Trondheim emigrants' travel routes.
thomasvikander	The people recorded at Digitalarkivet as emigrating from Trondheim in 1923,1924, for instance, are noted as leaving from other Norewgian ports. Per Bjorling had a travel date of 12.07.1924 and under "Skip" it says "Jernb. Bergen". Is he actually leaving Norway via the port of Bergen? Is the date above the departure date from Trondheim or from Bergen ? How did the emigrants go from Trondheim to Bergen, by rail or by coastal ship? Some days, upwards of 100 emigrants left Trondheim to catch 3 different ships from separate Norwegian ports. If they went by rail were there guides along to help with rail transfers, and to facilitate reaching the ships on time? Many thanks for answers or directions to pages or websites dealing with this segment of the Scandinavian emigrant experience. TV
Jo Anne Sadler	There is a wealth of articles on this site regarding voyages. A link always helps: [url="http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=EMITROND&gardpostnr=183740&merk=183740#ovre"]click here[/url] Skip means ship but Jernb. Bergen might mean he traveled by rail to Bergen as jernbane means railroad but this is only my guess. The departure date is when he left Trondheim. The line he contracted with was the Canadian Line. There is information on this site for the Canadian Line including a picture of their office in Trondheim. Look at the list of departures for 1924 it will show the various routes and destinations. You can rent the microfilmed Canadian passenger lists at a local Family History Center.
Borge	If he was going by railroad from Trondheim to Bergen, he would have to go from Trondheim to Oslo first, then from Olso to Bergen, a very lengthy journey. It was much easier to get to Bergen from Trondheim by ship in those days. However, I have seen it became more common from about 1912 and specially after the WW1