Ziegler-Rorvik Web Site

My name is Andrea Ziegler and I started this site.If you are a MyHeritage member, you can help build this family tree and share family photos.  About Scandinavian NamesO. E. Rolvaag wrote in Giants in the Earth that, "The practice of changing surnames has gone on extensively with the Norwegian-American. Among the common folk in Norway, it is quite customary for the son to take his surname from his father's first name; the son of Hans must be Hansen or Hanson. Likewise, the girl; if she is the daughter of Hans, her surname becomes Hansdatter (Hans' daughter), which she retains even after marriage. When the Norwegians became independent landowners in America, their slumbering sense of the historical fitness of things awoke, and so many of them adopted the name of the place they had come from in the old country. Hence the many American names now ending in -dahl, -fjeld, -gaard, -stad, etc. As the Swedes, and the Danes, too, had so many Hansens and Olsens and Johnsons,  the change was really a very practical one."Our family tree is posted online on this site! There are 696 names in our family site. UpdatesThe site was last updated on Oct 8 2021, and it currently has 7 registered member(s). If you wish to become a member too, please click here.   Enjoy!