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• Ancestry.com - Coming to America: U.S. Immigration at the Turn of the 20th Century

• Ancestry.com Support - Finding Immigration Records

• Finding Passenger Lists 1820-c.1940

  A basic tutorial for German Americans by Joe Beine, German Roots Webmaster.

• Finding Passenger Records in the FamilySearch Catalog

  Article by Joe Beine.

• Genealogy.com - What You'll Learn from Passenger Lists

  by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, C.G.

• Guide to Passenger Records - Your Guide to Finding and Using Passenger Records & Ship Information

  Advice and links to help you learn how to find your ancestors' passenger records.

• Manifest Markings - A Guide to Interpreting Passenger List Annotations

  Article by Marian L. Smith, Historian, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.

• Manifest Markings - A Guide to Interpreting Passenger List Annotations

  by Marian L. Smith

• Norway-Heritage - Passenger Lists and Emigrant Ships from Norway Heritage

  Includes and index of ships, over 100 passenger lists, voyage account descriptions, pictures & articles. Information about what transatlantic company the emigration agents operating in Norway represented. Useful if you only know the name of the agent, as finding the company he represented will help you to narrow the search for the transatlantic ship. You will also find information about the way the agent was authorized to convey the emigrants. You might also search for the shipping companies, to find information about routes and fleets. Whether your search for agents or shipping lines, you will find the information linked to eachother in the search results.

  • Hunting Passenger Lists & Genealogy related articles

    • Cost of Passage, Norway - America

      By Trond Austheim and B

    • Disaster on Lake Erie in 1852 - The Collision Between the Steamer Atlantic and Ogdensburg

      By Nanna Egidius, Trond Austheim & B

    • Hunting Passenger Lists - A Guide on How to Trace Norwegian Emigrants From Various Records

      Focus is on Norwegian immigration but includes useful information for all ethnic groups. By B

    • Maritime Inscription - Registers of Seamen

      By B

    • Migration from Northern Europe to America via the Port of Hull, 1848-1914

      By Nicholas J. Evans.

    • Nice to Know About Ships, Rigging - Construction and Fitting Nautical Terms and Explanations

      By B

    • Searching the Canadian Immigration Records (1925-1935) Database

      By Annette Fulford.

    • Statistics and Facts About the Transatlantic Crossing from Norway to America (1840 - 1874)

      By Trond Austheim & B

    • The 31 Norwegians on the Titanic

      By Per Kristian Sebak.

    • The Gathering to Zion - Mormon Emigration From Norway

      By Nicholas J. Evans.

    • The S/S Atlantic of the White Star Line, Disaster in 1873

    • The Transatlantic Crossing, Norwegian Emigrants on the Atlantic

      By B