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From: (Sue Swiggum)
Subject: Re: [TSL] HEKLA 1 from Norway to US May 1882 - June 7, 1882
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 20:05:47 -0400
In-Reply-To: <86.15954021.29844367@aol.com>

At 12:37 PM 2002-01-26 EST, wrote:
>Searching for passenger lists for this trip. Surname SEVERSON and LUND.
>Passengers included Ernest (Arne) Severson (6) and Ole Severson (5).
>Traveling with relatives named LUND , Ole, Nels and Ben, ages unknown. All
>born in Norway in Hedmark, traveled to Hills, MN and eventually settled in
>Brandon, SD. Father Soren Severson left Norway in 1879 and the boys
followed
>him later. Thanks!

Hi again Jdueis,

Hmmm The HEKLA I departed Norway 12th May 1882 and although we don't have
the New York arrival date for that sailing on the SS&A, it would have been
about 14 days.
Solem, Swiggum & Austheim - Emigration from Norway - SS&A
http://www.norwayheritage.com/ships/index.asp

I suggest you begin searching for them on the Digitalarkivet
Beginning with the Digitalarkivet
http://www.hist.uib.no/arkivverket/index-en.htm
First click - source categories
.. next click - emigrants
.. next click - registers ... you will then see a list of ports/dates
listed on the right ..

They would (should) have sailed from Christiania. The early 1880s records
are a bit chopped up between two databases, and I'm not sure if they are
even complete yet. Experiment with names a bit. They may be listed as
Sørensen rather than using Dad's patronym, or they may even been using a
farm-name ;-} (hunting Norwegians is fun) For ø character, hold down
the Alt key and type 0248 on the number pad on the right of your keyboard.
Dad's patronym might be Siversen/Seversen/Syversen but try
Sivertsen/Syvertsen too but when searching the above database, choose
instead "starts with" instead of the full last name and just type Siv or
Sev for example. It takes a little practise, but it is very "user
friendly." (ps. try different years)

Good luck!

Sue
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