[445] At the same time we must not forget that the era of settlement began in Illinois, and Illinois has always continued to hold a prominent place in Norwegian-American history.
Transcriber’s Note
Obvious errors and omissions of punctuation have been corrected, as noted in the table below. Most obvious spelling errors, where the printer was the likely source, have been corrected as well. See the table of errata below.
There are a number of footnotes which are referred to more than once (32, 47, 49, 53, 85, 421). These may be errors, but are retained. The links from the footnotes section back to their references in the text will take one to the first occurence. They are always consecutive, so the inconvenience will be slight.
In footnote [201], the sentence “He was born in 1823, in 1905.” was corrupted. The subject died in 1905.
On p. [269], the reference to footnote 277 was misprinted as “227”, and has been corrected.
On p. [313], the words “at the homestead near West Koshkonong” are repeated and have been removed.
On p. [319], the references to notes [347–349] appear out of order, following, rather than preceding, notes 350 and 351 on p. 318. The numbering has been retained, though the footnotes, all moved to the end of the text, now appear in numerical order.
On p. [322], the reference to footnote 356 is missing from the text, but perhaps belongs to the entry for “[Ole (Leirdal)]”.
The index has a number of editorial issues. Minor inconsistencies of punctuation are corrected without mention here. There are number of entries which lack page references. Some can be found in the text, and are provided in the list below. The index itself is given as printed.