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Filby, P. William. Passenger and Immigrations Lists Bibliography, 1538-1900. 2nd ed. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research, 1988. (Family History Library book 973 W33p 1988.) More than 1,000 of these lists are indexed in [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=631202&disp=Passenger+and+immigration+lists+bibliogr%20%20&columns=*,0,0 P. William Filby,] Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 9 vols. (Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research, 1981-; Family History Library book Ref 973 W33p). This does not index official U.S. arrival lists. Many of the names are from post-1820 published sources. | Filby, P. William. Passenger and Immigrations Lists Bibliography, 1538-1900. 2nd ed. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research, 1988. (Family History Library book 973 W33p 1988.) More than 1,000 of these lists are indexed in [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=631202&disp=Passenger+and+immigration+lists+bibliogr%20%20&columns=*,0,0 P. William Filby,] Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 9 vols. (Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research, 1981-; Family History Library book Ref 973 W33p). This does not index official U.S. arrival lists. Many of the names are from post-1820 published sources. | ||
People tracing Norwegian Latter-day Saint ancestors should see the [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Portal:Tracing_LDS_Ancestors LDS Research Portal] page Tracing LDS Ancestors for additional sources. | People tracing Norwegian Latter-day Saint ancestors should see the [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Portal:Tracing_LDS_Ancestors LDS Research Portal] page Tracing LDS Ancestors for additional sources. | ||
[http://norwaytoamerica.blogspot.com/2008_12_01_archive.html From Norway to Minnesota]<br>'''County histories.''' Histories from the counties where Norwegians settled sometimes provide the immigrants' towns of origin. | |||
<br>'''County histories.''' Histories from the counties where Norwegians settled sometimes provide the immigrants' towns of origin. | |||
'''War records.''' Civil War service and pension records and World War I draft registration records sometimes give clues as to what a person's place of origin in Norway was. | '''War records.''' Civil War service and pension records and World War I draft registration records sometimes give clues as to what a person's place of origin in Norway was. | ||