News on Osland 2011 project

 

News 2010

Jan. 15th.
Now we have started booking attendees for the reunion in 2011, which will soon be updated on the booking page. The good news for travel is that Iceland Express Airlines will as of this summer fly direct flights to Winnipeg from Keflavik and the return ticket price is US$ 600.- We have added their weblink on the link page. On the news today they say that already 60% of seats have been booked this summer.
This means that those who will attend in 2011 will have to book early this fall to get low fare tickets.

Also we now heve assigned our new travel assistant Eyrún Olsen, and the "Contact > Travel info" page has been updated accordingly. We welcome Eyrún and Hjörtur to the team.

Jan. 13th.
Statistics for the Osland website are now monitored and it shows that the last couple of days "pages viewed" exceeded 100. Visitors per day average 10 this month and Google search has been looking for the name "Runa Bjarnason" more than anyting else. IP numbers accessing the site are 40% Canadian and 60% Icelandic. - only 0.7% US, interesting indeed.

How it all began

During a family meeting at Perlan in Reykjavik June 2009 Louise and her sister Kerrine announced that they were planning a family reunion at Osland in 2011. Many relatives expressed their interest in the event and the idea developed during the following months.

In October, Louise teamd up with Valborg and Stefán in Iceland to start working on a website for the Osland reunion. It was clear from the very start that a website would be the only means of communicating with all the relatives and providing support for those that would participate.

In late October 2009 the first version of the website was developed and contact was made with those that could provide assistance, information and pictures for the website.
A logo was drafted and a typical picture, the Hecla sign, was put on the frontpage. A lot of work is ahead of us before the site will be fully functional.

 

News 2009

Dec.23rd.
Season greetings to all family members, next year will be exciting for the project, and we look forward to working with relatives in Iceland, Canada and USA. Here is a beutiful December picture from Gimli and Lake Winnipeg with fishing huts. (Click for larger picture)

Nov. 28th.
New front page design for high-resolution (widescreen) monitors. Einars story is now complete (About Us > Relations > Einar's ) and the Icelandic ( long ) version more detailed about his family search and how all the family relations began. Old picture (1899 ) of Sigridur Vigfus' wife and child. Scanned from b/w glass film and after some touch-up it looks elegant. ( Osland History )
Nov. 20th.
Thanks to relatives that we have been in contact with, we have now added a lot of information to Osland History, Relations and Links. An area map has been inserted to the (Information >) Location Osland and Gimli.
Nov. 10th.
Update of both (About Us >) Osland History and Relations. We have now received oId pictures and interesting facts from family members. Also continued work on correcting and updating the Family trees.
Nov. 1st.
The Domain name www.osland2011.com registered. We are now waiting for information to update all the menu items, old pictures and the story about the early settlement of Icelanders in Canada. Also new information about the families that now live at Osland.

Get involved

On the News menu we have an item "Get involved" where we ask for volunteers to help us with various tasks in connection with the reunion project. If you are prepared to offer your assistance, we would welcome your participation.

Please send news and corrections to the following addresses:

Project Organizer in Canada: Louise Tower:
Click here to send her e-mail >   Louise Tower

Project Organizer in Iceland: Valborg:
Click here to send her e-mail >  Valborg

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