Social Security Death Index contains the records of deceased persons who possessed Social Security numbers and whose death had been reported to the Social Security Administration. It is most useful for later generations that died after 1962. It can provide the date and address at death. This is a collection of family histories of Icelandic immigrants to North America in Icelandic. Many are drawn from obituaries in Icelandic newspapers.
Some entries are about residents of Minnesota.
With the help of an Icelandic-English dictionary, the reader can usually determine the year of immigration, ancestors, siblings, and children of the people recorded in the book. Modern Sagas, The Story of Icelanders in North America by Thorstina Jackson Walters published by North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, North Dakota Agricultural College, Fargo ND, 1953. This book is found in various libraries. It describes the history and development of the Icelandic community, but has relatively little detail about individuals.