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Liv Marit Haakenstad, AG®, AGL™ was born in Lillehammer, Norway. At the age of 12, she started doing genealogy research, and has worked as a professional genealogist and author since 2001. She has written more than a hundred genealogy articles on computers & genealogy, Norwegian emigration, genealogy, and genealogy technology, and ten books on Norwegian genealogy. She is a classic and forensic genealogist. Haakenstad has been a consultant for several genealogical TV shows, including Who Do you Think You Are? BBC and Canada. Liv Marit Haakenstad has given more than 150 lectures throughout Norway, the United States, and England. She was a speaker at Who Do you Think You Are? Live conference in Birmingham, UK 2015, at RootsTech London Conference 2019, RootsTech Connect 2021, and was a speaker at RootsTech in Salt Lake City 2023 and 2024. Haakenstad has a master’s degree in nonfiction writing from USN, Norway).

AG®, AGL™

• Emigration history
• Transmigration over Great Britain
• Norwegian Genealogy
• Norwegian-American Genealogy
• Method
• Forensic Genealogy
• How to write non-fiction
• About Norway

• How to start searching for your Norwegian Ancestors?
  • Where to start the Search in your homeland to find your ancestors in Norway.
  • How to combine sources from ex. USA with sources in Norway
• How to search The Digital Archive of Norway?
  • Different ways of searching - categories, places, dates, and names.
  • How to find your relatives in scanned sources
• The emigration from Norway
  • The first organized emigration started in 1825 from Norway - what do we know about the first emigrants and their journey?
  • Where did the Norwegian settle?
  • How did they organize their settlements?
  • Did they keep their language, names, and traditions?
  • Norwegians in USA - still a strong community?
• How to find your family farm in Norway?
  • Norway have had different systems for farm numbers over time. How to find the correct one? This is important if you are making a heritage trip in Norway,
• Norwegian-American newspapers - what could you find about your ancestors?
  • What could you expect to find in the Newspaper?
  • How could this information be combined with other sources?
• A Guide to Norwegian Genealogy, Emigration, and Transmigration (introduction to my book published fall 2022)
• DNA from a Classic Genealogist's Point of View
  • Haakenstad has experience from working with the Norwegian police to solve a cold case. She has also solved several cases with a combination of classical genealogy and DNA.
• Transmigration through Great Britain
  • Between 1860 and 1915 the Norwegians emigrated through Great Britain on their way to America.
  • What routes did they take?
  • Could we find trace of them in Britsh sources?
• Writing your family history
  • How to collect and organize your material
  • How to select the information you want to use
  • How to do proper source citation
  • What to write and how to write the story
  • Pictures and illustrations - what is copyrighted and how to get permission for print

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• Currently accepting virtual and in-person speaking engagements.
• Will bring a laptop, PowerPoint and necessary converters.
• Haakenstad’s book is available for purchase at her lectures
• I am developing new lectures upon request.
• I am willing to travel to U.S. locations. Please contact me.
• No audio/videotaping.
• Prefer Zoom.

• RootsTech
  • RootsTech 2024 - live and webinar
  • RootsTech 2023 - live
  • RootsTech Connect 2021 - webinar
  • RootsTech London 2019 - live
• Vernon County Museum, Viroqua, WI
• Ridges and Rivers Book Festival, Viroqua, WI