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'''Liv Marit Haakenstad '''has written a guide to emigration called: '''"Slektgranskerens Guide til utvandringen 1825-1930"'''. It is written in Norwegian. | '''Liv Marit Haakenstad '''has written a guide to emigration called: '''"Slektgranskerens Guide til utvandringen 1825-1930"'''. It is written in Norwegian. | ||
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The Norwegian Immigrant Association was organized to create an exhibit for the Ellis Islands Museum in 2000. The Ellis Island Database may be searched for immigrants from Norway at: http://www.ellisisland.org | The Norwegian Immigrant Association was organized to create an exhibit for the Ellis Islands Museum in 2000. The Ellis Island Database may be searched for immigrants from Norway at: http://www.ellisisland.org | ||
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The Norwegian Emigration Center is a division of the regional archive in Stavanger. The center has a copy of most of the published genealogical material about Norwegian families, as well as a complete collection of the church, census, probate, and emigration records. Workers there will answer questions and do research for a nominal fee. The center's address is: | The Norwegian Emigration Center is a division of the regional archive in Stavanger. The center has a copy of most of the published genealogical material about Norwegian families, as well as a complete collection of the church, census, probate, and emigration records. Workers there will answer questions and do research for a nominal fee. The center's address is: | ||
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==== Finding Places of origin in Norway ==== | ==== Finding Places of origin in Norway ==== | ||
See [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/guide/tracing_immigrant_origins.asp Tracing Immigrant Origins] | See [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/guide/tracing_immigrant_origins.asp Tracing Immigrant Origins] | ||
Although successful Norwegian immigration and settlements in America can be traced back to the 17th Century, actual information concerning such immigration prior to1825 is generally very fagmentary. | Although successful Norwegian immigration and settlements in America can be traced back to the 17th Century, actual information concerning such immigration prior to1825 is generally very fagmentary. | ||
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In 1624, a colony of Norwegian immigrants was established in New Jersey, at the site of the present city of Bergen. | |||
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In 1633, in the early days of the New Nederlands Colony, Norwegians came over in Dutch ships and settled in the Dutch colony. | |||
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In | In 1700, there were a number of families of Norwegian and Danish descent living in New York. | ||
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In 1740, Norwegian Moravians took part in founding a colony at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. | |||
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In 1747, one colony was settled at Bethabara, North Carolina. | |||
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In | The 1850 Census records about 1,800 persons in the USA of Scandinavian birth. In 1880 there were 440,262, and in 1890 the numver was 933,249. | ||
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In the period from 1871-1875, 1500 persons emigrated to Australia. The number going there since then has been much smaller. These emigrants of Norway settled in South Victoria and New Zealand. | |||
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Some Norwegians have settled in Argentina, and large numbers have settled in Canada. The majority, however, settled in Minnesota and North Dakota. | |||
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In 1930, the total emigration from Norway was estimated at about 830.000. | |||
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[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/guide/tracing_immigrant_origins.asp Norway] | |||
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