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From: "Rockne H. Johnson" <>
Subject: Re: [DK] NIELSEN
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 05:30:59 -1000
References: <3.0.6.32.20010731045442.009adbc0@pop.lava.net>
In-Reply-To: <021201c11a87$029c7640$7782fea9@vivid.net>


Hi Barbara,

The answers to your present questions are in the last two paragraphs of my
previous message to you.

Read the FAQ.

Rock

At 08:39 AM 8/1/01 -0400, Kevin & Barbara Hanville wrote:
>Hi Rockne,
>
>Thanks so much for your helpful advice. To the best of our knowledge she
>traveled alone, and was about 15. She went to Chicago, and was sponsored by
>Ingeman and Laura Jacobsen. We also know that her father was a fisherman
>(would it be a logical assumption that they lived near the coast?). If I
>wanted to pursue the first Else listed below, where would I write to find
>information on her birth (parent's names)?
>
>Thanks - Barbara
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Rockne H. Johnson" <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 10:54 AM
>Subject: Re: [DK] NIELSEN
>
>
>> Hi Barbara,
>>
>> The Danish Emigration Archive <http://www.emiarch.dk/search.php3?l=en>;
>> lists 2 Else Marie Nielsens who traveled to the USA in 1900 and 1902.
>Both
>> would have been born about 1885. Did she travel alone?
>>
>> Name: Nielsen, Else Marie Occupation: Jomfru
>> Age: 15 Destination: Chicago
>> Contract no.: 1316 Registration date: 9/21/00
>> Birth place: Flade Birth place: Flade (Mors)
>> Last res. parish: Thisted Last res. county: Thisted
>> Last residence: Thisted Destination country: USA
>> Destination city: Chicago Destination state: Illinois
>> Name of ship: Norge IDcode: D9701N3408
>>
>> Name: Nielsen, Else Marie Occupation: Jomfru
>> Age: 17 Destination: Chicago
>> Contract no.: 4882 Registration date: 11/12/02
>> Birth place: ? Birth place: ?
>> Last res. parish: Borglum Last res. county: Hjorring
>> Last residence: Borglum Destination country: USA
>> Destination city: Chicago Destination state: Illinois
>> Name of ship: Indirekte IDcode: I0203N1310
>>
>> Note: Indirekte is not a ship but a route.
>>
>> A next step might be to check the census records for the named places in
>> Denmark to see if she is listed with her parents. You could also check
>the
>> churchbooks to look for her baptism. It would name her parents.
>> Microfilms for censuses and churchbooks can be viewed at Mormon
>> family-history centers. There may be one near you.
>>
>> Have you read the FAQ for this list? There is a link to it at the bottom
>> of this message.
>>
>> Rock
>>
>> At 09:50 AM 7/31/01 -0400, Kevin & Barbara Hanville wrote:
>> >Hello all,
>> >
>> >I am new to the list, and new to research in Denmark. I am working on a
>> genealogy project for my step-mother, whose grandmother was born in
>> Denmark. All that I know at present is the following:
>> >
>> >Elsie Marie Nielsen, born October 19, 1884 in Denmark.
>> > Father: Niels Krogh Nielsen
>> > Mother: Anna (Ani) Marie Madsen.
>> >
>> >I would like to find out where in Denmark she was born, and learn more
>> about her ancestors. Since I do not have a town, I have written to the
>INS
>> Headquarters to get a copy of her Naturalization Certificate files. I am
>> hoping that these documents will list something more than Denmark.
>> >
>> >Is there anything else that someone could recommend to me as to how to
>> proceed from here? I would truly appreciate any advice that you have to
>> offer!
>> >
>> >Sincerely,
>> >
>> >Barbara Hanville

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