Norwegian-American Museum Show Segment
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 IN~ERNATIONAL 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
IN-DEX 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
