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Stikkord: Chester

  • Romerske ruiner funnet i Halden

    Noen som leste avisene litt raskt, i forrige uke, tror kanskje, at det var romerske ruiner, som ble funnet, i Halden.

    Nei, det gjør de nok ikke.

    For romerne nådde ikke så langt nord som Halden.

    Dette var selvfølgelig noe fra viking-kulturen.

    Men i resten av Europa, så er det regelen nærmest, at sånne oldtidsfunn, er fra romerne.

    (Og disse får funn-prosjektene får mest støtte, når det gjelder utgravinger.

    Sånn som jeg husker det, fra viking-konferanse, i England/Chester, osv.).

    Men romerne kom seg ikke forbi Danevirke, (var det vel).

    Og heller ikke forbi Hadrians Wall, i Storbritannia.

    Så kanskje vi burde hatt et EU, for ‘ikke-romere’.

    Og et EU for romere?

    Kanskje et EU avdeling nord, hadde vært en ide.

    Sånn at ikke vi nordboere, blir helt kjørt over, av kulturer, som har influenser, fra romerne, (en kultur som drepte gladiatorer osv., i stor skala, i diverse colosseum).

    (For å si det sånn).

    Så sånn er muligens det.

    Bare noe jeg tenkte på.

    Mvh.

    Erik Ribsskog

  • Jeg sendte en e-post til Grosvenor Museum, (i Chester)

    Erik Ribsskog


    Viking-ship
    in Meols/Fwd: Angående boet etter Maren Nyholm f. Gjedde, (min mormor,
    Ingeborg Ribsskog f. Heegaard sin oldemor), eier av Bangsbo, 1882 –
    1884.

    Erik Ribsskog Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 2:50 PM

    To: grosvenormuseum@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk


    Cc: bangsbo@bangsbo-museum.dk, info@kystmuseet.dk, gunvor.haustveit@ra.no, postmottak@khm.uio.no, postmottak@ra.no


    Hi,

    I thought I’d send about this to Liverpool Museum, but I couldn’t find their e-mail-address on their web-site.

    But, if I’m not mistaking, you hosted a Viking-conference, in Chester, in 2009.

    And regarding the viking-ship under the pub in Meols.

    If I’m not mistaking, then they’ve decided not to dig the ship up, due to that they don’t know how to conserv it.

    But
    I was at Bangsbo Museum, in Denmark, the other day, (since my
    great-great-great grandparents Maren Gjedde and L. C. Nyholm used to
    live at the manor Bangsbo, when Nyholm was a Master of the Royal Hunt,
    in Denmark).

    And at that museum they have a similar ship,
    and on a poster or a sign on the wall, they had written about how they
    had conserved the ship.

    So perhaps Bangsbo Museum could give advice regarding how to conserv the ship under the Railway Inn, in Meols, I thought.

    I remember from the conference, that it didn’t seem like, that the locals, where interested in digging up the ship.

    Perhaps it’s a grave, and they still know who’s in the grave, I was thinking and that they don’t want to disrespect the ship.

    If
    not then perhaps the Danish museum could give advice about conserving
    the ship, I was thinking, after seeing the Danish viking-ship,
    yesterday.

    Best regards,

    Erik Ribsskog

    PS.

    Here is more about this:

    ‘In the stables, a unique ship from Ellingå – dated 1163 – is on display’.

    http://www.bangsbo.com/default.aspx?m=2&i=36

    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Erik S. Christensen <sigmund@bangsbo-museum.dk>
    Date: 2011-11-29 9:25 GMT+01:00
    Subject:
    SV: Angående boet etter Maren Nyholm f. Gjedde, (min mormor, Ingeborg
    Ribsskog f. Heegaard sin oldemor), eier av Bangsbo, 1882 – 1884.
    To: eribsskog@gmail.com

    Kære Erik Ribsskog
    På grund af store personalemæssige
    indskrænkninger er vi ikke længere i stand til at besvare spørgsmål i den hast,
    som vi selv og vore kunder kunne ønske.
    På Bangsbo findes der desværre intet
    godsarkiv. Arkivet er brændt af husets ejer Frederikshavn kommune i 1947. jeg
    har prøvet at se om der på Rigsarkivet skulle være indleveret noget fa
    bobestyrerne. Men dette synes ikke at være tilfældet.
    Derfor kan jeg kun ønske held og lykke med
    din videre eftersøgning
    Med venlig hilsen
    Arkivleder
    Erik S. Christensen
    Nordjyllands Kystmuseum
    Bangsbo museum & arkiv




    Fra: Sonja Møller
    [mailto:bangsbo@bangsbo-museum.dk]
    Sendt: 19. juli 2011 13:51
    Til: ‘Erik – Bangsbo’
    Emne: VS: Angående boet etter
    Maren Nyholm f. Gjedde, (min mormor, Ingeborg Ribsskog f. Heegaard sin
    oldemor), eier av Bangsbo, 1882 – 1884.




    Fra: Sonja Møller
    [mailto:bangsbo@bangsbo-museum.dk]

    Sendt: 19. juli 2011 13:51
    Til:eribsskog@gmail.com
    Emne: SV: Angående boet etter
    Maren Nyholm f. Gjedde, (min mormor, Ingeborg Ribsskog f. Heegaard sin
    oldemor), eier av Bangsbo, 1882 – 1884.
    Tak for din henvendelse.
    Erik S. Christensen er retur fra ferie 10. august, hvorfor du tidligst vil få svar
    efter denne dato.
    Med venlig hilsen
    Sonja Møller




    Fra: Ruth Esther
    Hedegaard [mailto:ruhe@frederikshavn.dk]
    Sendt: 19. juli 2011 13:22
    Til:eribsskog@gmail.com
    Cc:bangsbo@bangsbo-museum.dk
    Emne: VS: Angående boet etter
    Maren Nyholm f. Gjedde, (min mormor, Ingeborg Ribsskog f. Heegaard sin
    oldemor), eier av Bangsbo, 1882 – 1884.
    Tak for mail af 16.
    juli.
    Jeg vil foreslå dig
    at henvende dig til Bangsbo Museum og Arkiv, som har oplysningerne om skifter
    m.v.
    Bangsbo Museum &
    Arkiv

    Dronning Margrethesvej 6
    9900 Frederikshavn
    Tlf.   98 42 31 11

    E-mail:
    bangsbo@bangsbo-museum.dk

    Arkivleder:
    Erik S. Christensen

    På stadsarkivet har
    vi udelukkende materiale fra kommunens arkiv
    Med venlig hilsen

    Ruth Hedegaard

    Stadsarkivar
    Frederikshavn Stadsarkiv

    Direkte: 98459141
    Mobil: 23293268
    ruhe@frederikshavn.dk

    Frederikshavn Kommune

    Frederikshavn Kommune
    Rådhus Allé 100
    9900 Frederikshavn

    Telefon: 9845 5000
    www.frederikshavn.dk

    Fra: Erik Ribsskog
    [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]
    Sendt: 16. juli 2011 15:13
    Til: InternetPost Kommunen
    Emne: Angående boet etter Maren
    Nyholm f. Gjedde, (min mormor, Ingeborg Ribsskog f. Heegaard sin oldemor), eier
    av Bangsbo, 1882 – 1884.
    Hei,
    jeg lurer på om jeg kan være så snill å få se på kopier av min
    tipptippoldemor Maren Nyholm f. Gjedde, sine skifte-dokumenter, som ble
    administrert av Sophus S. Nellemann og C.C.V. Nyholm, fra 1884 til 1886:
    Jeg driver med slektsforskning, og prøver å finne ut om den
    Gjedde-slekten, (som min mormor sa var fin gammel dansk uradel, og hun var
    veldig stolt av Maren Nyholm f. Gjedde, hørtes det ut som, på telefonen her fra
    England, hvor jeg lever som flyktning, ihvertfall, for jeg ringte henne om
    dette, et års tid før hun døde, i 2009), er den linjen som går fra Ove Gjedde,
    adelsmann fra Skåne, og admiral mm.
    Da tror jeg det hadde hjulpet, å få sett på de papirene.

    Jeg er glad i å reise til Fredrikshavn, med danskebåten, hvor jeg en gang
    f.eks. sneik meg med, like etter at jeg hadde tatt artium, og fortsatt var
    tenåring, og gikk og drakk på kroer/kneiper i Fredrikshavn, og tok ut penger,
    fra min konto i Fokus Bank vel, for ei dame fra Svelvik, som hadde mista
    pengene sine, nemlig Eva Olsen, våren 1990 vel.
    Så jeg synes det er litt kjedelig at danskebåtene ikke går til
    Fredrikshavn lengre.

    Men de er jo mye raskere nå, så det er kanskje ikke så mye festing lenger nå.

    Det er vel ikke tax-free på de nye båtene, Super Speed osv., som går til
    Hirtshals, osv?
    Jeg er fra Larvik, så jeg synes at Petter Wessel var en artig
    danskebåt, for eksempel.

    Men men.
    Vi drakk først, på den kneipa, hvor man går fra danskebåten, med
    Damsgaard, på venste hånd, og så tar man til venstre i hovedveien, og kommer
    til en støyete kneipe, med billig øl.
    (Selv om folkene var litt uhøflige der, og prøvde å lure meg til å gå
    på dame-doen, for jeg var ikke kjent der.
    Men men).
    Det var meg og Eva Olsen, (som jeg kjente), og hennes kjæreste, som
    jobbet i Se og Hør, i Norge, ifølge min søster Pia.
    Så jeg var ‘tredje-hjulet på vogna’, på byen i Fredrikshavn.
    Men men.

    Samme det.

    Bare noe jeg tenkte på.

    Er det det forferdelig dyre Rigsarkivet, som jeg må kontakte om dette egentlig?

    De er forferdelig dyre til å ta kopier.

    Min mor arvet en ring av den siste baron Adeler, eller egentlig hennes
    moster/grandtante, Magna aka. Meme Adeler f. Nyholm.
    Så jeg fikk kopi av bo-papirene, men det kostet over 3000 kroner vel,
    for rundt 200 sider.

    Så det var litt dyrt.
    Jeg lever som arbeidsledig flyktning, i England, og får ikke mine
    rettigheter av politiet, etter å ha overhørt at jeg ble forfulgt av ‘mafian’, i
    Oslo, i 2003 og 2004, og etter at jeg ble forsøkt myrdet, i Kvelde, i 2005.
    Jeg lurer også på om Maren Gjedde egentlig eide Højriis slott, (som min
    mormor hadde malerier fra, som jeg ikke fikk noen av, for jeg har ikke fått
    arv, enda hun døde i 2009 og min mor i 1999, så jeg blir tulla fælt med av
    myndighetene i Norge, dvs. Larvik Tingrett, mm, de svarer ikke engang på mine
    e-poster, hos Tingretten der, i Larvik, (enda jeg har vokst opp i byen)).
    Ettersom det står feil dødsår, for Maren Gjedde, i Årbog for Thy og
    Mors, fra 1970 vel, nemlig 1837 vel, mens hun vel døde i 1884, ifølge
    Bangsbo-siden i linken ovenfor, mm.
    Her er fra Thisted Museum/Årbog for Thy og Mors, hvor man kan se dette:
    Så her mistenker jeg lureri.
    Håper dere kan gi meg noe hjelp i å oppklare om dette.

    Mvh.

    Erik Ribsskog
    PS.

    En gang, så dro min far med meg og min søster Pia, og hennes stesøster
    Christell, (jeg bodde for meg selv, i Leirfaret, så hun var nok kun min søster Pia
    sin stesøster, siden de bodde sammen i Havnehagen, hvor min far og Christells
    mor og brødre også bodde), til Danmark, i 1986 tror jeg, for det var ‘Danish
    Dynamite’-reklamer, på isskiltene, på gatekjøkkenene, i Skagen.
    Og min far drakk så mye på Petter Wessel, så jeg måtte si hvor han
    skulle parkere på kaien deres, mens han ble edru.
    I mellomtiden, så dro jeg for å kjøpe pizza, og det var visst noen
    invandrere, fra Østen vel, som lagde pizza der, og den var ikke bra, den var
    noe innbakte greier, når jeg egentlig ville ha vanlig pizza.

    Så det var ikke bra, synes jeg.

    Da var burgeren som hun vel ganske hyggelige danske dama lagde i Skagen, på et
    gatekjøkken i noen sentrumsgater, mye bedre, vil jeg si.
    Men men.

    Min mor Karen Ribsskog, fikk meg til å spise pizza, i 1978 kanskje, på Hvalen
    restaurant, i Østre Halsen, ved Larvik, hvor vi bodde da.
    Burgere det ble jeg ikke glad i, før sommeren 1985, da jeg var på
    språkreise i Brighton, og noen svenske ungdommer, som bodde hos samme
    vertsfamilie osv., dro meg med til McDonalds, (som vi ikke hadde på Berger,
    hvor jeg vokste opp).

    Og da ble jeg også glad i burgere, som Big Mac og milkshaken og Chicken
    McNuggets var også gode på McDonalds, på den tiden.

    Så det var en veldrevet restaurant vil jeg si.

    Sorry at jeg skriver så mye rart her, jeg er litt sulten tror jeg, og får lage
    meg noe mat vel.

    Beklager igjen dette!

  • Nå får dere slutte å ærekrenke da nerder. Det er kriminelt. Det er bare at myndighetene har blitt ‘sovjetiske’, så de synes ikke at folk trenger ære

    nerder slutte å æreskrenke

    http://www.spillegal.no/threads/det-er-en-kynisk-ny-verden-erik-ribsskog.16696/page-27

    PS.

    Her er mer om dette:

    mer om slutt på ære

    http://www.bokogbibliotek.no/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=976%3Aeskrenkelser-og-injurier-fjernes-fra-straffeloven&catid=1%3Aaktuelt&Itemid=1

    PS 2.

    Sånn som jeg forstår det, så er den politikken, som regjeringen jobber for.

    Det er en russisk/sovjetisk/kommunistisk politikk.

    De beskytter gruppene, som lesbiske, homofile og mørkhudede, osv.

    Men de gjør enkeltindividet, (mer eller mindre), fredløst.

    Ved at de fjerner det, at ærekrenkelser, er kriminelt.

    (Som det nok må ha vært, i mange hundre år, her i Vesten).

    Og gjør at enkeltpersoner, blir stående svake, hvis de ikke innordner seg, i en gruppe, eller organiserer seg da.

    Og da blir man jo værende under en leder da gjerne.

    Så da kan man jo kanskje ikke på sammen måte, ha en frihet til å si meningen sin da, for eksempel.

    For da er man jo gjerne en del av en gruppe, og ens meninger blir da kanskje forventet, (innad i den gruppen), å være like med den gruppen/organisasjonen, sine standpunkt.

    Så dette er vel kanskje en måte for noe russisk mafia, eller noe, kanskje, å kontrollere samfunnet på?

    Få enkeltpersonene inn i grupper.

    Og kontroller så gruppene.

    (Siden det nok er enklere, enn å kontrollere mange millioner enkeltpersoner).

    Dette lukter regjeringens politikk av, mener jeg.

    Regjeringens politikk lukter av Stalin, russisk mafia og den siste Sovjetstat, mener jeg.

    Så sånn er nok det.

    Men vi får se hva som skjer.

    Vi får se.

    Mvh.

    Erik Ribsskog

    PS 3.

    Det er kanskje dette som skjedde på 90-tallet da.

    At folk havnet i sub-kulturer.

    Dette var kanskje noe østlig?

    Som noe slags østlig mafia, fikk i stand?

    I motsetning, til på 80-tallet, hvor de fleste var ‘mainstream’.

    Det vil si at de fleste var ‘vanlige’ vel, ikke f.eks. ‘gothere’ da.

    Folk som er del av en subkultur, som goth, de har vel kanskje problemer, med at de mister kontrollen.

    For da vil vel kanskje bare politifolk, (som kanskje har ‘fascistiske’ tendenser, og ignorer folks rettigheter, hvis de ikke liker dem?), bare si at den personen er bare en ‘jævla gother’, så den personen driter vi i, i om får rettighetene sine.

    En sånn kombinasjon, må vel være nærmest fatal, for folks rettsikkerhet, mm., ville jeg vel tro.

    Så jeg vil advare folk mot å havne i sånne subkulturer kanskje.

    Ihvertfall liker jeg bedre, sånn som det var, på 70 og 80-tallet.

    At folk hadde interesser.

    Men de hadde flere interesser.

    De var ikke nerder.

    Som for eksempel, da jeg selv, var på vikingkonferanse, i Chester, før jul.

    Så var det noe jeg syntes var interessant, siden jeg er norsk.

    Men, så ville en professor, som var med og arrangerte den konferansen.

    Han ville at jeg skulle bli med på Tranmere-fotballkamper osv., (siden Tranmere, er et vikingnavn, som betyr noe med trane(fugl) da).

    Men jeg ønsker ikke å ha hele ‘viking-pakka’.

    Det har jeg ikke tid til, synes jeg.

    (Og jeg holder jo med Everton fra før og).

    Jeg vil ikke ha en ‘viking-livsstil’.

    Jeg vil ha en vanlig livsstil.

    Og med viking-ting, som en av mange interesser.

    Jeg ønsker ikke å grave med ned i vikingtiden, for å si det sånn.

    Men jeg synes det er artig, å lese om vikingting, en gang iblant.

    Det at jeg ikke bare ønsker å drive med vikingting, behøver ikke å bety, at jeg ikke liker vikingting.

    Men jeg ønsker å ha varierte fritidsinteresser.

    Det er jeg vant til, fra oppveksten min, på 70 og 80-tallet.

    Så hvis jeg bare skulle drevet med en ting, på fritiden, så ville jeg kanskje ha kjeda meg fælt.

    For å si det sånn.

    Og da hadde ikke det blitt som noe artig.

    Og fritiden skal være som noe rekreasjon, altså at man skal få gnisten tilbake og kreftene tilbake, og pågangsmotet tilbake.

    Til sin arbeid/hovedgeskjeft da.

    Og hvis man da bare skal drive med det samme hele tiden, på fritiden.

    Da blir det ikke sånn, synes jeg, at man får bra humør osv., av sin hobby.

    Og man får vel bedre kontroll, hvis man driver med flere hobbier, og har en variert omgangskrets, vil jeg tippe på.

    Enn om man bare er medlem i en subkultur, mener jeg.

    Det er ikke noe jeg synes er ønskelig, ihvertfall.

    For da kan jo man vel antagelig lett havne under kontroll, av en eller annen slags ledertype, i en slik subkultur, ville jeg vel ihvertfall tippe på.

    Så subkulturer, det skyr jeg litt, må jeg innrømme.

    Men, ‘smaken er jo som baken, (delt)’, som det heter.

    Så man må jo få lov å like litt sær musikk, for eksempel, og, hvis man synes at en spesiell type musikk er fin.

    Eller er nysgjerrig, og ønsker å høre på mange typer musikk.

    Det behøver ikke bety, at man må ta hele ‘subkultur-pakka’, mener jeg.

    Norge er jo et fritt land, for å si det sånn.

    Men det finnes kanskje en del forvirring, i det norske samfunnet, om slikt, i vår moderne tid.

    Hva vet jeg.

    Bare noe jeg tenkte på.

    Men vi får se hva som skjer.

    Vi får se.

  • Jeg sendte en ny e-post angående det vikingskipet jeg har funnet her i England







    Gmail – Vikingskip i England/Fwd: Råd om å grave opp vikingskip i England/Fwd: Råd i forbindelse med utgravingen av et antagelig norsk vikingskip, (langskip), på the Wirral, i England/Fwd: Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for probl







    Gmail



    Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>




    Vikingskip i England/Fwd: Råd om å grave opp vikingskip i England/Fwd: Råd i forbindelse med utgravingen av et antagelig norsk vikingskip, (langskip), på the Wirral, i England/Fwd: Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for probl





    Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>





    Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 5:21 AM





    To:

    museum@vikingeskibsmuseet.dk



    Hei,

    jeg lurer på om jeg har funnet riktig e-post adresse nå.
    Jeg har funnet et vikingeskip, under en pub, i England, (the Railway Inn, i Meols, på the Wirral).
    Vikingskipmuseet i Norge, ville ikke hjelpe.

    Jeg har snakket med de som jobber på puben og jeg var på Viking konferansen, i Chester, i fjor, og tok opp dette, i en 'spørretime', med ekspertene fra Liverpool National Museum, osv.
    Dette er klinkebygget skip, på 10-15 meter, var det vel.

    Altså omtrent som de skipene dere har funnet i Roskilde, (vil jeg tippe på).
    Engelskmennene tror at skipet vil råtne, når de graver det opp, så de lar det bare ligge under leira.
    Men jeg tenkte at sånne vikingeskip, de er jo sjeldne.

    Dette er vel antagelig det eneste, klinkebygde skipet, som er i Storbritannia(?)
    Det er vel ellers bare i Norden at man har funnet vikingeskip?
    Dette kan være etter Ingemund, som var fra Dublin, men ble kastet ut av irene, og dro til the Wirral.

    En norsk-irsk vikingehøvding, med andre ord.
    Men jeg er kvart dansk, etter min danskfødte mormor, Ingeborg Ribsskog f. Heegaard, (og hun var etter Odin(!), blant annet, etter Løvenbalk og Plantagenet og de gamle danske konger, osv., faktisk, gjennom min tippoldemor Mary Eva Carla Fog, som var etter Løvenbalk, hvis jeg har forstått slektforskningen riktig).

    Så jeg tenkte jeg kunne høre med dere vikingene i Danmark, siden de norske vikingene ikke er så interessert.
    Jeg har altså startet mitt eget prosjekt, og trenger ekspertise, råd og penger.

    Jeg har lovt de som jobbet på den puben nemlig, at jeg skulle skrive om dette skipet, i Skandinavia.

    Så jeg strever fælt med å prøve å få noen til å hjelpe.

    På forhånd takk for eventuell hjelp!

    Mvh.

    Erik Ribsskog

    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>

    Date: 2011/1/3
    Subject: Fwd: Råd om å grave opp vikingskip i England/Fwd: Råd i forbindelse med utgravingen av et antagelig norsk vikingskip, (langskip), på the Wirral, i England/Fwd: Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link,

    To: roskildemuseum@roskilde.dk

    Hei,

    hvordan er det i Danmark, har dere noen mulighet til å gi meg råd om dette?
    Hverken Kulturhistorisk Museum, Norsk Sjøfartsmuseum, eller andre, har muligheten.


    Jeg er kvart dansk, etter min mormor Ingeborg Ribsskog f. Heegaard, som var etter Løvenbalk, (og dermed også etter f.eks. Gange-Rolf og Odin), etter sin mormor Mary Eva Carla Fog.
    På forhånd takk for eventuell hjelp!

    Mvh.

    Erik Ribsskog

    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Atle Thowsen <Atle.Thowsen@bsj.uib.no>

    Date: 2011/1/3
    Subject: RE: Råd om å grave opp vikingskip i England/Fwd: Råd i forbindelse med utgravingen av et antagelig norsk vikingskip, (langskip), på the Wirral, i England/Fwd: Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now

    To: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>, "bergens.sjofartsmuseum@bsj.uib.no" <bergens.sjofartsmuseum@bsj.uib.no>

    We here at the Bergen Maritime Museum have neither the

    resources nor the competence to assist you in this matter.

    Med vennlig hilsen
    Stiftelsen Bergens Sjøfartsmuseum
    Atle

    Thowsen
    direktør
    mobil: 9511 8556
    telefon: 55 54 96 00
    hjemmeside:

    www.bsj.uib.no


    From: Erik Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]

    Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 9:30 PM
    To:

    bergens.sjofartsmuseum@bsj.uib.no
    Subject: Råd om å grave opp

    vikingskip i England/Fwd: Råd i forbindelse med utgravingen av et antagelig

    norsk vikingskip, (langskip), på the Wirral, i England/Fwd: Anmeldelse av

    trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now

    Hei,

    har dere noe råd om å grave opp vikingskip, i England, i Bergen, for jeg

    fikk råd om at jeg kunne høre med diverse sjøfartsmuseer osv., om det her, på

    internett.

    Jeg fant et vikingskip, som er klinkebygget, og er et langskip, under

    parkeringsplassen, til en pub, på the Wirral.

    Da en lokal 'innfødt' tipset meg om dette skipet.

    Jeg lovet de som jobbet på puben, at jeg skulle prøve å ta opp det her, på

    min blogg osv., i Norge.

    Tar gjerne imot tips om konserveringen av skipet, for britene tror at

    skipet vil råtne straks det blir gravd opp, og noen svensker har rådet de til å

    la skipet bli under leira.

    Så det trengs noen norske rådgivere, siden dette nok er snakk om et norsk

    vikingeskip, siden det er i den delen av the Wirral hvor den norsk-irske

    vikinghøvdingen Ingemund, dro til, etter å ha blitt jaget av irene fra Dublin

    osv.

    På forhånd takk for eventuell hjelp!

    Mvh.

    Erik Ribsskog

    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>

    Date:

    Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 11:33 AM
    Subject: Råd i forbindelse med utgravingen av

    et antagelig norsk vikingskip, (langskip), på the Wirral, i England/Fwd:

    Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with

    Amazon link, now resolved
    To: kundeservice@niku.no

    Hei,

    jeg har startet arbeidet med å prøve å få hjelp til å grave opp et

    vikingskip, som jeg har blitt gjort oppmerksom på, her i England.

    Jeg gikk for å se på vikinghavnen i Meols, og da sa en brite, som jogga

    forbi, at under puben the Railway Inn, så lå det et viking langskip.

    The Wirral var et gammelt, norsk vikingland, (omtrent som Isle of Man), så

    dette er nok snakk om norske vikinger.

    Skipet er klinkebygget, fant man ut, da man tilfeldigvis fant

    skipet.

    Det ligger under leire, og er godt bevart.

    Skipet er vel unikt i Storbritannia, hvor man ikke har

    vikingskipmuseum, såvidt meg bekjent.

    Engelske forskere, som en professor, ved National Museums Liverpool, som

    holdt foredrag på en vikingkonferanse, som jeg var på, i Chester, for noen uker

    sider, sier at skipet vil råtne, med en gang det blir gravet opp.

    Stemmer dette, lurer jeg.

    Det finnes jo vikingskip i museer i Norge og i andre land i Norden, så

    det høres rart ut, å si at skipet bare vil råtne, synes jeg.

    Hvordan løses dette i Norge?

    Hva bruker man på treverket, for at det ikke skal råtne, når man graver

    opp vikingskip?

    Mvh.

    Erik Ribsskog

    PS.

    Jeg prøver også å finne organisasjoner i Norge, som kan hjelpe til, med

    midler/personell til utgravingen, for man mangler midler i England, (hvor de

    kanskje er mest glad i romersk arkeologi).

    PS 2.

    Jeg håper dere kan hjelpe, for de neste på lista til Riksantikvaren, er

    Roskilde i Danmark, og det her er snakk om norske vikinger, så det blir litt

    dumt å kontakte Danmark.

    PS 3.

    Her er Riksantikvarens e-post om dette:

    From: Haustveit, Gunvor <gunvor.haustveit@ra.no>

    Date:

    2010/10/18

    Subject: Svar på spørsmål "hjelp med å grave opp vikingskip i

    England"

    To: eribsskog@gmail.com

    Hei og takk

    for
    e-post.

    Det er flere

    kompetansesentra og forskere som er dyktige på feltet

    om

    vikingskip. Anbefaler først og fremst: Kulturhistorisk museum

    med
    Vikingskipshuset, dernest Norsk Maritimt Museum og Norsk Institutt

    for
    kulturminneforskning. I Danmark er det kompetanse ved Roskilde

    museum.

    Lykke til!

    Helsing
    Gunvor Haustveit
    Informasjonsseksjonen
    Riksantikvaren
    Postboks 8196

    Dep
    0034 Oslo

    Tlf: + 47 98 20 27 60

    www.riksantikvaren.no

    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Frode Kvalø <Frode.Kvalo@marmuseum.no>

    Date: Mon, Dec 13, 2010

    at 8:56 AM
    Subject: RE: Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book –

    Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now resolved
    To: Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>
    Cc: Per Gisle Galåen <Per.Gisle.Galaen@marmuseum.no>, "emb.london@mfa.no" <emb.london@mfa.no>, "gunvor.haustveit@ra.no"

    <gunvor.haustveit@ra.no>, "post.sondre.buskerud@politiet.no" <post.sondre.buskerud@politiet.no>, Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

    To

    Erik Ribsskog and associates

    I

    have involuntarily been drawn into in this unpleasant e-mail correspondence and

    I have no interested in being a part of it!

    If

    there is a ship of Nordic design dating to the Viking period in a Pub somewhere

    in England that is a fascinating story. However, I’m content that our

    British colleges have the knowledge and skills to deal with such finds.

    This

    is not something the Norwegian Maritime Museum will prioritize to get involved

    in!

    Please, do not contact me concerning this matter again!

    Frode Kvalø

    Head

    of Archaeology

    Norwegian Maritime Museum

    Fra: Stephen Harding [mailto:Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk]

    Sendt: 11. desember

    2010 09:05
    Til: Erik Ribsskog; Stephen Harding
    Kopi: Per

    Gisle Galåen; emb.london@mfa.no; gunvor.haustveit@ra.no; Frode Kvalø; post.sondre.buskerud@politiet.no

    Emne: RE:

    Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with

    Amazon link, now resolved

    Dear

    Erik,

    Ingi

    Thor Jonsson, along with Wirral and Liverpool’s cultural ambassador Mike

    McCartney has done a tremendous amount of work over the last 4 years in

    strengthening the links between Merseyside/ the North West and the Nordic

    countries through the annual Nordic Cultural Events (NICE) Festival, and the

    suggestion of you making contact was made because of the (mistaken) impression

    you may wish to contribute to these efforts. With respect to the Viking

    Conference at Chester and the splendid exhibition provided for the public to

    enjoy the regions great Viking Heritage this was all provided completely free

    of charge
    – as was the buffet – thanks to the tremendous efforts of the

    staff of the Grosvenor Museum, and all the feedback we have had – apart from

    your comment – has been very positive. As a Wirral man going back very many

    generations I am very proud of what has been achieved. The food provided

    was free and if you did not like it there were other places to buy food nearby.

    If you missed the start of the meeting and the introduction so you did not

    know who the speakers were this was not the fault of the organisers.

    Nontheless we appreciate your interest in the Vikings in our region but if you

    wish to communicate with us in future please refrain from using offensive

    language otherwise your emails will be blocked. The talks will be posted

    on the website as soon as we can,

    Best

    wishes

    Steve Harding

    From: Erik

    Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]
    Sent: 10 December 2010

    19:46
    To: Stephen Harding
    Cc: Per Gisle Galåen; emb.london@mfa.no; gunvor.haustveit@ra.no;

    frode.kvalo@marmuseum.no; post.sondre.buskerud@politiet.no
    Subject: Anmeldelse

    av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link,

    now resolved

    Hi,

    the Icelandic guy

    you said I'd get along well with is gay you b*stard.

    Now I don't wan't

    to update you anymore.

    Good luck with the

    Pakistani Samosa food on the Viking-conference.

    I think you must

    be a muslim guy mobbing me.


    Don't want

    anything more to do with you.


    Erik

    Ribsskog

    ———-

    Forwarded message ———-
    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>
    Date: Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 5:17

    PM
    Subject: Re: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link,

    now resolved
    To: Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

    Hi,

    yes, I didn't

    understand the routine, to get on the conference.


    But, I haden't

    seen the exhipition yet, Reap and Pillage, so I just went to Chester that day,

    but the train was a few minutes early, so I got there a bit

    late.

    And then I spoke with the people working there,

    at the museum, who got me in there, after the first break.

    I understood it

    like that one only had to register at the museum, from your

    website.


    But now I

    understand, that I should have ordered a ticket.


    This wasn't

    clear to me, from reading your website.

    But, this is just

    a hobby for me, with the viking-stuff on the Wirral, so I read about it like I

    would have read an online newspaper etc.


    But next time

    I'll make sure to contact the hosts before I go to a conference like

    that.


    Sorry about

    that misunderstanding again!

    It sounds very

    fine about the video of the conference.


    I'll update

    you if I hear more from the Norwegian Maritime Museum, about the Vikingship,

    under the pub, Railway Inn, in Meols.

    Thanks again for

    arranging the fine viking conference!

    Best

    regards,


    Erik Ribsskog

    On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Stephen

    Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

    Thanks Erik. We are waiting to receive the video material (and

    permissions) on the conference and hopefully you should be able to

    catch up on the Introduction and the other talks you missed at the start.

    This will also be of benefit to others, particularly the many people

    who wanted to attend but were unable to get tickets.

    Paa gjensyn,

    Steve




    From: Erik

    Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]

    Sent: 10

    December 2010 14:16
    To: Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk
    Subject: Fwd:

    Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now

    resolved

    Hi,

    that is, I don't

    want to have this as a life-style, with football-games at the Wirral and be

    mate with the Icelandic guy from the Scandinavian Church,

    etc.


    I only care

    about the viking-stuff on the Wirral etc.


    Because I

    have a lot of different interests, like blog, genealogy, web-design, etc.,

    etc.


    So I haven't

    got that much spare-time.


    So this

    isn't about the community-stuff, this is just about the vikingship and the

    conference.


    Hope you

    include the questions from the audience, (from me and others), in the summary,

    since I brought up about the vikingship in Meols etc.


    Hope this is

    alright, don't mean to be to direct/inpolite.


    Best

    regards,


    Erik Ribsskog

    PS.


    Maybe I'll

    go on a movie, or something, part of the Nordic festival, but I haven't got

    the time to go there all the time, unfortunately.

    I thought about

    going on Max Manus, (the Norwegian was-movie), in the Scandinavian chruch last

    year.


    And I asked

    a young Swedish woman, Amanda, who works at Netto, Weaverthree, if she had

    been at the Scandinavian Church, but she hadn't.

    Also, I have an

    employment-case, against Bertelsmann Arvato Microsoft Scandinavian Product

    Activation:

    Perhaps you know

    someone at the University of Nottingham, who could help me with this case, as

    a pro-bono-case, because this case involved/involves many Scandinavians living

    in Liverpool.

    (My alumumni, at

    University of Sunderland, haven't replied).

    Also, some of

    the employees there, had a lot to do with the Scandinavian Church, (and are

    included in the case), an Irish/Swede called Michael O'Shaughnessy etc., so

    I'm a bit vary about the Scandinavian Church, to be frank.


    So I think

    I'll only keep this at the level it's been at, that I only go to the odd

    trip/event at my own choice..


    Hope this is

    alright!

    ———-

    Forwarded message ———-
    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>
    Date: Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 1:53

    PM
    Subject: Re: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link,

    now resolved
    To: Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

    Hi,

    ok, perhaps I'll

    do that!

    Thank you very

    much for your help!

    I'll update you

    as soon as possible, if I hear something more from the Vikingship-experts in

    Norway.


    Thank you

    very much again for your reply!

    Best

    regards,


    Erik Ribsskog

    On Fri, Dec 10,

    2010 at 10:22 AM, Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

    Thanks Erik

    We'll put a summary up soon on http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve and may be able to

    include some videos of the talks – including the Intro – once we

    have permission from the speakers. If you like I can also put

    you in touch with Ingi Thor Jonsson – like yourself a resident

    Livepudlian – who runs the annual NICE (Nordic Cultural Events) Festival,

    I think you and Ingi would get on very well. There will eventually be a

    book based on the Conference but that won't be for some

    months,

    Ha det bra

    Steve

    Vikings: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve




    From: Erik

    Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]
    Sent: 07 December 2010

    14:53
    To: Stephen Harding
    Subject: Re: Viking DNA book –

    Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now resolved

    Hi,

    thank you very

    much for you e-mail!


    I've now

    sent about the Vikingship in Meols, to the Norwegian Maritime Museum, at

    Bygdøy, in Oslo.


    They are

    also experts on vikingships, and the conserving of these, like Cultural

    Historical Musum, in Oslo are.

    I'll update

    you more, if and when I hear back from them.


    Has anyone

    written a summary from the viking-conference, which I could write about on

    my blog, since I have a travel-blog etc., where I write about my short

    travels from Liverpool to different Norwegian Viking places in the

    Wirral.


    Thanks in

    advance for any help!


    Yours

    sincerely,


    Erik Ribsskog

    On Tue, Dec 7,

    2010 at 2:23 PM, Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

    Dear all,

    Firstly apologies for the

    bulk nature of this email again and secondly apologies to those who have had

    difficulty accessing the book (with its marvellous foreword by Michael Wood)

    through amazon.co.uk.:

    Although because of the

    demand (many thanks!) the site says "Out of Stock" if you click on the "2

    new" you should be able to order the book immediately and in time for

    Christmas. Thirdly apologies if you have no interest in the

    Vikings!

    All best

    wishes

    Steve, Turi and

    Mark




    From: Harding Stephen

    Sent: 02 December 2010

    14:41
    To: undisclosed recipients
    Subject: Viking DNA

    book

    Dear Colleagues (including many of you who took part in the

    genetic survey of northwest England, 2002-2007, or the Nordic Festival in

    2008)

    Apologies if you get this message more than once! We are

    writing to bring to your attention a publication we have just

    produced. It focuses on the first part of a genetic survey of

    northern England – the Wirral and West Lancashire project in the

    northwest – and explains the basis behind the DNA method to probe

    ancestry, the use of surnames to help to localize volunteers to specific

    regions of the country, and how genetic methods are being used in

    conjunction with historical, archaeological and linguistic evidence to learn

    about Viking ancestry. It also gives some examples from

    individual results and from comparing populations of people to help show

    what these new technologies can achieve.

    Publication of the book has been supported by one of the UK

    Research Councils who have been supporting the study (the Biotechnology and

    Biological Sciences Research Council) – and Nottingham University Press in

    conjunction with Countyvise Limited have very kindly produced this for us

    and indeed done a splendid job. We would like to stress that we

    as authors are not taking any Royalties or profit!

    The book is introduced with

    a brilliant foreword by famous UK/BBC historian/broadcaster Michael

    Wood
    after which we set out to show as clearly as we can, with the

    help of full colour illustrations – what DNA is and how DNA methods can be

    used to probe both individual and population ancestry. For probing

    Viking ancestry it shows the importance of using DNA in conjunction with

    historical, linguistic, place name and archaeological evidence – again with

    the help of many colour illustrations, and explains how DNA can be used to

    probe paternal ancestry and maternal ancestry either for individuals or for

    populations of people, explaining also some of the sometimes complicated

    jargon that scientists use.

    A major problem in studying

    population ancestry is the large population movements that have occurred

    since the Industrial Revolution. However there is a strong link

    between surnames and paternal DNA ancestry and the book explains how

    information such as Henry VIII’s tax rolls, , and even criminal records

    (including someone accused of killing a dog in 1348 …. found not guilty!)

    can be used to help establish the volunteer base for specific regions of

    northern England. Using these methods significant Scandinavian

    ancestry (up to 50% of the mixture of DNA from the old populations) has been

    shown for Wirral and West Lancashire. One youngster from Wirral

    was so impressed with the results for her father she wrote a School

    project “My Viking Dad and his Viking Dog”! The book finishes with a look

    towards the current testing of other regions of Northern England and the

    research currently being undertaken with colleagues in Norway to study the

    genetic profile of Scandinavia in the Viking Age.

    This broadcast on BBC Radio

    4 gives some more information about the survey: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/making_history/making_history_20080520.shtml (after

    the first minute or so)

    So we think it will be a useful read for anyone interested in DNA

    ancestry and, after seeing what we have done in the North West, give people

    from other regions an idea of how their own past could be

    researched. The book is 150 pages long and extensively

    illustrated in colour.. The book has just

    become available in all good bookshops in the north West or from

    Amazon.co.uk *and would make an excellent Christmas

    present.

    Steve Harding, Mark Jobling and Turi King





    Stephen Harding

    DSc(Oxon)

    Professor of Applied

    Biochemistry

    NCMH

    Laboratory,

    University of

    Nottingham

    Sutton

    Bonington

    LE12 5RD, UK

    http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve

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    Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 3:49 PM





    To:

    Rickie.Woods@reed.co.uk


    Cc:

    Contact-Us@jobcentreplus.gsi.gov.uk



    Hi,

    ok, thank you very much for your e-mail.
    I recommended Reed to a Norwegian IT-expert in Ireland, who possibly is moving to Liverpool, and have read on my blog, since I sometimes write about jobseeking-there, who asked me to recomend and employment-agency, in Liverpool.

    (Is there by the way a specialist employment-agency for IT-jobs in Liverpool, if it's ok to ask.
    I wonder a bit about this myself as well, since I haven't had my IT-degree that long, and have mostly tried to prioritise getting my CV and applications better, etc).

    I let the Jobcentre determine if I need help with the applications, (like you mention that Reed have a 6 week support-course to do help with appliactions).
    I got through the screening-process, for an IT-job in Chester now, after going to the Reed-course, with my application, so I think it was a good course.

    Thank you very much again for the help.

    I send a copy of this e-mail to the Jobcentre, since I've started updating them.
    Best regards,

    Erik Ribsskog

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    Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>





    Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 5:17 PM





    To:

    Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>



    Hi,

    yes, I didn't understand the routine, to get on the conference.
    But, I haden't seen the exhipition yet, Reap and Pillage, so I just went to Chester that day, but the train was a few minutes early, so I got there a bit late.

    And then I spoke with the people working there, at the museum, who got me in there, after the first break.

    I understood it like that one only had to register at the museum, from your website.

    But now I understand, that I should have ordered a ticket.
    This wasn't clear to me, from reading your website.
    But, this is just a hobby for me, with the viking-stuff on the Wirral, so I read about it like I would have read an online newspaper etc.

    But next time I'll make sure to contact the hosts before I go to a conference like that.
    Sorry about that misunderstanding again!
    It sounds very fine about the video of the conference.

    I'll update you if I hear more from the Norwegian Maritime Museum, about the Vikingship, under the pub, Railway Inn, in Meols.
    Thanks again for arranging the fine viking conference!

    Best regards,
    Erik Ribsskog

    On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

    Thanks Erik. We are waiting to receive the video material (and

    permissions) on the conference and hopefully you should be able to

    catch up on the Introduction and the other talks you missed at the start.

    This will also be of benefit to others, particularly the many people

    who wanted to attend but were unable to get tickets.

    Paa gjensyn,

    Steve


    From: Erik Ribsskog

    [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]

    Sent: 10 December 2010

    14:16
    To: Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk
    Subject: Fwd:

    Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now

    resolved

    Hi,

    that is, I don't want to have this as a life-style, with football-games

    at the Wirral and be mate with the Icelandic guy from the Scandinavian Church,

    etc.

    I only care about the viking-stuff on the Wirral etc.

    Because I have a lot of different interests, like blog, genealogy,

    web-design, etc., etc.

    So I haven't got that much spare-time.

    So this isn't about the community-stuff, this is just about the

    vikingship and the conference.

    Hope you include the questions from the audience, (from me and

    others), in the summary, since I brought up about the vikingship in Meols

    etc.

    Hope this is alright, don't mean to be to direct/inpolite.

    Best regards,

    Erik Ribsskog

    PS.

    Maybe I'll go on a movie, or something, part of the Nordic festival,

    but I haven't got the time to go there all the time, unfortunately.

    I thought about going on Max Manus, (the Norwegian was-movie), in the

    Scandinavian chruch last year.

    And I asked a young Swedish woman, Amanda, who works at Netto,

    Weaverthree, if she had been at the Scandinavian Church, but she hadn't.

    Also, I have an employment-case, against Bertelsmann Arvato Microsoft

    Scandinavian Product Activation:

    Perhaps

    you know someone at the University of Nottingham, who could help me with this

    case, as a pro-bono-case, because this case involved/involves many

    Scandinavians living in Liverpool.

    (My alumumni, at University of Sunderland, haven't replied).

    Also, some of the employees there, had a lot to do with the Scandinavian

    Church, (and are included in the case), an Irish/Swede called Michael

    O'Shaughnessy etc., so I'm a bit vary about the Scandinavian Church, to be

    frank.

    So I think I'll only keep this at the level it's been at, that I only

    go to the odd trip/event at my own choice.

    Hope this is alright!

    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>

    Date:

    Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 1:53 PM
    Subject: Re: Viking DNA book – Apologies for

    problems with Amazon link, now resolved
    To: Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

    Hi,

    ok, perhaps I'll do that!

    Thank you very much for your help!

    I'll update you as soon as possible, if I hear something more from the

    Vikingship-experts in Norway.

    Thank you very much again for your reply!

    Best regards,

    Erik Ribsskog

    On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

    Thanks

    Erik

    We'll put a summary up

    soon on http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve and may be able to

    include some videos of the talks – including the Intro – once we

    have permission from the speakers.
    If you like I can also put you in touch with Ingi

    Thor Jonsson – like yourself a resident Livepudlian – who runs the

    annual NICE (Nordic Cultural Events) Festival, I think you and Ingi

    would get on very well. There will eventually be a book based

    on the Conference but that won't be for some

    months,

    Ha det

    bra

    Steve


    Vikings: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve



    From: Erik Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]

    Sent: 07 December 2010 14:53
    To: Stephen

    Harding
    Subject: Re: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with

    Amazon link, now resolved

    Hi,

    thank you very much for you e-mail!

    I've now sent about the Vikingship in Meols, to the Norwegian

    Maritime Museum, at Bygdøy, in Oslo.

    They are also experts on vikingships, and the conserving of

    these, like Cultural Historical Musum, in Oslo are.

    I'll update you more, if and when I hear back from them.

    Has anyone written a summary from the viking-conference, which I

    could write about on my blog, since I have a travel-blog etc., where I

    write about my short travels from Liverpool to different Norwegian Viking

    places in the Wirral.

    Thanks in advance for any help!

    Yours sincerely,

    Erik Ribsskog

    On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Stephen Harding

    <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

    Dear all,

    Firstly apologies for the bulk nature of

    this email again and secondly apologies to those who have had difficulty

    accessing the book (with its marvellous foreword by Michael Wood)

    through amazon.co.uk.:

    Although because of the demand (many

    thanks!) the site says "Out of Stock" if you click on the "2 new" you

    should be able to order the book immediately and in time for

    Christmas. Thirdly apologies if you have no interest in

    the Vikings!

    All best wishes

    Steve, Turi and Mark


    From: Harding

    Stephen
    Sent: 02 December 2010 14:41
    To: undisclosed

    recipients
    Subject: Viking DNA book


    Dear Colleagues (including many of you who took

    part in the genetic survey of northwest England, 2002-2007, or the

    Nordic Festival in 2008)

    Apologies if you get this message more than once!

    We are writing to bring to your attention a publication we have

    just produced. It focuses on the first part

    of a genetic survey of northern

    England
    – the Wirral and West Lancashire project

    in the northwest – and explains the

    basis behind the DNA method to probe ancestry, the use of

    surnames to help to localize volunteers to specific regions of the

    country, and how genetic methods are being used in conjunction with

    historical, archaeological and linguistic evidence to learn about Viking

    ancestry. It also gives some examples from

    individual results and from comparing populations of people to help show

    what these new technologies can achieve.

    Publication of the book has been supported by one of the UK

    Research Councils who have been supporting the study (the Biotechnology

    and Biological Sciences Research Council) – and Nottingham University

    Press in conjunction with Countyvise Limited have very kindly produced

    this for us and indeed done a splendid job. We

    would like to stress that we as authors are not taking any Royalties or

    profit!

    The book is introduced with a

    brilliant foreword by famous UK/BBC historian/broadcaster

    Michael Wood after which we set out to show as clearly as

    we can, with the help of full colour illustrations – what DNA is and how

    DNA methods can be used to probe both individual and population

    ancestry. For probing Viking ancestry it shows the

    importance of using DNA in conjunction with historical, linguistic,

    place name and archaeological evidence – again with the help of

    many colour illustrations
    , and explains how DNA can be used to

    probe paternal ancestry and maternal ancestry either for individuals or

    for populations of people, explaining also some of the sometimes

    complicated jargon that scientists use.

    A major problem in studying

    population ancestry is the large population movements that have occurred

    since the Industrial Revolution. However there is a

    strong link between surnames and paternal DNA ancestry and the book

    explains how information such as Henry VIII’s tax rolls, , and even

    criminal records (including someone accused of killing a dog in 1348 ….

    found not guilty!) can be used to help establish the volunteer base for

    specific regions of northern England. Using these

    methods significant Scandinavian ancestry (up to 50% of the mixture of

    DNA from the old populations) has been shown for Wirral and West

    Lancashire. One youngster from Wirral was so

    impressed with the results for her father she wrote a

    School project “My Viking Dad and his Viking Dog”! The book finishes

    with a look towards the current testing of other regions of Northern

    England and the research currently being undertaken with

    colleagues in Norway to study the genetic profile of Scandinavia in

    the Viking Age.

    This broadcast on BBC

    Radio 4 gives some more information about the survey: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/making_history/making_history_20080520.shtml (after

    the first minute or so)

    So we think it will be a useful read for anyone interested

    in DNA ancestry and, after seeing what we have done in the North West,

    give people from other regions an idea of how their own past could be

    researched. The book is 150 pages long and

    extensively illustrated in colour. The

    book has just become available in all good

    bookshops in the north West or from
    Amazon.co.uk *and would make an excellent Christmas

    present.

    Steve Harding, Mark Jobling and Turi King





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  • Jeg sendte en ny e-post angående viking-kongressen i Chester







    Gmail – Viking-congress in Chester/Fwd: St. Olave's Church in Chester







    Gmail



    Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>




    Viking-congress in Chester/Fwd: St. Olave’s Church in Chester





    Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>





    Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 4:56 AM





    To:

    Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk



    Hi again,

    I think you would also get a lot of tourists, from Scandinavia, to the Wirral, if you dig up the Viking-ship, and put it in a Viking Museum there, together with a lot of other VIking-stuff.

    I think the congress wasn't fine, I think it was more like a Pakistani Viking-congress than a Norse Viking-congress really, when I think about it.
    Which traditions have this congress?

    Is it a 'one of'?
    I see on the internet, that there already is an international Viking-congress, which is being arranged every fourth year, in Northern Europe.
    Sorry that I send many e-mails!

    Best regards,

    Erik Ribsskog

    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>

    Date: Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 4:10 AM
    Subject: Re: Viking-congress in Chester/Fwd: St. Olave's Church in Chester
    To: Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

    Hi,

    I wasn't aware of that there were boats in clay in Scandinavia.
    But, like I wrote in the earlier e-mail, in Scandinavia, we have a lot of ships in museums from before.

    And they had made 46 trenches in Irby, and none in Meols, even if Meols is more Norse/Viking, Irby means town of the Irishmen.
    So I question the priorities here, and as I wrote, and updated the congress about, I have contacted the University of Oslo, about this.

    So I was mostly summarising, what I said on the congress.
    Further, to my complaint.
    I think what happened after lunch, distroyed the congress.
    The chair from University of Chester was ill, and a new chair, from Nottingham, was a reserve.

    I remember it like you only mentioned his firstname, briefly before the congress started again, after lunch.
    And his field wasn't mentioned I think.
    I understood this to be a national Viking congress, and not a Nottingham one.

    So noone knew who this guy was or what his field was, (the new chair).
    He was a reserve, and should have toned himself down, I think, due to this, and due to that his name and field wasn't mentioned in the agenda.

    So I think this distroyed the congress a bit, I'm sorry to say, because the new chair went directly in, with facts, or 'facts', from Scandinavia, all the time.
    Without saying e.g. that the ship was in Gothenburg, he just said 'Scandinavia'.

    And with 't' becomming 'd', like the young chair said was usual in Scandinavia.
    I think that is in Germany, that 't' becomes 'd', like in 'Donerstag' instead of 'Thursday'.

    So my experience of the congress was distroyed by this new chair, I have to admit, so I wanted to complain about the congress.
    I also think it's strange that all this Viking-stuff on the Wirral should be run from Nottingham.

    I think one should have a centre in the Wirral or Chester or Isle of Man, to do with the Norwegian Vikings.

    Because the Norwegian Vikings weren't in Nottingham I think.

    I think a local university, which is located geografically, in what was Norwegian Viking-territory, in the UK, should 'run the show' on this.

    I think Nottingham was south of were the Norwegian Vikings lived, in the UK.
    I think the Wirral was obviously a Norwegian Viking-land.
    Why don't the Wirral run the show on this?

    Why is the Wirral Viking-stuff run from Nottingham, (and Chester).
    Maybe Chester would be logical, but was has Nottingham to do with Norweigan Vikings in the Wirral?
    This sounds strange to me.

    Also, I think one should have a specialist in Viking-archology, digging up the Viking-stuff on the Wirral, because the professor from National Museum Liverpool, in a specialist in Roman and 'later' archeology.

    And he explained that he thought something was roman, and then someone else came and said that bird-figure for a weight, was viking.
    I don't think this is taken seriously enough.

    Look at the Roman arcahology, with the Circus etc, in Chester.

    You say it isn't proven the Viking-ship in Meols is Viking.
    But it is 'klinke'-buildt, which means it's Norse.
    So I think you try to make this unclear, the ships origin, it definately Viking/Norse, and not anything else.

    So I question really the whole congress and you at Nottinghams motivation.

    I understand that University of Oslo or University of Trondheim didn't send any people, it's probably because they didn't feel welcome.

    Sorry that I think I have to write this direct to put it strange.
    But there wasn't much viking about that congress I think.
    Then it should have been served beer/ale and not wine.

    And 'speke'-food, and not Pakistani samosa-food.
    This was not a Norse Viking-congress I think.
    Sorry to say!
    Best regards,

    Erik Ribsskog

    On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 9:09 PM, Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

    Thanks Erik, yes we thoroughly enjoyed the congress, everyone seemed so enthusiastic … and it was great having a Norwegian at the conference. The books on sale were Vikings in the Irish Sea (Dr. David Griffiths), Irby (Dr. Rob Philpott) and Viking DNA (by Turi King, Mark Jobling and myself).

    Thanks for modern dynge = heap, but I will check with Dr. Paul Cavill to see if this can help. Dingesmere: there are some links to this and Brunanburh on my own Viking page http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve

    Boat: yes we’d all love to get this out, but as Dr. Philpott said it would cost 8-10Million to achieve, but the boat is perfectly safe in the blue clay until that time comes.. which may not be for a long time. We don’t know its Viking, all we know its very old! There are I think boats in blue clay in Scandinavia – one in Karmoy and one near Gothenburg which have been left for the foreseeable future. If there are any developments with Wirral we’ll be sure to let you know,

    Hope this helps!

    Beste hilsener

    Steve Harding

    From: Erik Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]

    Sent: 21 November 2010 07:24

    Subject: Viking-congress in Chester/Fwd: St. Olave's Church in Chester

    Hi,


    thanks for arranging the Viking-congress, which I thought was a very fun idea!

    I was just wondering, who was the chair, after lunch again, (the young man in his 30's with a beard on his chin or under his mouth, or what it's called).

    Because I thought he was a bit 'on' me.

    The one who replaced the professor from Chester who was ill.


    I've also sendt to the professer from National Museums Liverpool and cultural historical museum Oslo University again, about possible founding or expertice from Norway, for the vikingship in Meols, which I brought up about, yesterday, on the congress, after the professor from National Museums Liverpool spoke about the archeolology in Irby.

    Also, I tried to explain about my contributing regardin the subject of Dingesmere, to do with the big battle between the Vikings and the English, on the Wirral.

    In Norwegian, 'dynge' means 'heap'.

    And I thought that could be relevant, since Norwegian and English once were the same language.

    The young chair was an expert on Scandinavia, (which I'm not I'm just a normal Norwegian, but I've worked on a viking-farm in Norway, actually, Løvås farm in Kvelde, (where someone tried to murder me, i 2005, so I went to Liverpool, and the police wont investigate).

    The young chair said that in Scandinavia 't' often became 'd'.

    (This I don't know myself from being Norwegian, even if I one term at high-school got the best grade, 'S', in Norwegian).


    The young chair also said that vikingships in Norway weren't always dug up.

    But, in Norway, we have many vikingship, in several musums, (like in Denmark etc).

    But in the Wirral/North-England, you haven't got a single vikingship which had been dug up.

    So if it's right that we have ships like that, under clay, in Norway, then at least we have some vikingships which we have put in the museum first.

    E.g. the Vikingship Museum in Bygdøy, in Oslo.


    Also, I thought I had to 'argue' with two people at the same time, when I spoke.

    Because the young chair, interrupted, my dialog with the two professors, I thought a bit.

    So that's why I left before the book-launch, because I was a bit disapointed in the young chairs behavour.

    So I was just a bit currious, who the young chair was again.

    Because his name wasn't mentioned on the agenda, since the initial chair, after lunch, the professor from University of Chester, was ill, if I understood you right, when you briefly spoke, after lunch, yesterday.

    Thank you very much in advance for any reply!

    And thanks again for holding the Viking-congress, which was very fun, and the Viking-exhibition, at the Grosvenor Museum, in Chester, was also very fine I think!

    Yours sincerely,

    Erik Ribsskog


    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Steve Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>
    Date: Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 9:31 AM
    Subject: RE: St. Olave's Church in Chester

    To: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>

    Dear Erik


    Many thanks for your email. I will write a more detailed reply later but I thought I'd better point out that the present St. Olave's building is of course not the original but is probably on the site of an original building which may have been wooden – we don't know. It is in the southern part the city which we believe to be the Scandinavian part of Chester in the 10th Century (and includes the discovery site of a viking treasure hoard at Castle Esplanade and some timber constructions similar to those in Dublin). The main area of Norse settlement in the area was in Wirral where there is extensive place name, archaeological and historical evidence, including 2 hogback tombstones.

    If you get a chance have a look at my website

    http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve

    and its links, but I will write back to you more when I have some more time,

    Beste sommerhilsener


    Steve Harding

    http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve

    steve.harding@nottingham.ac.uk
    Tel: +44(0) 115 951 6148 (fax 6142)
    Mob: +44(0) 78110 90635



    From: Erik Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]

    Sent: 19 July 2009 19:25
    To: Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk
    Subject: St. Olave's Church in Chester

    Hi,

    I'm from Norway, but I live in Liverpool, and the other day, I was in Chester, and I coinsidentily

    stubled upon, the St. Olave's Church, since I thought I had to see a bit of the other towns and


    cities, in the North-West, and not only Liverpool.

    I took some pictures of the church, and posted on my blog.

    From the 'sign' there, it could seem like the church was from the 18th century, so much was


    my surprice, when I searched on the internet, and found, that the chuch was almost a thousand

    years old, built by Norwegian Vikings who were refugees from Dublin, since they lost control there,

    it seems to me, after reading on the internet about this.


    I read on a blog called 'Ainscough Family History', which I found throug Google, about the 'Viking

    march', between the Wirral and Chester.

    So I wrote a comment on that blog, with questions about the St. Olave's Church, and was adviced

    to contact you.

    I was just wondering if the church is listed, since I don't think we have that old viking stone-

    buildings in Norway.

    We have 'stav'-churches, in three, but I don't think we have any stone-buildings, that are this old.

    So, I was just curious about this.

    I also wondered if there had been conflicts between the St. Olave's Parish and the St. Michaels

    Parish, since on one building, 'Nine Houses', the borded between the parishes, was written on

    the buildings facade.

    And, I was also wondering, why it isn't a plaque there, explaining about, that the church is almost

    a thousand years old, built by Vikings from Ireland, because the plaque that's there now, makes


    it almost seem, that the building was built much later, or, it only least the year the church was

    conserved, in the 18th century, I think it was.

    As I understand, all the part of Chester, from the main street, and down to river, used to be

    a Viking-district.

    I was wondering, on some of the half timbered houses, I saw some symbols that looked a bit

    like what we call 'firkløver', that's four-cleaver, I think, in English, could these symbols have


    been from Norway, or are they English, since I heard that these black and white half-timbered

    houses are 'Tudor-style', so I guess that the Vikings, in Chester, would have other types of

    buildings, that was there, before the Tudor-style buildings,contemporary with the St. Olave's

    Church?

    Sorry that I'm asking a lot of questions, I understand if you haven't got the time to answer any

    of these questions.

    I just coincidentaly notices this church, when I was in Chester, and thought it was fun, to see

    place-names, and buildings, named after a Norwegian king, that we learned about at school,

    in Norway.

    And at school, in Norway, we, as far as I remember, only learned about that York, or 'Jorvik',


    like the Vikings called the town or city, was a Norwegian Viking-town or city.

    But we didn't learn about, that there were viking setlements, in Cheshire and Merseyside.

    So I wasn't aware of, that there was Viking-buildings, in Chester, when I went there, so I was


    a bit surprised to see the church, and read about it on the internet, so that was very fun.

    I thought that maybe this church, could be one of the few buildings etc,. that remained,

    after the Vikings, that had to leave Ireland.

    In Norway, we learn at school, that Vikings founded Dublin etc., but we don't learn that

    they went to England, after they lost control in Ireland, so this was fun to learn.

    So sorry again that I'm asking a lot of questions, and thanks in advance, if you have the

    time to explain about any of the questions which I've ask!

    Yours sincerely,

    Erik Ribsskog

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  • Vikingferier i England?

    Det jeg tenkte på nå.

    Var at jeg skulle begynt å arrangere Viking-ferier i England.

    Siden jeg bor så nærme the Wirral osv., hvor de har funnet et vikingskip, (som rikignok ligger under en fin pub), i Meols, og de har funnet viking-langhus i Irby, og de har masse vikingstener i kirker osv.

    Og de har steder som Thorstenston, oppkalt etter en norsk viking vel.

    Dessuten har de et sted som heter Thingwall, hvor de hadde viking-ting, på en høyde vel.

    Og de har også en artig stor sandstein, som heter ‘Thors stone’, oppkalt etter den norrøne guden Thor da.

    Så kunne folk kanskje bodd i ganske landlige omgivelser, i Thorsteinston eller Meols, eller noe.

    Og det er jo også nærme byene Liverpool og Chester, som begge har mange severdigheter.

    Liverpool har jo fotball og uteliv og Beatles osv.

    Og Chester har jo artige hus med svarte og hvite trefasader.

    Og de har romerske utgravninger, av et sirkus, heter det vel.

    Og mye annet.

    Og også en kirke som er oppkalt etter Olav den Hellige, som heter St. Olave’s Church.

    Så kanskje jeg skulle vært guide, på the Wirral osv.

    Og organisere Viking-ferier osv. dit?

    Kanskje det hadde vært en god ide.

    Men vi får se hva som skjer.

    Vi får se.

    Mvh.

    Erik Ribsskog

    PS.

    Den steinen Thors stone.

    Det kan jo også være sånn, at det er navnet Thorstein, som er oppkalt etter Thors Stone.

    Og ikke omvendt.

    Og ikke sånn at Thorsteinston var oppkalt etter en med navn Thorstein.

    Men at Thorsteinston var oppkalt etter Thors Stone.

    Og at navnet Thorstein, er etter den severdigheten på the Wirral da.

    Det har jeg tenkt en gang ihvertfall, at kanskje det var sånn.

    For den steinen, Thors Stone, den er ganske fin da.

    Og ble kanskje regnet nesten som et underverk, i vikingetiden?

    Hvem vet.

    Bare noe jeg tenkte på.

    Men vi får se hva som skjer.

    Vi får se.