Norway Heritage Community - Ships S.S.Artemis, S.S.Menzaleh, S.S.Petriana

Articles for Newbies:

Hunting Passenger Lists:

An article describing how, and where, to look for passenger information about Norwegian emigrants

1: Emigration Records - Sources - Timeline

2: Canadian Records (1865-1935)

3: Canadian Immigration Records Database

4: US arrivals - Customs Passenger Lists

5: Port of New York Passenger Records

6: Norwegian Emigration Records

7: British outbound passenger lists

The Transatlantic Crossing:

An article about how the majority of emigrants would travel. It also gives some insight to the amazing development in how ships were constructed and the transportation arranged

1: Early Norwegian Emigrants

2: Steerage - Between Decks

3: By sail - daily life

4: Children of the ocean

5: Sailing ship provisions

6: Health and sickness

7: From sail to steam

8: By steamship across the ocean

9: The giant express steamers

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