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*How to find the ancestor's town of origin

*Records of Norwegian immigrants in the United States 

Fortunately, Norwegian emigration records are numerous. There are also some helpful records of Norwegian immigrants in the United States.  

Once you have traced your family to an immigrant ancestor, you must determine the city or town the ancestor was from. Norway has no nationwide index to birth, marriage, or death records. These records were kept locally.  

Several sources may contain your ancestor's place of origin. You may be able to learn the town your ancestor came by talking to older family members. Family members or a library may have documents that name the city or town, such as:  

*Family heirlooms 

If your ancestor has a surname that does not end in sen or son, the name itself may be a clue to the place in Norway where the family came from. Check a Norwegian Gazetteer such as ''Norsk Stedsfortegnelse'' (FHL 948.1 E8ns, 1972; microfiche number 6054629) to determine if the surname appears as a place name and where it is located in the country. See the "[[Norway Names Personal|Names, Personal]]" section for further information about Norwegian naming customs.  

Between 1836 and 1920 an estimated 900,000 people left Norway. Most of them went to the United States and Canada. This wave of emigration was caused by the increase in Norwegian population and a desire to own land. While people of many occupations left Norway, most of these emigrants were farmers. The first emigrant ship left Norway in 1825, but the real wave of emigration started in 1836. Most who left Norway before 1825 first went to other European countries and then traveled to their destination.  

===Research Lessons at FamilySearch===

*[https://familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/825 '''Norwegian Migration and Immigration''']

*[https://familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/490 '''Norwegian Emigration: The Experience''']

*{{RecordSearch|3288472|Scandinavia, Mission Emigration Records, 1852-1920}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index

No passenger lists exist for any of the Norwegian ports before 1867. Prior to this time, emigrant groups generally bought or chartered a ship and left from almost any of Norway's many ports. For earlier emigration records, check the FamilySearch Catalog:  

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Some have been transcribed and are available online at&nbsp;[http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~schwartz/SorTrondelag/trondprot1.htm Index to the Trondheim Emigrant Protocol 1867-1925].

The original passenger lists from Stavanger were destroyed. A list of emigrants from Rogaland County has been reconstructed from many other sources such as registers of people moving out of the parishes, newspaper articles, obituaries, and local histories. This emigrant list, known as the Rogaland emigration index, covers the earliest emigration period until the present day. It is alphabetized by the first letter only. For example, all the surnames beginning with "A" will be filed together in no particular order.  

[https://www.digitalarkivet.no/view/9/og00000000386722 Emigrants from Stavanger 1903-1928]<br>

There are also passenger lists from Kristiansand ([https://www.digitalarkivet.no/view/9/og00000000308232 1873 to 1930],) Kristiansund ([https://www.digitalarkivet.no/view/9/og00000000239477 1882 to 1930]), and  

This site includes indexes for the following:  

*Passenger lists from Kristiania 1871-1930, redigert utgave<br>

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This site include indexes for the following:  

*Passport for Ålesund, 1850-1890<br>

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Most early Norwegian immigrants to the United States settled in the Midwest, but many also settled in other parts of the United States and Canada.  

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'''Norsk Utvandremuseum'''<br>Åkershagan<br>2312 Otterstad<br>Norway<br>Telephone: 47 62 57 48 50<br>Fax: 47 62 57 48 51<br>[mailto:museum@emigrant.museum.no museum@emigrant.museum.no]<br>Internet: [http://www.olavsrosa.no/en/objektinfo.aspx?id=1132391 Norsk utvandrermuseum]<br>Hours: 8:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.  

[http://www.norwayheritage.com/query_s.asp Emigrant Ships from Norway]   

[http://www.norwayheritage.com/ Passenger lists and emigrant ships from Norway Heritage]

Although not emigration records, Buenos Aires, Argentina had a small population of Scandinavian immigrants. They primarily belonged to Norwegian sailing families. Church records have been microfilmed from 1888-1919, with some later records appearing on the Norwegian National Archives website. These records include, many times, places of birth in Norway.  

Norwegians have always been a seafaring, exploring people, and extensive travel was common; even before historical times. In the epic “Edda” which describes the times around 800 A.D., and is the earliest recorded history, the spice cardamom is described; and already widely in use. It was picked up in travels to India, and is incidentally still a very popular spice today.  

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