100 years of emigrant ships from Norway: You know the year of emigration from Norway, but not what ship - browse the Index of Norwegian departures 1825 - 1925:
Find information about what transatlantic steamship companies the different Norwegian emigration agents represented, and in what way the agent was authorized to convey the emigrants. This will often let you know details about the routes and ships they used, and narrows your search for the passenger list.
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Search by words "starting with" or full words. You can only search for agent or line separate.
Recommended reading :
Articles to start you off with your genealogy research. Tips on working with passenger lists, and doing genealogy research online. Links to other helpful articles and web sites
- Did you meet the brick wall while researching your Norwegian ancestors online? This article might give some new clues. Read about Norwegian naming practice
Property Marks in Rural Norway - Bumerker - A short article about "Bumerker", or "Property Marks". Most people will run across these property marks at some stage when doing Norwegian genealogy
Maritime inscription - registers of seamen
- An example on how to use the maritime inscription records.
Featured article of the day:
MACHINERY OF ATLANTIC STEAMSHIPS - This article is a collage of edited cutaways from contemporary sources. It focuses on the development of the machinery used in the transatlantic steamships up till about 1910.
News: Try our Beta-2 test of the new search and combined database. (It also has an option for submitting additional info!) Passenger lists and Ulvestad search
A selection of articles dedicated to help you in your genealogy search for your Norwegian ancestors. Transcripts and pictures of historic documents in connection with the ships and emigration. Also including articles about Pioneers & Norwegian Settlements Around the World.
Articles about selected ships ships and special events in their history. Descriptions of some of the great maritime disasters involving emigrant ships, like the wrecking of the steamer Atlantic of the White Star Line, sinking of the ocean liner Empress of Ireland and the Thingvalla line steamer Norge disaster. Check this section if you have an interest in shipwrecks.
This section contains articles describing the transatlantic voyage, the condition of the steerage accommodations and the experience of an ocean travel on an emigrant ship. You will find in-depth studies concerning the emigration process, statistics and facts, and information about the immigration processing centers line Castle Garden and Ellis Island.
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In 2008 the Vice President of the Norwegian Storting (Norwegian Parliament), Mr Carl I. Hagen made a visit to the Norwegian-American communities in Minneapolis and Chicago. In this regard, the Presidium of the Storting initiated a search in the parliamentary archives for historical documents sent to the Storting by Norwegian immigrants in the United States during the Dissolution of Norway's Union with Sweden in 1905. A selection of the numerous telegrams and letters of congratulation that the Norwegian people and the Storting received from the many Norwegian communities in American in that period of great historical significance to Norway was compiled on a CD presented during the Vice President's visit. The content of this CD has now been made available to the Norway Heritage Community by Arve Wiborg, personal advisor to Carl I. Hagen.
The Transatlantic Crossing on a Scandinavian America Line steamship - In progress now is a web page describing life and conditions aboard the Scandinavian America Line steamships which brought such a great number of Scandinavian emigrants across the Atlantic. If you think you can contribute please make contact.
On this day:
January 28 :
1922 - The S/S Athenia was launched by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd. at Glasgow for Anchor-Donaldson
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