We had a wonderful reunion, with about 150 present for a Sunday afternoon party, worship at Winnebago Church, and then 110 attending two more days of digging deeper. One of the results of the reunion is a 4-part story of the Holtan and Tweeten family, told in the section we call Holtan Tweeten Journey Stories.
It begins with Journey I- Norway, and then two parts of the Voyage, Mt. Valley Township in Iowa, and finally, On to the Dakota Territory. As time goes on, we will add many side bars (links) to pages which will expand on parts of the story.
We have a couple projects getting ready for the reunion. One is a Holtan Heritage website, which you are on right now, which puts in one place, stories, photos and genealogy charts to assist any visitor ready access to important information about their families. If you have Holtan stories and photos to share, contact Phil Holtan ([email protected]) to arrange to pass on your stories and photos. More information in the following page. A second project is with Ancestry.com, to fill in all the spaces in the file- Descendants of Hans and Margit Holtan, and of Bendick and Olava Tweeten, and there are thousands of them. Jerry Holtan ([email protected]) is taking the lead on this project and is contacting many branches of the family to get the most up-to-date information. We will have a public site on Ancestry but will protect your privacy by hiding information on any living persons.