New Trønderlag Aarbok to be published in 2012

What's an Aarbok?

An aarbok is a "yearbook" -- a book or magazine which is published each year. Beginning in 1909, Trønderlag of America published an aarbok every year or two until the mid-1930s. A few were published in later years. Beginning in 2005, Trønderlag re-established the Aarbok tradition. This was the first the lag published in 20 years. The Aarbok helps us maintain a history of Trønderlag and allows us to share that history with lag members and others.

Each aarbok will include historical data about the lag that we can glean from the historical records we are still collecting. A brief summary of the prior stevne will be included, along with the group photo. In addition, we would especially like the aarbok to include biographies and photos of the emigrant ancestors of our lag members. Only a few of our Tronder ancestors have been documented in past Trønderlag yearbooks. Thousands of people emigrated from Nord- and Sør-Trøndelag. Digitalarkivet lists 193,230 people who emigrated from Trondheim from 1867-1930. Not all of these were from Trøndelag and not all Tronders left from Trondheim. However, we would like to document as many of the emigrant Tronders as possible in future Aarboks.

Learn more about these publications

Aarbok 2005

Aarbok 2006

	Aarbok 2008-2009
	Aarbok 2012 will be published in the summer of 2012. Submissions are due February 2, 2012. If you can't meet this date, please contact the editor to discuss an alternative deadline.

How can you get involved in future Aarboks?

	Immigrant Biographies/Histories: Write about your family's Trønder immigrant(s) and their descendants. Tell us their story. Where did they come from? Why did they emigrate? What hardships did they face? How did they overcome those obstacles? If you don't wish to write the biography yourself, please contact the committee for assistance. If you are the immigrant, please tell us your story. Please include a photo of your immigrant and/or their family if possible. That makes for a more interesting story.
	Immigrant Letters: Translated letters to or from the immigrants.
	Stevne Summary: Write a very brief summary of any of the activities or events you attended at the stevne. Or submit any of the photos you took during the stevne
	Become an Aarbok Sponsor with a donation of $10 or more or an Aarbok advertiser.

Biography Submission Guidelines

Text:

Biography limit of 1000 words or less (2 typed pages).
Verify the spellings of all names and places. Please do NOT type names in all caps.
Check the accuracy of the dates included.
Spell out the month in dates for clarity (not 4/9/85, but instead 4 September 1885)
Be specific about surnames used in America and Norway (for the immigrant and his/her children)
At the top of the biography, list (1) American name, then (2) their Norwegian name(s) and birthplace.
Text should be submitted in a word processing file, if possible, via email. Send your photographs via regular mail to the committee (see below).

Photographs:

Submit only one photo per biography please. If you have two good ones and can't decide, send both and if we can't fit both, we'll choose the one to use.
Submit original photos for us to scan (preferred) or good quality copies on photographic paper (such as you might get from copying an original photo on a Kodak machine at Walgreen's or Osco). We will return all originals.
No photos copied onto copy/xerox paper.
No photos incorporated into word processing files.
No itty bitty photos or pieces cut from photos -- send the whole photo.
No low resolution scans will be accepted -- all photos must be scanned at 300 dpi in color (tif format please). However, we prefer to do the scans for better quality control.
Please enclose a caption for your photo, naming the people pictured. Do NOT write on the photo itself please. We would have to publish it with your writing still on it - we cannot remove ink/writing from a photo before scanning it.

What should the biography look like?

To help in your writing, here are several sample biography pages from the 2005 Aarbok. They are in .pdf (Adobe Acrobat) format.

Where do I send my information?

Send your biographies, photos, etc. to be included in the new Aarbok to the Aarbok Editor. If you have questions, please contact us at: Email: aarbok-editor@tronderlag.org

Deadline?

The deadline for inclusion in the 2012 Aarbok is February 2, 2012.

NOTE:

We are accepting advertising to help offset the cost of publishing the book. If you are interested in advertising your company in the book, please contact the Aarbok committee as soon as possible at aarbok 2012@tronderlag.org. Our deadline for advertising is February 15, 2012.

Full page ad = $100 (6" wide x 9" tall page) Note: A full-page ad can bleed off the edges to completely fill the page
Half page ad = $60 (5.25” wide x 4" tall)
Quarter page ad = $40 (2.75" wide x 4” tall)

Individuals can contribute to the book as a Sponsor which would include a name listing on the Sponsors page. Please complete the Sponsor Form and send it with your donation to the Trønderlag Treasurer.