reference library focused on the kommuner represented by our lag

  • Our newsletter, "The Brev" is published three times a year.  It contains a variety of stories about the people and places of eastern Buskerud.

  • An annual stevne (stev-neh) or convention is held each July in conjunction with seven sister lags that offers

    •  opportunities to meet other folks from around the country that share an interest in Norwegian genealogy and history

    •   meet descendants of immigrants from your own ancestral area who can enrich your understanding of your own immigrant's story

    •  classes in Norwegian and immigrant history, research techniques, and traditional crafts

    •  access to all our genealogical materials, translators, and genealogists to assist you in your research

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