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barbkitt
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 Posted - 25/10/2002 : 07:56:56
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Sometime last year there was information posted on a ship that arrived in America from Norway in the 1720-1730. The information stated it was one of the earliest known ships - there was no passenger list available, but I am still searching for the information. (My computer crashed and I lost the original information.)
Does anyone recall seeing this?
Thanks..
barb shepherd
bshep@inav.net
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Borge
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Norway
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Posted - 28/10/2002 : 14:30:40
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There are some sources of Norwegians coming to the US via Holland in those early years. They actually emigrated to Holland first, and I think I remember reading that many of them were sailors. Could that have been what you read?
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barbkitt
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Posted - 29/10/2002 : 00:13:55
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There are some sources of Norwegians coming to the US via Holland in those early years. They actually emigrated to Holland first, and I think I remember reading that many of them were sailors. Could that have been what you read?
Børge Solem
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barbkitt
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USA
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Posted - 29/10/2002 : 00:22:32
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There are some sources of Norwegians coming to the US via Holland in those early years. They actually emigrated to Holland first, and I think I remember reading that many of them were sailors. Could that have been what you read?
Børge Solem
Thanks for answering ... I may have seen that information. I recall that there were no passenger lists, so perhaps that is why? What I do recall is that the information was on the "main" site and stated the name of the ship. My family was in Norway and moved to America in early 1720-1730's. As I can tell from the Norway-American census for 1801...2 or three brothers left, and the father remained in Norway. If they lived in Bergen, what port of Holland might they have left from to go to America? They were German, and I am guessing, hypothesizing.. they may be some of the Kontors who left Norway. Have tried to get some information on Names of those Kontors who stayed and / or left.... but without much luck.
Any suggestions would be accepted!
I have checked the sailors section, but now that you mention they may be coming via Holland, I may have something "more" to go on?
barb
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