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'''Workshop taught by [[User:AndersonLH|Liv H. Anderson]], Research Consultant at FamilySearch's | '''Workshop taught by [[User:AndersonLH|Liv H. Anderson]], Research Consultant at FamilySearch's FamilySearch Library,and [[User:HasletonEE|Elaine Hasleton]], Manager VIP Services at FamilySearch, presented at [[FamilySearch Presentations at NGS 2010|NGS Conference 2010]].''' | ||
== BACKGROUND == | == BACKGROUND == | ||
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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/ | ||
*FamilySearch Catalog for Norwegian-American churches | *FamilySearch Catalog for Norwegian-American churches | ||
*Lutheran Church directory at the | *Lutheran Church directory at the FamilySearch Library (FS Library) | ||
=== Norwegian-American Societies === | === Norwegian-American Societies === | ||
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*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 FamilySearch Catalog for early emigration records. | *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 | *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 FamilySearch Library (FS Library) 973 D3nn vols. 1-5. | ||
*The emigration records on microfilms are available at the | *The emigration records on microfilms are available at the FamilySearch Library and may be available at local family history centers and some libraries. | ||
==== If You Still Can’t Find Your Ancestor. ==== | ==== If You Still Can’t Find Your Ancestor. ==== | ||
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