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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)

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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The S/S Aaro
at Trondheim harbor

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Featured article

CASTLE GARDEN, NEW YORK - Castle Garden served as a reception hall and temporary home of nine million immigrants from it was opened on Aug 1, 1855 to it was closed down on April 18, 1890. From then on the Immigration Processing Centers for New York was at the Barge office and Ellis Island. This story about Castle Garden was printed in The Illustrated American, March 1, 1890.