Vesterheim Norwegian American Genealogy
VESTERHEIM GENEALOGICAL CENTER AND NAESETH LIBRARY 41S W. MAINSTREET
MADISON, WI S3703
(608) 255-2224
(open by appt. Tuesday-Friday afternoons, 1:00-5:00)
(608) 255-6842 (FAX)
NORWEGIAN GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES
3900 REELS OF MICROFILMED NORWEGIAN CHURCH RECORDS
200 REELS OF MICROFILMED NORWEGIAN 1865, 1875 & 1900 CENSUS RECORDS
70 REELS OF AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH RECORDS
MICROFICHE OF THE 1801 CENSUS FOR NORWAY, ARRANGED GEOGRAPHICALLY, THEN BY FIRST NAME, LAST NAME OR FARM NAME.
MICROFICHE OF THE LDS INTERNATIONAL GENEALOGICAL INDEX ~G~ FOR NORWAY
EMIGRATION LISTS
MICROFICHE OF THE BERGEN PASSPORT RECORDS 1874-1924
MICROFILM OF THE OSLO PASSPORT RECORDS 1867-1966 (PARTIAL INDEX)
MICROFILM OF THE KRISTIANSAND PASSPORT RECORDS I873-1927
MICROFILM OF THE TRONDHEIM PASSPORT RECORDS 1867-1925 (INDEXED)
MICROFILM OF THE KRISTIANSUND PASSPORT RECORDS 1882-1959
MICROFILM OF THE QUEBEC SHIP PASSENGER IISTS 1865-1873
TRANSCRIPTS
HANDWRITTEN TRANSCRIPTS OF THE NORWEGIANS IN THE FOLLOWING U.S. CENSUS RECORDS:
1850 WISCONSIN, ILLINOIS, CALIFORNIA, IOWA, MICHIGAN, MISSOURI, NEW YORK, TEXAS, UTAH
1860 WISCONSIN, ILLINOIS, MINNESOTA, IOWA, NEW YORK
1870 WISCONSIN (COUNIIES A-D)
1880 WISCONSIN, ILLINOIS, MINNESOTA, NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA, IOWA, MICHIGAN, KANSAS, NEBRASKA
HANDWRITTEN TRANSCRIPTS OF MORE THAN 400 NORWEGIAN-AMERICAN CEMETERY RECORDS, MANY INDEXED
HANDWRITTEN TRANSCRIPTS OF NORWEGIANS ON SHIP PASSENGER LISTS:
NEW YORK 1844-1856, 1872, 1876, 1880, 1884, 1886, 1892
QUEBEC 1865, 1866, 1871-1873
PHILADELPHIA 1878, 1879
MANY HANDWRITTEN & TYPED TRANSCRIPTS OF NORWEGIAN-AMERICAN CHURCH RECORDS
INDEX TO BERGEN SHIP PASSENGER ARRIVALS IN QUEBEC 1865-1873
INDEX TO MANY NORWEGIAN PROBATE RECORDS (SOME ARRANGED BY FIRST NAME AND BY FARM NAME)
CARD INDEXES
TYPED INDEXES ARRANGED BY FIRST NAME FOR THE FOLLOWING U.S. CENSUS RECORDS:
1860 MINNESOTA, IOWA
1900 IOWA, CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, WASHINGTON, MINNESOTA (partial)
TYPED INDEXES ARRANGED BY FIRST NAME FOR MANY CHURCH RECORDS IN WISCONSIN, IOWA & MINNESOTA
TYPED INDEXES ARRANGED BY FIRST NAME FOR THE EMIGRANTS FROM TELEMARK COUNTY, NORWAY THROUGH 1900. ALSO ON MICROFICHE.
TYPED INDEX ARRANGED BY FIRST NAME FOR THE FIRST 18,000 NORWEGIAN IMMIGRANTS 1825-1850
OBITUARY COLLECTION OF NEARLY 160,000 NORWEGIAN-AMERICAN CLIPPINGS
BYGDEB0KER (NORWEGIAN LOCAL HISTORIES)
NEARLY SEVEN HUNDRED BYGDEB0KER NOT FOUND IN THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MEMORIAL LIBRARY COLLECTION
NORWEGIAN CENSUS RECORDS
A COLLECTION OF OVER 200 INDEXED CENSUS RECORDS FOR NORWAY INCLUDING THE YEARS 1801, 1865, 1875 & 1900
TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES FOR NORWAY
NORWEGIAN & NORWEGIAN-AMERICAN FAMILY HISTORIES
A COLLECTION OF OVER 1300 PRINTED FAMILY HISTORIES
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The Vesterheim Genealogical Center and Naeseth Library (VGC & NL) is located in Madison Wisconsin. It is a division of Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum in Docorah, Iowa. The VGC & NL was founded in 1974 by Professor Gerhard B. Naeseth. Eminent scholar of Norwegian genealogy and immigration. The VGC & SL's purposes are to respond to Norwegian and Norwegian American genealogical inquiries, and to promote the study of Norwegian heritage and background.
The VGC & NL staff will perform research at the rate of $20. Per hour for VGC & NL members and $30 per hopur for non-members, minimum 1 hour. The staff also conducts research at other libraries, state offices, anmd historical societies in the Madison area.
Genealoglical services are available to visiting members b appointment.
e-mail: vesterheim@juno.com
NORWEGIAN IMMIGRANT QUESTIONNAIRE
Although you probably do not have answers to all of the questions below, please fill out thls questlonnaire as completely as you can -- from informatlon you have in hand -- and return to
Vesterheim Genealogical Center, 415 W. Main St., Madison WI 53703 Phone 608-255-2224 FAX 608-255-6842
Full name of lmmigrant:
Names of immlgrant's parents:
What other names known by:
Full date of blrth:
Place of blrth:
Year of lmmlgratlon:
Name of lmmlgrant shlp:
Where flrst settled in Amerlca (be as exact as posslble):
Occupation and career:
If college tralnlng or milltary servlce or publlc offlce, glve detalls:
Date of death, and name of cemetery:
If marrled, date and place of marrlage:
Full name of spouse (slmilar blographlcal informatlon for spouse):
Sources for the above laformation, such as prlnted books, newspaper obltuarles, famlly Blble, and the llke:
Full names of chlldren, wlth full blrth and death dates:
Any other pertinent information; use other side, if necessary.
My question is:
Person requesting information:
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