Sep 03, 2012 they also love to mirror themselves in the gests augathe eye of the guest and this book definitely allows for that. Icelands entire family tree is online eastmans online. Jul 31, 2012 it sounds crazy, but with icelands population at just 300,000, the risk of accidentally romancing a relative is high. It is a free service for anyone of icelandic ancestry and their families. The site claims to track 1,200 years of genealogical information about the islands inhabitants. The author takes the reader on a tour of iceland by way of telling stories of icelands sagas, which are stories documenting events of. Access is restricted to your family and you must preapply for a username and password, but by inputting a name into a search box, you can find out just how you are. The sagas are prose histories describing events that took place amongst the norse and celtic inhabitants of iceland during the period of the icelandic commonwealth in the 10th and 11th centuries ce.
The book of icelanders database was developed in 1997 by decode and software entrepreneur fridrik skulason. Data about the populations genealogy has been extensively recorded since 740 ad, and sits in an accessible database called islendingabok or book of icelanders. The little book of the icelanders in the old days is an enlightening view of the life our icelandic ancestors led. The icelandic saga database is an online resource dedicated to publishing the sagas of the icelanders a large body of medieval icelandic literature. All the sagas are available in icelandic with modernised spelling, while many are available translated into english or other languages, indicated by the flags below the links. In order to ensure that this list remains clean, concise, and practical, i have made use of several abbreviations. Smartphone app helps icelanders avoid accidental incest. For nearly a millennium, careful genealogical records had been kept in the islendingabok, or book of icelanders. Its become a national obsession, a boon not only to single people on the prowl but also to the entire genealogyobsessed populace. New app urges icelanders to bump the app before you bump in. In order to keep the dating game strong and without any surprises down the road, icelanders have developed a mobile app called islendingaapp in reference to islendingabok, or the book of icelanders, a website that lists all icelanders since the first immigrants in the 11th century and lists the ways in which everyone is related through the decades. Theres an app that keeps icelanders from dating their relatives. We wanted to find new creative uses for the information. The book of the icelanders is the first history of iceland written in the vernacular.
Icelands incest prevention app gets people to bump their. Til of islendingabok the book of icelanders, an online. Index of the icelandic sagas icelandic saga database. Icelanders avoid inbreeding through online incest database. However, during the 12th century, a priest named ari. The book is filled with great photographs of iceland to accompany the text.
Feb 07, 2017 islendingabok the book of icelanders is the only genealogy database in the world that covers a whole nation. Mar 11, 2019 islendingabok an oldfashioned icelandic genealogical database. Other articles where the book of the icelanders is discussed. Compiled using census data, church records, family archives and a host of other information sources, it claims to have information on 95 percent of all icelanders who have lived in the last 300 years. Iceland publishes more books per capita than any other country in the world and the bulk of book sales happens at this time of year, with the publishing industry receiving something like 80 percent of its annual revenues in the approximately two months leading up to christmas. Iceland study provides insights into disease, paves way.
Til of islendingabok the book of icelanders, an online geneaological database formed for antiincest purposes and because of the fact that all native icelanders are somehow related. The sagas are prose histories describing events that took place amongst the norse and celtic inhabitants of iceland during the period of the icelandic commonwealth in the 10th and. Apr 18, 20 the book of icelanders database was developed in 1997 by decode and software entrepreneur fridrik skulason. Enter islendingabok the book of icelanders, an online database developed in 1997 that contains the genealogical information for 95 percent of the icelandic population since 1703 source. Compiled using census data, church records, family archives and a host of other. A revision had become a necessity the first edition was written in 2010 two years before it was published in print and had consequently become somewhat dated. Literary iceland revels in its annual christmas book.
How far back can individual icelanders trace their lineage. This newer database is to span all icelanders, living or dead, and although some information is sketchy at best, the database will be updated and kept alive with new generations. Oct 07, 2014 for nearly a millennium, careful genealogical records had been kept in the islendingabok, or book of icelanders. Its the winner of a contest sponsored by decode genetics, which oversees the icelandic genealogy database called islendingabok, or book of the icelanders also the title of the first history of iceland, written in about 1120 by ari the learned. Nov 03, 2016 a2a like klara mentioned, iceland has thorough census data from the years 1703 until today. The book of icelanders is a historical compendium that tells the most important facts of the history of iceland in the form of prose.
The database is in icelandic and is unfortunately not available in. Islendingabok book of icelanders the online genealogical database, islendingabok iceland was created attempting to record the genealogy of all icelanders who have ever lived. In iceland, an app to avoid incest the boston globe. The book of the icelanders app the press calls it the incest app. If that is the only life you know, it may not seem as hard as when i compare it to the way we live today. The annual book flood tradition begins with a publishers catalog in every mailbox. Iceland study provides insights into disease, paves way for. Icelands christmas eve tradition of giving books will. Thats one of the reasons islendingabok the book of icelanders has been so widely popular here. Icelandic ebooks and audiobooks transparent language.
It actually might even be by the same people, because the site and way to join seems exactly the same. New app helps icelanders avoid accidental incest new. The database can be saved, he says, but only if iceland will change the law to ask consent, and tell icelanders what will happen to the information. Oct 26, 2011 thats one of the reasons islendingabok the book of icelanders has been so widely popular here. A genealogical database for most of the icelandic population, the socalled book of icelanders, is being constructed as part of a larger biogenetic enterprise that seeks to establish the presumed. Apr 24, 20 the book of the icelanders app the press calls it the incest app. Iceland is a sparsely populated island of some 330,000 people. A genealogical database for most of the icelandic population, the socalled book of icelanders, is being constructed as part of a larger biogenetic enterprise. Compiled using census data, church records, family archives and a. Feb 08, 2012 for icelandic lovers, an incest database islendingabok tells icelanders if theyre related to their dates. Apr 19, 20 the book of icelanders database was developed in 1997 by decode and software entrepreneur fridrik skulason.
Enter islendingabok the book of icelanders, an online database developed in 1997 that contains the genealogical information for 95 percent of the icelandic. From iceland so what are icelanders really like, then. To avoid incest, all one has to do is put in their name, their prospective girlfriends or boyfriends name and the database will spit out exactly how related they are to each other. Genealogy database the book of icelanders tracks lovers ancestry. I the book is a pretty interesting story of iceland. Below you will find links to all the major extant icelandic sagas. Translated with introduction and notes by armann jakobson and d. Icelands entire family tree is online eastmans online genealogy. In constructing this list, i have pulled from various books and online resources that contain these sagas and tales. Theres an app that keeps icelanders from dating their.
They also love to mirror themselves in the gests augathe eye of the guest and this book definitely allows for that. Icelands population is only roughly 320,000 people, so its not uncommon to be distantly related to the people you meet in the dating world. The islands relative isolation has resulted in a population of approximately 320,000 that is almost entirely descended from a single family tree. Feb 09, 2012 but a search engine called islendingabok the book of icelanders allows users to plug in their own name alongside that of a prospective mate, determining any familial overlap. Apr 18, 20 the app was created by three university of iceland software engineering students for a contest calling for new creative uses of the islendingabok, or book of icelanders, an online database of. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the little book of the icelanders. New app helps icelanders avoid accidental incest new york. Apr 17, 2003 this newer database is to span all icelanders, living or dead, and although some information is sketchy at best, the database will be updated and kept alive with new generations. How icelands genealogy obsession leads to scientific. Books have been the christmas gift of choice in this small nation for decades. The work originally existed in two different versions but only the younger one has. Arnar said he got involved with the project when the book of icelanders ran a contest to create a mobile experience using the database. Islendingabok an oldfashioned icelandic genealogical database.
The sagas are prose histories describing events that took place amongst the norse and celtic inhabitants of iceland during the period of the icelandic commonwealth in the 10th and 11th. Islendingabok takes its name from the first history of iceland, by ari the wise. Im delighted the icelanders are responding to it, as well. Anyone who is registered in the database has free access to it. The author takes the reader on a tour of iceland by way of telling stories of icelands sagas, which are stories documenting events of the 10th and 11th centuries in iceland. Islendingabok, or the book of icelanders, is a website that claims to have tracked 1,200 years of genealogical data on icelanders a believable claim, since it was developed by a software entrepreneur and a genetics research company. Islendingabok book of icelanders blog travel reykjavik. In it one can find information about the families of about 720,000 individuals who were born in iceland at some point in time. Ari thorgilsson the learned icelandic historian britannica. The life of family trees and the book of icelanders request pdf.
Icelanders love keeping track of how theyre related, which has made them. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the online genealogy database islendingabok book of icelanders, we at decode genetics decided to hold a competition among university students to create an app so that the database would be accessible on mobile devises. The life of family trees and the book of icelanders. Libellus islandorum is a historical work dealing with early icelandic history. The app was created by three university of iceland software engineering students for a contest calling for new creative uses of the islendingabok, or book of icelanders, an online database of. Islendingabok the book of the icelanders iceland24. A2a like klara mentioned, iceland has thorough census data from the years 1703 until today.
I expected it would fly under the radar, and maybe a few copies would be sold to tourists. The crowded conditions in homes and the legal structure of society made life difficult. To avoid incest, all one has to do is put in their name, their prospective girlfriends or boyfriends name and the database will spit. In 1997, icelandic neurologist kari stefansson created a webbased version. The book dates from the xii century ad, and its author was ari.
Icelandic roots also has a private facebook group where you can ask questions, discuss anything genealogy or iceland related, and connect with relatives. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the online genealogy database islendingabok book of icelanders, we at decode genetics decided to hold a competition. The icelanders and their big love of books guide to iceland. The app was created by three university of iceland software engineering students for a contest calling for new creative uses of the islendingabok, or book of. Composed before 13 and covering the period from the settlement of iceland up to 1120, it includes information on the founding of the althing. The book of icelanders database is limited to icelanders is a narrow sense, meaning people born in iceland, who lived in iceland, who have icelandic spouses or have icelandic parents and are in the national registry. Im actually surprised by the reception the book has received. It sounds crazy, but with icelands population at just 300,000, the risk of accidentally romancing a relative is high. New app urges icelanders to bump the app before you bump.