This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: thoraway Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.scan-balt.norway.counties.oppland/3326.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: You found those names on the Digitalarkivet database entitled "Utflytta frå Gran 1825-1900 og Jevnaker 1837-1901" -- http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/WebCens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=10&filnamn=granutfl&gardpostnr=6882&sokefelt=skjul That data base is NOT a passenger list. That is an extraction of the Jevnaker and Gran church records of when people informed the church that they were planning to leave the parish for another destination. In the case of these particular persons it lists "Amerika" as where they were headed to. Norwegian ports didn't really start keeping records of people emigrating from their country until the mid-1860s. Prior to 1850 most Norwegian ships headed for North America sailed to the port of New York. From 1850 to about 1854, more and more ships sailed to Quebec, Canada. The unfortunate thing about this is that the National Archives of Canada [NAC] did not begin the archiving of passenger lists for the port of Quebec, before in 1865. Other Canadian ports began archiving even later ~ Halifax, Nova Scotia - 1881 and Saint John, New Brunswick - 1900. There are no surviving records prior to these dates. This means that for the great majority of the Norwegian emigrants between (1850) 1853 and 1865, there are no existing passenger lists. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.