Jens C. Leich & Family/Passenger List
maryemcfadden	Thanks to the fantastic help I received with my earlier inquiries I have since been able to find a GREAT DEAL of information on the John Lake family who first settled in Wisconsin. What I have not had luck with is finding when/where/and on what ship they departed from in Norway. The 1865 Norwegian census shows Jens C. Leich, his wife Kari and their children, Oline, Carl, Julius, Hendrik and Maurits. they lived in Gjovik at that time. I searched every passenger list on this site from 1865 to 1870 BEFORE I found naturalization papers for Jens C Leich (John Lake), when he first applied November 4, 1867 in Wisc. to be naturalized. I understand there are utflyttende (moving out) records but, despite reading the various research articles, I do not know how to access them. I would greatly appreciate help. Thank you!
jwiborg	Hi, first of all, the most common port of emigration for people from the Gjøvik area would be [url="http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/WebMeta.exe?slag=vismeny&katnr=5&emnenr=&aar=&dagens=&fylkenr=3"]Oslo[/url]. A second (but much less used) option would be [url="http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=0700EMIG&spraak=n&metanr=1351"]Bergen[/url]. Gjøvik is just west of Hamar. [img]http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/cia03/norway_sm03.gif[/img] The capital Oslo have changed name several times. Originally Óslo from 1350. Changed to Christiania i 1624 (after King Christian 4.). Changed to Kristiania in 1877. Changed back to Oslo in 1925. Some useful links: [url="http://www.slektshistorielaget.no/Kilder/gjovik/databaser2/UtvandrGjovik/index.html"]Emigrants from Gjøvik city 1846-1915[/url] [url="http://home.chello.no/~gthorud/emigrati.htm"]Emigration from Gjøvik[/url] [url="http://www.slektshistorielaget.no/"]Slektshistorielaget[/url] - click on "Emigrasjon" "Utvandringen til Amerika" ("The emigration to America"), Author Halvard Oudenstad, 1981, ISBN 82-90323-03-4, in Norwegian. The book lists some 8000 emigrants from Gjøvik incl. Vardal, Biri, Snertingdal. The "Utflyttende" (moving out of the parish) records, was mainly done by the local priest, and can thus be found in the local churchbook for the area they moved from. Some churchbooks are available online, but that's mostly christening, marriage and death records. The "Utflyttende" records can be viewed at a local library or LDS center, because most of them are on microfilms. The census-1865 shows the people in Norway as per Januray 1st, 1866, so the family must hace left in 1866 or 1867. //Jan Peter ps: For the record, [url="http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=f60502.wc2&gardpostnr=5&personpostnr=35#nedre"]here[/url] is Jens Leich in census-1865
Jo Anne Sadler	Their emigration date has been narrowed down to 1866 or early 1867. I provided a link to the LDS church records in your other posting. Just rent the appropriate year film, scroll down to Utflyttende and they should be listed in the records. Generally, it would be in the spring but there are always exceptions. After finding their moving out date, rent the appropriate Canadian passenger list, about two months later. The lists, however, are not complete but there is a good chance you can find them. No Canadian passenger lists before 1865.