I have searched several sites for the emigration detail for my great grandfather from Norway. He em
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Norway did not keep emigration records that early. You might be able to find a New York passenger list showing him coming into America, however.
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I have searched the birth and christening records for Kristiansand and believe I have found Gim Wilhelm. He was born illegitimate 2nd December 1826 and christened 14 January 1827. The son of a bachelor sailor Ole Endresen and Steivor Erichsdatter (the wife of Ole Svensen) and named Gim Wilhelm. Steivor Erichsdatter had an illegitimate son while she was married to Ole Svensen.
See entry no. 42 left side below: https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/9567/87899/5
This birth was reported by the midwife Ingeborg Henricksdatter the wife of Salve Erichsen.
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Thank you I had that information record already.
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Norway emigration records starts around 1865, some passporst are listed earlied from the port of Bergen. He could have hired on a ship and gone to the US. There are some earlier emigration records, but the list is not complete: see http://www.norwayheritage.com/
You should be able to find early emigrant on this site.
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