CASTLE GARDEN, NEW YORK

CASTLE GARDEN, NEW YORK Castle Garden served as a reception hall and temporary home of nine million immigrants from it was opened on Aug 1, 1855 to it was closed down on April 18, 1890. From then on the Immigration Processing Centers for New York was at the Barge office and Ellis Island. This story about Castle Garden was printed in The Illustrated American", March 1, 1890.
Home The S/S Atlantic of the White Star Line, disaster in 1873 About the sinking of the S/S Atlantic and the Norwegian and Scandinavian passengers involved. This ship went down off Halifax in 1873, of the 957 passengers aboard, 545 lost their lives Those Norwegian names, tips for the "online" researcher Did you meet the brick wall while researching your Norwegian ancestors online? This article might give some new clues. PORT OF NEW YORK PASSENGER RECORDS Jo Anne has written several research articles for the Southern California Genealogical Society Journal, The Searcher. This is an updated, shorter version of her article regarding the New York Passenger Records. It originally appeared in the November/Decem Maritime inscription - registers of seamen An example on what you may find in the maritime inscription records, and some information about where to find them. Hunting Passenger Lists An article describing how, and where, to look for passenger information about Norwegian emigrants. Featuring: US Arrivals, Records of the U.S. Customs Service, (1820 - ca. 1891), Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, (1891 - 1957), Canadi THE 31 NORWEGIANS ON THE "TITANIC" When the legendary Titanic set sail from Queenstown, Ireland, her last port of call, on 11 April 1912, there were 31 passengers of Norwegian origin on board. This article tells the story of how the 31 travelled to the Titanic, and is mainly based on Chapt The collision between the Thingvalla and the Geiser - STORY OF THE SURVIVORS The Thrilling Story of the Sinking of the Gesier, The S/S Thingvalla arrives in port. From The Halifax Morning Herald Mon. 20 Aug. 1888. THE CATASTROPHE OFF SABLE ISLAND, Captain Møller's Version. —A Passenger says The Thingvalla Officers Are to Blame. —A The Collision between the Thingvalla and the Geiser, Details of the disaster The Thrilling Story of the Sinking of the Gesier, The S/S Thingvalla arrives in port. From the Halifax Morning Herald Sat. Aug 18, 1888 S/S Montebello - embarkation in Christiania Hunting Passenger Lists & Genealogy A selection of articles dedicated to help you in your search for your Norwegian ancestors. Also including articles about Pioneers & Norwegian Settlements Around the World Ships & Disasters Articles about selected ships, Transcripts and pictures of historic documents in connection with the ships and emigration. NORSEWOOD - NEW ZEALAND Kiwi Vikings and a little bit of Norway Downunder. Norsewood historical background Passenger Act 1819 An Act regulating passenger ships and vessels. (Transcription) Nice to know - Things to know about ships Ships and rigging, an explanatory article about different kind of rigs and ships, nautical terms like the "tween deck", and so on Passenger Act 1828 An Act to regulate the Carriage of Passengers in Merchants Vessels from the United Kingdom to the Continent and Islands of North America (transcript) Sources - Time line - Records to Norwegian emigrants This is a diagram which shows the most important records to Norwegian emigration. NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF CANADA –SEARCHING THE CANADIAN IMMIGRATION RECORDS (1925-1935) DATABASE Have you come across an ancestor whose life story intrigues you? Does one person in particular stand out from the crowd? Did this ancestor live in Canada, then this article will be a very good tip about where to look next. Agent's authorization This are examples of authorization papers issued for a agents representing steamship companies in Norway. They were issued by the general agent in Norway, and co-signed by the police. Emigration contracts - passenger contracts The emigration contracts made out between the emigration agents and the emigrants. The Sloopers - pioneers in Norwegian emigration On July 5 1825 the sloop Restaurasjon left from Stavanger with 52 people aboard. This is considered to be the first organized emigration party to leave from Norway. Amund O. Eidsmoe's Story of His Own Life "The Norwegian Settler's Story" - Including an account of his voyage and his history of the disaster on Lake Erie. Robert R. Eidsmoe of Rio Verde, Arizona, the grandson of Amund forwarded an extract from his story, and have granted us permission to presen Disaster on Lake Erie in 1852 Altogether 67 Norwegian emigrants lost their life when the steamboats "Ogdensburg" and "Atlantic" collided on Lake Erie in 1852. The SURVIVORS OF the S/S NORGE This transcript of an article printed in The Alexandria Post on Thursday 21 July 1904, was submitted by Debbie Dahl-Cole. Tom Solberg who is a genealogist for the Douglas County Historical Society in Minnesota furnished the article. The Great Liners How great were the liners really? - We are displaying some pictures from a Cunard Line "Comparisons" booklet issued by the company some time around 1925 Cost of passage, Norway - America A COLLECTION OF PRICE EXAMPLES The Anchor Line and Allan Line agents, 1870 newspaper campaign The cooperation between the competing companies was not always smooth. In 1870 there was quite a newspaper campaign between the agent of the Anchor Line and the Allan Line Alardus - German fever ship from Hamburg to Queensland Ian Gordon of Perth, Western Australia, has compiled a document concerning extracts from the newspapers of the day in connection to the passage of the fever ship Alardus. The voyage is known to have been one of the longest of any ship sailing from Germany The last of the S/S Missouri's boats to leave the sinking S/S Danmark Pictures from the S/S Dwinsk (ex. C. F. Tietgen) Snapshots taken by Heinrich (Henry) Ioganowitsch Arnowitz during 1917 on a convoy from Halifax to Great Britain. The Sinking of the S/S Danmark A newspaper account concerning the sinking of the S/S DANMARK. It has been transcribed and submitted by Kristin Brue. Dancing on the deck of a Thingvalla Line ship in 1887 THE SELVIG STORY This story is an account from the crossing on the Fauna in 1868. It is chapter V in the book THE SELVIG STORY. The story was submitted by Bill Selvig, who's family was on the ship in 1868. Written by Mina Olivia Selvig Johnson, the daughter of Bernt Olsen AN IMMIGRATION JOURNEY TO AMERICA IN 1854 This story about the voyage on the bark Fædres Minde from Norway in 1854, was printed in the "Norwegian-American Studies, Volume 32" which was published by the Norwegian-American Historical Association in 1989. The book this selection is drawn from is und S/S Eskimo of the Wilson Line in a Norwegian fjord Account from the 1865 voyage on the Galathea This is the diary of Johan Nilsen and wife, Pernille Nielsdatter (with children) as they traveled to America. The diary was printed in "The Nilsen Saga," written by Arnold Borshem during the last few months before his death in 1956. Permission to put t A. B. Wilse's journey on the S/S Geiser in 1888 The collision between the S/S Thingvalla and the S/S Geiser - A passenger account of the disaster Collision between the Thingvalla and the Geiser - newspaper excerpts Excerpts from an article in the NEW YORK TIMES. It is dated Friday, August 17, 1888, page 2, column 3. Transcribed and contributed by Jeanne Nelson. Chronology - Hannah Parr crossing 1868 Compiled from the three voyage accounts, the Limerick Chronicle, and St. Munchin's parish records. The Gulbran Olsen Berge account from the Hannah Parr crossing in 1868 This fragment of Gulbran Olsen Berge's diary, in an anonymous translation, is owned by Diane Hanson. Notes by Clair O. Haugen. The Iver Iversen Ruud account of 1868 Hannah Parr crossing The following letter was written to friends and family in Gausdal by Iver Iversen Ruud, who with his wife and large family was a passenger on the Hannah Parr. Ruud was 44. The Michel Rentz account of the 1868 Hannah Parr crossing From a version published in "En emigrants reise", Gausdals-minne (vol.2, 1987) Translation and notes copyrighted 2000 Clair O. Haugen. All rights reserved. Accounts in The Limerick Chronicle - The Norwegian ship, Hannah Parr 1868 The Diary of an emigrant leaving Trondheim on the ship "Juno" in 1893 This is an extract from the diary of an emigrant who departed from Trondhjemn on the S/S Juno on June 1st - 1893, and arrived to Boston on the S/S Gallia of the Cunard Line on June 17th AN EMIGRANT VOYAGE IN THE FIFTIES This account by a former sea captain was published in Norwegian under the title "Emigrantfart for 50-60 aar siden," in Nordmandsforbundet, I: 51-57 (1908), and it is printed here in translation with the permission of the editor of that periodical. In the The story of a journey from Norway to Quebec in 1861, on the ship Maple Leaf This story was written by Thor Sigurdson who traveled on the Maple Leaf from Skien to Quebec in 1861. It is a wonderful story, and it provides quite a vivid picture of the trek of many emigrants from Norway. The story is presented to us exactly as it was The Mads Knudsen Fauske account of the crossing on the Marie in 1864 The story below is part of a biography written by Mads Knudsen Fauske. The ship Marie of Bergen, mastered by Capt. Christensen, was hit by a hurricane, and lost the rig on way Bergen - Quenbec 2 accounts of the crossing on the Marie in 1864 Hazel Evans of Faribault, MN, contributed some new pieces of information about this very dramatic voyage on the Marie in 1864 PIONEER HARDSHIPS by N.J. JOHNSON About the dangers and hardships he and his family went through when coming to America on the ship Marie in 1864. Hanna Jacobson Starks' account of the voyage on the Marie in 1864 Yet another account about the crossing on the Marie in 1864, told by Hanna Jacobson Starks to her niece Sophia Jacobson Quarness. The crossing of the Maryland in 1869 This account is taken from a log kept by John Headland, and was submitted to us by Dolores Shirts Coming Over on the ship "Norden" in 1864 This story was submitted by Tyler Kanten, who's family came over on the Norden in 1864. Tyler's great, great, great grandparents came from Norway aboard the Norden and left some stories about the trip across the Atlantic. Not a very nice trip at all. Ole Dahl's personal account of his voyage on the Nordlyset to America in 1859 This is an excerpt from a letter dated May 10, 1925 and written by Ole Dahl to his brother Gustav Dahl. It was translated into English by Louise Dahl Nelson, daughter of Gustav. The excerpt was submitted by Gary Urban John O. Tansem's account of the voyage on the ship Olaf from Christiania to Quebec in 1867 This is an account of the crossing on the ship Olaf from Christiania to Quebec in 1867. It was written in John O. Tansem's diary. The story has been submitted by Wallace Tansem, the grandson of John O. Tansem The Ocean Voyage (on the bark Præciosa) in 1861 This voyage account from the crossing on the Præciosa in 1861 was submitted by Holly Batton. It was written by Orabel Thortvedt who was the cousin of Holly's grandfather. She wrote the story in 1928. The Journey from Norway to America in 1867, on the ship Refondo This account was contributed by Ann Dockwell. Ann Dockwell's grandfather and grandmother came to Quebec on the Refondo. The account was written by one of Ann's relatives who was also on the ship. It is interesting and tells about many people dying on the A journey on the S/S Tasso from Christiansund to Hull in 1880 This is the account of Ingeborg Olsdatter Øye's journey on the S/S Tasso in 1880. Parts of Ingeborg Olsdatter Øye's diary is printed in Dordi Glærum Skuggervik's book: "Utvandringshistorie fra Nordmøre" An Autobiography of an Early Settler - (voyage on the Sjofna 1853) The story of a Norwegian family traveling on the Sjofna in 1853 From Drammen to Quebec on the Sjofna in 1852. This is an excerpt from "The ANDERSON FAMILY HISTORY" Written and Compiled by Albert G. Anderson, Jr., 1949 and privately published. Submitted and prepared by Eleanor H. Erdevig Ole Løkensgård's account of the crossing on the Sjofna in 1857 Ole Lokensgard, "Pioneer Stories," The Lokensgard Family, a Collection of Reminiscences, St. Paul Minnesota, 1994. (2d Printing). Originally published under the title "Nybygger Historier," in Hallingen, a Norwegian language monthly publication by and for A JOURNEY TO AMERICA IN THE FIFTIES (on the ship Tegner) This paper first appeared in Symra, 10:120-157 (1913), under the title "En Amerika-reise for seksti aar siden." The child who figures in this story was the author's mother, Nicoline Hansen Hegg, who was born in 1844. She married the Reverend Abraham Jacob The horrifying voyage on the Valkyrien from Bergen to Quebec in 1873 The following description is based on a voyage account from 1873, written by C. K. Fjærestad. It was printed in "Nordmæmdeme i Amerika, deres historie og record", Minneapolis, Minn 1907. Translated and edited by Børge Solem in 2000. A story about the crossing on the Victoria from Drammen to Quebec in 1861 This articles was submitted by Karen Jeglum Kennedy. It is a wonderful story about the crossing on the Victoria from Drammen to Quebec in 1861. The story was told by Guri Thorsdatter Trøo Jeglum, wife of Kittel Jeglum, who lived in the town of Perry, Dane Wilson Line S/S Calypso, built 1904 The sinking of the Dominion Line steamship "Scotsman" in 1899 Eleven of the Scotsman's Passengers lost - WHILE LEAVING THE WRECKED STEAMSHIP - ALL WERE WOMEN AND CHILDREN. Vessel is a Total Loss - Particulars of the Disaster - Great Suffering Endured. A transcript from the Saint John Globe, bringing the story about A burial at sea on board the S/S Oscar II in 1911 These snapshots were taken by Peder Georg Christian Pedersen in 1911, when he sailed as an officer on the S/S Oscar II. Pedersen served on the Scandinavian America Line steamships from 1902 till 1920, and became the master of the S/S C. F. Tietgen. The pi Canadian Pacific Line office in Trondhjem A Thingvalla Line promotional pamphlet 1887 This booklet was issued by the Thingvalla Line in 1887, and gives an interesting insight in the progress of emigration. This is a promotional pamphlet which was forwarded to potential travelers and emigrants. The booklet is written in Danish and Swedish, THE ÆGIR PEOPLE This article by Erling Viksund was first published in "Vaksdal Historielags Årbok" 2004. This is the story about the pioneers who emigrated from Hordaland to Amerika on the Ægir in 1837, and the tragedy in the first settlements in Illinois. The voyage of the Sirius - 1866 These accounts from the voyage of the Sirius from Bergen to Quenbec in 1866, are reprinted with the kind permission of the Valdres Samband. They were first published in "Budstikken", December 1980, and "Budstikken" December 1981. There were were reference FREE PASSAGE TO NORTH-AMERICA - On the S/S Manchester Shipper in 1902 In 1902 several thousand people were witnesses to the departure of one of the most spectacular crowds of emigrants ever to have left the port of Kristiania. This happened when almost 500 young Norwegians boarded the S/S Manchester Shipper at Vippetangen f On deck of the Cunard Line steamship GALLIA in 1879 S/S Hellig Olav at pier in Kristiania Emigrants departing from home OUTBRAKE OF CHOLERA AND QUARANTINE AT NEW YORK HARBOR 1892 Transcriptions of two articles about the quarantine facilities and outbreak of Cholera in New York harbor 1892, originally printed in the Harpers Weekly Journal of Civilization September 17, 1892 The Sinking of the Norge This article was forst printed in the Budstikken, May 2005. The Budstikken is a publication of the Valdres Samband. The article was transcribed for this site by Jo Anne Sadler, and is reprinted here with kind permission of Valdres Samband and Dan Hovland Norwegian Traits - as seen by a traveler to Norway in 1876 This is a transcript of an article printed in Scribners Magazine 130 years ago. It is quite interesting reading, hmmm...., I wonder what has changed. I thought this article would be nice reading for Christmas. Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year! Emigrants departing for Hull NORWEGIAN RURAL CUSTOMS AND COSTUMES History and contemporary practice as seen by an Englishman at the turn of the century The S/S Norge disaster - newspaper reports This is the story of the sinking of the Norge as reported day by day in the press. The ship went down on June 28th 1904, and by July 4th the news were all over the front pages of the mayor newspapers. Jo Anne Sadler has transcribed the reports from The Ne The promenade deck - S/S United States THE TALE OF THE UMBRIA, shaft breaking in mid-Atlantic, 1892 In lat. 42 48 N., long. 57 17 W., a strong breeze was blowing from the north-west. At 5.25 p.m. the engines stopped, owing to the shaft breaking at the thrust block. The wind and sea were moderate. The repairs to the shaft lasted four days, and took place THE RECORD RACE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC The Hamburg Liner "Deutchland's" Victory, winning the blue riband from the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, when crossing the Atlantic from New York to Plymouth in 5 days 7 hours and 38 minutes S/S FREDERIK VIII - agent Lie Passengers on the 3rd class promenade deck The Sinking of the Waesland The Waesland was built in 1867, and was an old ship when she sank off the Anglesey coast of Wales after colliding in the fog with the Harmonides in 1902. There were two casualties resulting from this incident and the Waesland was also lost. Norwegian passenger act - 1869 On May 22nd, 1869 a new law was passed, concerning the conveyance of passengers to foreign parts of the world. This law was intended to protect the emigrants against trickery from the emigration agents and the companies they represented. Prior to this, co Scandinavian America Line, departure Copenhagen United States - Passenger act of 1882 This is an act regulating many aspects of the activities aboard an emigrant ship. It deals with accommodations, light and air provisions, medical attendance, discipline and cleanliness, privacy of passengers, carrying of explosives and cattle, boarding o THE CASTLE GARDEN FIRE - 1876 On Sunday afternoon, July 9, 1876, a fire destroyed the main immigration depot building within the walls of the old stone fortress. At the time of the fire there were 120 immigrants in the building. It was supposed that nearly one thousand pieces of bagga Steerage passengers on deck ANDERS MONSON HOGHAUG, A Norwegian pioneer Biography of Anders Monson Hoghaug, born in Aadalen 1842. He emigrated to America on the Refondo in 1868, and lived to be 100 years old, passing away in 1943. The biography tells about the voyage, the many moves in America, his return to Norway after the Passengers boarding at Kristiansand Cunard Liner Mauretania leaving the Tyne after lauch Emigrants departing Copenhagen Junior Marine Engineer on Frederik VIII, 1923-25 This is part of William Elmgreen's (1902-1990) autobiography. He was born in Denmark, and grew up in Lemvig, Jutland. In 1923 he became a Junior Marine Engineer on the Scandinavian America Line steamship "Frederick VIII", and sailed on her till 1925. The Guion Line steamer Arizona colliding with an iceberg in 1879 In 1879 the new Buion Line record breaker S/S Arizone on voyage New York - Liverpool, ran full speed into a huge iceberg, proceeded to St. John's for repairs with her bow completely smashed up almost to the collision bulkhead Abaft What is the abaft of a ship? Aft What is the aft of a ship? Athwart Thwartships Alleyway What is an alleyway on a ship? Altitude Hold Ballast Early Norwegian Immigrants on the Erie Canal Immigrants who arrived at the Port of New York from 1825 to the early 1850's and were going to the Mid-west most likely would have traveled on the Erie Canal. This narrative is not meant to be a definitive history of the Erie Canal but to convey some of The transatlantic passage by Norddeutscher Lloyd steamers, Bremen - Southampton - New York. The traveling process and crossing as described 1888. Bridge What is the bridge of a ship? GENERAL INFORMATION FOR PASSENGERS-SECOND CLASS. White Star Line ca. 1905 This article contains information and bill of fare for White Star Line passengers traveling second class about 1905. There are second class plans for the steamships Celtic, Cedric, Baltic Teutonic, Majestic and Oceanic. Hannah Parr anonymous woman’s voyage account 1868 Anonymous woman’s voyage account published in Morgenbladet 11 June 1868. Found by Trond Austheim during a search for emigrant ship news stories for Norway Heritage. Clipping facsimiles received from Børge Solem. Translation © 2009 Clair O. Haugen.	This article has been reorganized and moved: – The Castle Garden immigration processing center, New York