Researching Danish immigration


Danish ancestors - once you have enough information on your Danish immigrant ancestor, you may want to check The Danish Emigration Archives to see if they have a record of his or her departure from Denmark.
This version is in English:
http://www.emiarch.dk/search.php3?l=en
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This is the sort of information that you will find:


Name: Christiansen, Jens Peter 
Occupation: Arbejder
Age: 21 
Destination: Queensland
Contract no.: 392200 
Registration date: 5/30/1873
Last res. parish: Nyker 
Last res. county: Bornholm
Last residence: Nøcker, Bornholm 
Destination country: Australien
Destination city: ? 
Destination state: Queensland
Name of ship: Indirekte
IDcode: I7374C0708


This tells us that Jens Peter Christiansen, a workman age 21 registered his departure
to Queensland, Australia on 30 May 1873. 

 His last parish of residence was Nyker on the island of Bornholm. 
The 'indirekte' as applies to the name of the ship, means he/she plans to leave 
from somewhere else, usually Hamburg or London.

Danish ancestors - I picked that Jens Peter Christensen at random because he came from the same island where my grandfather was born and now I am wondering about his life in Queensland. From the Qld BDM index, I see that he married an Ane Sophie Wolff in 1874 and died in 1928, parents: Christian Christiansen and Maren Margrethe. Ane Sophie is probably also Danish with a name like that. If anyone feels inclined, it would be interesting to know more about this couple here in Australia. I am going to delve a little more into Jens Peter Christiansen's life back in Denmark.






The Danish Emigration Archives
www.emiarch.dk
The Danish Emigration Archives

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