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Ship Lists
jimpat50	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
jimpat50	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.
jacksont1	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
jimpat50	it could be the one. Many thanks. How can I get hold of Gregerson's book?
Jo Anne Sadler	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.
jmonson	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)