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Allison
Junior member
Australia
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 Posted - 28/10/2006 : 10:00:13
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Hi
I am tracing my fathers grandfather and he apparantly came out here when he was 7 years old from Norway. Does anyone know of any schemes where children were sent out to Australia??
I am new at this and its very frustrating because I cant find anything on him.
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torrustad
Junior member
Norway
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Posted - 28/10/2006 : 12:55:37
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Allison;
If "Schemes" is from Norway the name is written another way in Norway.
Do you have more info?
Given names; wife, birth date, immigration etc etc.
If some of the children had Norwegian namnes it bmight help to (renaming)
regards,
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jwiborg
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 28/10/2006 : 13:35:12
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Tor, "Schemes" is not his name...  Scheme=skjema, e.g. manifest or document of some kind...
Allison: I would guess Jacob Hansen did not go by himself at the age of 7 to Australia, don't you believe he went with his family?
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Allison
Junior member
Australia
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Posted - 28/10/2006 : 15:08:57
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Hi
We think he came out with a brother and a friend of the family, ?? Olsen. We dont know much about him, but I have a feeling he may have come out with family. But we cant trace him because we cant find anything on him or his family.
I thought there may be an immigration scheme where they sent their kids to Australia for a better start in life and he was one of them. He could have been an orphan sent out here, I just dont know.
Where do I go to find birth certificates etc if they are Norwegian? Did they keep records back then of births deaths and marriages?
Thanks
Allison
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Hopkins
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 29/10/2006 : 02:04:14
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I'll assume you have a name, some estimate of time period and where he was born that you haven't shared in this thread. Assuming further that the birth may have happened in the 1800's you are NOT going to find certificates for births, marriages, deaths - BUT you will find excellent parish church records for all areas where records have survived. They have been copied to LDS microfilms and can be 'rented' at LDS Family History Centers around the world. There is also a current project of posting scanned images of Norwegian church records online at the Digitalarkivet - this project is hoped to be completed in the year 2008 - new scans for various areas are added on an ongoing basis.
We hope you are still studying the links and artlicles to gain more understanding of the Norwegian records available - one of those contained in the links on this website is an excellent "how-to" read and use Norwegian church records.
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Allison
Junior member
Australia
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Posted - 29/10/2006 : 02:27:59
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I have all the info in another thread.
This is what I know so far. Jacob Hansen was born in 1871 in Norway and died in 1943 in Australia. He immigrated out here in 1878. He was a labourer. he married in 1923 and spent 63 years in Australia. His parents were Hans Jacobsen Hansen and May Hansen (nee Jensen).
The tricky part is that on his sons birth certificate it says birth place - Keogi, Norway. On his marriage certificate it says - Karo, Norway.
Could it be he had a strong accent and the place name got lost in translation? I do have his signiture on his marriage certificate and it is a very clear, steady and strongly written. So I therefore think he had a decent education.
So there was no scheme where children were sent out from Norway to Australia, like what England did?
Thanks
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torrustad
Junior member
Norway
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Posted - 29/10/2006 : 16:13:44
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| Thanks for the English lesson; I've put a new word into my memory! |
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Allison
Junior member
Australia
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Posted - 30/10/2006 : 01:14:47
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| What does that mean? |
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Hopkins
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 30/10/2006 : 13:54:45
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It means that you used a English word new to many here. Notice that most of the responders have been persons living in Norway.
scheme -- 1. A plan of something to be done; a plot or device for the accomplishment of an object. 2. A combination of various things according to a general plan or design; systemiatic arrangement. 3. A formal plan or arrangement, or a statement of such a plan; also, a table or schedule. 4. An outline drawing or sketch; diagram.....
American useage of the word usually implies sly or crafty plan or program. |
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Allison
Junior member
Australia
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Posted - 31/10/2006 : 07:29:33
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Ah, sorry. Thought you were being sarcastic!!
I thought there may have been an immigration scheme(s) where I could trace him through listings or indexes.
Sorry for the mix up.:) |
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Hopkins
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 31/10/2006 : 13:05:28
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| There appear to have been many many records kept of passenger arrivals in Australia's various ports. You should check through those arrivals, some may have been indexed there? |
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Allison
Junior member
Australia
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Posted - 31/10/2006 : 23:44:14
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Thanks :)
Will check it out.
I am currently going through census' to see if I can find him first and then trace him to Australia as the years dont really add up which I have been given. |
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Immigration Schemes?
