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jimpat50
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Posted - 15/01/2006 :  17:15:38  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I am trying to find the ship my Great-great-grandfather came to the US on. According to family records he left Norway in 1856 fro Amerika. He lived at Evanger near Voss and likely left from Bergen or Stavanger. All the ships from those ports seem to have gone to Quebec. How did those people enter the US? How do I find ship lists from those ships? Jim Monson

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jimpat50
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Posted - 15/01/2006 :  18:22:33  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I should add that his name was Mons Hendriksen Lie (or Lid) and he traveled with his wife Ingeborg Askjelddtr and at least two children, Hendrik and Ingeborg. Would appreciate any help.

Jim Monson
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jacksont1
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USA
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Posted - 16/01/2006 :  21:36:45  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Sometimes the names are a little off, but I found this and thought if the dates come close and that is about where they settled then it may help. Good luck

Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Record
about Mons Halvorsen Lie
Name: Mons Halvorsen Lie
Year: 1846-1856
Place: Wisconsin
Source Publication Code: 2775.60
Primary Immigrant: Lie, Mons Halvorsen
Annotation: Date and place of settlement. Place of origin in Norway, date of baptism, and date of confirmation may also be provided.
Source Bibliography: GREGERSON, MERLE W. "Norsk Emigrants to Rock Prairie." In Norway Family Farm Surname and Emigrant Lists for Norwegians. Onalaska, WI: the author, nd.
Page: 17

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jimpat50
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Posted - 17/01/2006 :  01:12:32  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
it could be the one. Many thanks. How can I get hold of Gregerson's book?

Jim Monson
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Jo Anne Sadler
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USA
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Posted - 17/01/2006 :  01:32:04  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
You have another posting on this same subject:

http://www.norwayheritage.com/snitz/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2646

Recommend you read some of the articles on this site about routes, voyages and availability of ship lists. No Canadian lists are available before 1865.

Edited by - Jo Anne Sadler on 17/01/2006 01:35:04
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jmonson
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Posted - 17/01/2006 :  03:23:43  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Jim Monson

To answer the other part of your question. From Quebec the immigrants continued up the St. Lawrence until they arrived at Lake Erie, probably Buffalo. There they joined the immigrant stream coming from New York and sailed to Chicago or Milwaukee. Steamships were in general use here before they were crossing the Atlantic in numbers. In 1856 I cannot predict what kind of ship they would travel on the Great Lakes.

Border crossing was very easy in those days.

John Monson (no relation)
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An article describing how, and where, to look for passenger information about Norwegian emigrants
    1:   Emigration Records - Sources - Timeline
    2:   Canadian Records (1865-1935)
    3:   Canadian Immigration Records Database
    4:   US arrivals - Customs Passenger Lists
    5:   Port of New York Passenger Records
    6:   Norwegian Emigration Records
    7:   British outbound passenger lists
 

The Transatlantic Crossing:

An article about how the majority of emigrants would travel. It also gives some insight to the amazing development in how ships were constructed and the transportation arranged
    1:   Early Norwegian Emigrants
    2:   Steerage - Between Decks
    3:   By sail - daily life
    4:   Children of the ocean
    5:   Sailing ship provisions
    6:   Health and sickness
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