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Topic: Anyone have NORWEGIAN ancestors in New Zealand? (Read 290 times)
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allycat
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Dear RootsChatters,-
In the 1870s a period of assisted migration began from Scandinavia recruiting settlers from Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Enticement to settlers was the promise of free passage and 10 acres of land in New Zealand.
General Reading Material - Te Ara - The Encyclopaedia of NZ - http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealanders/NewZealandPeoples/Scandinavians/2/en
The final resting place of the original Scandinavian settlers to NZ is in the Norsewood Cemetery, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.
Norsewood Cemetery and Settler's Genealogy Project - http://www.norsewoodcemetery.co.nz/
Below, is an additional website which may be useful, it is a link to a general forum for those with Norwegian ancestry:-
Norway Heritage - Hands Across the Sea - (Kiwi Vikings and Aussies) http://www.norwayheritage.com/snitz/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=32
Cheers, Allycat, Qld Australia.
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Burrow Digger
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My Uncle's parents were from Denmark. My Uncle was born in NZ in 1919.
He married my father's eldest sister. 
I must get his parents names and try doing his family tree.
Yeah - that's my next project
BD
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Dear BD, good luck in your research then. You're bound to find them at those sites. Allycat.
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Abrams, Amor, Attwood, Bancroft, Bragier, Brennan, Bryant, Buchan, Cantwell, Cruse, Commins, Cullum, Debus, Denner, Dinner, DuCroix, Flanze, Gilkes, Greaves, Guthiel, Hansford, Hayes, Hokaanga, Homewood, Hoy, Inns, Jahn, King, Knee, Marriner, May, McCarron, McCavel, McCrohon, McFarlane, Merry, Milne, Montgomery, Most, Mott, Orth, Parker, Pine, Roads, Rueping, Sear, Siegner, Stanaway, Voss, Weber, Wheeler, Whitehall, Woodcock
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