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2005 Church Almanac. Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 2004.

Ashby, David A., comp. “The 1997 Visit of Olafur Ragnar Grimsson,” 1 vol. Spanish Fork, UT: Icelandic Association of Utah, n.d.

Ashby, Marilyn, and Phylis Ashby, comps. “[Icelandic] Family Histories,” 7 vols. Spanish Fork, UT: Icelandic Association of Utah, n.d.

———, comps. “History of Iceland Days,” 5 vols. Spanish Fork, UT: Icelandic Association of Utah, n.d.

———, comps. “Icelandic Memories Index,” 5 vols. Spanish Fork, UT: Icelandic Association of Utah, n.d.

Allred, La Nora P. The Icelanders of Utah, reprint. Spanish Fork, UT: Icelandic Association of Utah, 1998.

———. Spanish Fork: City on the Rio De Aguas Calientes. Spanish Fork, UT: J-Mart Publishing, 1981.

Barney, Ronald O. One Side by Himself: The Life and Times of Lewis Barney, 1808–1894. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 2001.

Bartholomew, John. Gazetteer of the British Isles: Including Summary of 1951 Census. Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Son, n.d.

Bearnson, John Y. “Index to Persons Emigrating from Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland to Copenhagen, Utah, Hafnarfjord, Reeykjavik, Seydisfjordur, and America, from 1823–1913.” Springfield, UT: Vestmannaeyjar Parish Registers (GS #12712, parts 1 and 2, #12594 parts 1 and 2) for Genealogical Society, 1970.

Beeton, Beverly. “Teach Them to Till the Soil: An Experiment with Indian Farms, 1850–1862,” American Indian Quarterly 3, no. 4 (1977–78): 299–320.

Benediktsson, Jakob. “Icelandic Emigration to America.” Le Nord. Revue internationale des Pays du nord 1 (1942): 35–51.

Bowen, Dena. “Iceland’s Contribution of Utah.” In vol. 2 of Heart Throbs of the West (Salt Lake City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1940), 297–302.

“British Mission Manuscript History.” Church Archives, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City.

Buchmiller, Golden A. “Paradise Reclaimed.” Church News, March 28, 1981.

Carter, Kate B. “The Gospel in Iceland.” Improvement Era. (February 1951): 88–90.

———, comp. Our Pioneer Heritage, 20 vols. Salt Lake City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1958–77.

Checketts, Tom. “Here We Go Again: A Look at the History of Religious Rights in Iceland.” Fall 1999. Unpublished paper in author’s possession.

Christiansen, Alfred. “Scandinavians and the New Zion in the West.” American Scandinavians Review 60, no. 6 (September 1972): 263–71.

Christensen, Marius A. “History of the Danish Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1850–1964.” Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1966.

Christy, Howard A. “The Walker War: Defense and Conciliation as Strategy.” Utah Historical Quarterly 47 (Fall 1979): 394–420.

Church Almanac 2001–2002. Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 2002.

Cleveland, Utah, LDS Church Membership Records (1890–1941). Utah Valley Regional Family History Center, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.

Dockstader, Julie A. “Member Receives ‘Highest Honor’ from Iceland for Fostering Heritage.” Church News, August 14, 1993.

Dyer, Alvin R. Conference Report, October 5, 1962. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Esshom, Frank. Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah. Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Co., 1913.

Eyring, Lavon Brunt. The Life History of Gudmundur Gudmundsson. N.p., 1984, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.

Fell, Michael. And Some Fell into Good Soil: A History of Christianity in Iceland. New York: Peter Lang, 1999.

Garff, Rachel Minne. Peter Niels Garff. Murray, UT: Family of George Peter and Tyrphena Garff, 1983.

Geary, Edward A. A History of Emery County. Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, Emery County Commission, 1996.

Geslison, Byron T. Supplemental Mission Report of Iceland.

———.”The Icelandic Settlement in Utah.” In Autobiography. Unpublished paper in author’s possession.

Gíslason, Jón. “Endurnýjun í vatni og hugsjónum nýrrar aldar. Nýr fórustumaður Mormóna kemur til Vestmannaeyja,” in part 6 of Sögur og Sagnir (trans. Byron Geslison and Darron Allred).

Gjerset, Knut. History of Iceland. New York: Macmillian, 1924.

Guðmundsson, Finnbogi. Nineteen Articles and Speeches. Reykjavík: University of Iceland, 2003.

Guðmundsson, Guðmundur. “Autobiography of Gudmund Gudmundsson.” holograph, microfilm, [1], Church Archives, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City.

Hart, Edward L. Mormon in Motion: The Life and Journals of James H. Hart 1825–1906 in England, France and America. Salt Lake City: Windsor Books, 1978.

Hartley, William G. My Best for the Kingdom: History and Autobiography of John Lowe Butler, a Mormon Frontiersman. Salt Lake City: Aspen Books, 1993.

Harris, Todd. “Gospel Touches Remote Iceland.” Church News, August 6, 1994.

Hill, Greg. “Iceland Day Preserves Settlers’ Heritage.” Church News, August 12, 1995.

Historical Record of the Icelandic Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1873–1914, Church Archives, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City.

Hjálmarsson, Jón R. History of Iceland: From the Settlement to the Present Day. Reykjavík: Iceland Review, 1993.

Holzapfel, Richard Neitzel. A History of Utah County. Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1999.

Icelandic District Records. Reykjavík, Iceland, 1983.

Interview with Byron, Melva, and David Geslison, by Fred E. Woods. February 18, 2000.

Interview with Melva, David, and Dan Geslison, by Fred E. Woods. May 22, 2005.

Interview with Sveinbjörg Guðmundsdóttir, by Fred E. Woods. May 31, 2004.

Interview with Ólafur Einarsson, Björg Marteinsdóttir, and Kristján Mathiesen, by Fred E. Woods. May 30, 2004.

Interview with Guðmundur Sigurðsson and Valgerður Knútsdóttir, by Fred E. Woods. June 3, 2004.

Jenson, Andrew. Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1941.

———. History of the Scandinavian Mission. Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1927.

———. Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 4 vols. Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History, 1901–36.

Jochumsson, Eggert. “Hvað er mormonska?” Reykjavík: National Library of Iceland, 1911: 1–8.

Johnsen, Sigfús M. “Þórarinn Hafliðason: Fyrsti mormónatrúboðinn í Vestmannaeyjum,” 21Blik (1960).

Jónsson, Klemens. Saga Akureyrar. Ađalumbođ: Akureyrarkaupstađur Gafút, 1948.

Jónsson, Loftur. Vesturfarar skrifa heim: frá islenskum mormónum í Utah. ed. Finnur Sigmundsson, Reykjavík: Setberg, 1975.

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Karlsson, Gunnar. The History of Iceland. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2000.

Kristinsson, Júniús. Vesturfaraská 1870–1914. A Record of Emigrants from Iceland to America, 1870–1914. 2 vols. Reykjavík: Sagnfraedistofnum Haskola Islands, 1983.

Kjartansson, Helgi Skúli, and Steinþór Heiđarsson. Framtíđ Handan Hafs: Vesturfarir frá Íslandi 1870–1914. Reykjavík: Sigillum Universitatis Islandiae, 2003.

———. “Emigrant Fares and Emigration from Iceland to North America, 1874–1893,” Scandinavian Economic History Review 28 (1980): 53–71.

Laxness, Halldór. Paradise Reclaimed. New York: Vintage International, 2002.

LDS Family History Suite (1996). CD-ROM. INFOBASES.

Lloyd, R. Scott. “Iceland Visit: Light, Warm.” Church News, September 21, 2002.

Lyon, Thomas Edgar. “Evangelical Protestant Missionary Activities in Mormon Dominated Areas: 1865–1900.” Salt Lake City: University of Utah, 1962.

———. “Religious Activities and Development in Utah, 1847–1910.” Utah Historical Quarterly (1967).

McConkie, Bruce R. The Mortal Messiah: From Bethlehem to Calvary, Book 1. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1979.

Mulder, William. Homeward to Zion. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1957.

Petersson, Petur. Church and Social Change: A Study of the Secularization Process in Iceland, 1830–1930. Vanersborgs Offset AB, Vannersborg, 1983.

Palmyra, Utah, LDS Church Membership Records (1853–55). Utah Valley Regional Family History Center, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.

Powell, Alan Kent, ed. “Scofield Mine Disaster.” In Utah History Encyclopedia. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1994.

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Róbertsson, Kristján. Gekk ég yfir sjó og land: Saga Þeirra íslendinga sem leituđu síonar á jörđu (Stofnsett: Bókaforlag Odds Björnssonar, 1897).

Rúriksson, Björn. The Westman Islands. Reykjavík: Geoscan, 1995.

Sanderson, Mark A. “The Old Lutheran Church in Spanish Fork.” Paper for History 364, Winter 2005. Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.

“Scandinavian Mission History.” Church Archives, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City.

Slye, Joyce B. “An Oral History of the Icelandic History of Spanish Fork.” Weber State College Oral History Program, 1972.

Spanish Fork Membership Record (1852–91), Church Archives and Utah Valley Regional Family History Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.

Spanish Fork Ward, Utah Stake, Manuscript History and Historical Reports (1856), Church Archives, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City.

Stellhorn, Ronnie L. “A History of the Lutheran Church in Utah.” Logan, UT: Utah State University, 1975.

Tate, George S. “Halldór Laxness, the Mormons and the Promised Land,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 11, no. 2 (Summer 1978): 25–37.

Thor, Jonas. Icelanders in North America: The First Settlers. Winnipeg, Manitoba: University of Manitoba Press, 2002.

Thurgeirson, John. “History of the Nations: Iceland.” Juvenile Instructor. January 1, 15, 1990 (2-part series).

Torgeirson, John. “The People of Iceland.” Deseret Evening News, January 24, 1887.

Walker, Joseph. “Icelanders: ‘Something to Be Proud Of.’” Church News, August 12, 1984.

Warner, Elisha. The History of Spanish Fork. Spanish Fork: Press Publishing Company, 1930.

Whitehead, LeRoy. “Icelandic Converts Honored.” Deseret News (1938).

Wiggins, Marvin E., comp. Mormons and Their Neighborhood: An Index to Over 75,000 Biographical Sketches from 1820 to the Present. 2 vols., 2nd ed. Provo, UT: Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, 1984.

———, comp. Mormons and Their Neighborhood: An Index to Over 75,000 Biographical Sketches from 1820 to the Present. 2 vols., 2nd ed. rev. (n.p.) Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 1996.

Woods, Fred E. “Fire on Ice: The Conversion and Life of Guðmundur Guðmundsson,” Brigham Young University Studies 39, no. 2 (2000): 57–72.

———. Gathering to Nauvoo. American Fork, UT: Covenant Communications, 2003.

———. “Icelandic Conversion and Emigration: A Sesquicentennial Sketch.” Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 2003: 1–21.