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*Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, online at http://www.elca.org/ | *Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, online at http://www.elca.org/ | ||
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*Lutheran Church directory at the Family History Library (FHL) | *Lutheran Church directory at the Family History Library (FHL) | ||
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*If you cannot find your person on the Internet, search the emigration records on microfilm. | *If you cannot find your person on the Internet, search the emigration records on microfilm. | ||
*The emigration records from Norway will list the last place of residence and usually the age of each person emigrating. If a whole family emigrated together, it will list the relationship to each person. | *The emigration records from Norway will list the last place of residence and usually the age of each person emigrating. If a whole family emigrated together, it will list the relationship to each person. | ||
*If your ancestor left Norway prior to the organized emigration records from Norway (starts around 1867), you may want to search the | *If your ancestor left Norway prior to the organized emigration records from Norway (starts around 1867), you may want to search the FamilySearch Catalog for early emigration records. | ||
*One great set of books to search for early Norwegian immigrants is Norwegian Immigrants to the United States: A Biographical Directory, 1825–1850 by Gerhard B. Naeseth. Available at the Family History Library (FHL) 973 D3nn vols. 1-5. | *One great set of books to search for early Norwegian immigrants is Norwegian Immigrants to the United States: A Biographical Directory, 1825–1850 by Gerhard B. Naeseth. Available at the Family History Library (FHL) 973 D3nn vols. 1-5. | ||
*The emigration records on microfilms are available at the Family History Library and can be ordered from and sent to family history centers and some libraries. | *The emigration records on microfilms are available at the Family History Library and can be ordered from and sent to family history centers and some libraries. | ||