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Øyer is a municipality in Oppland County (Fylke), Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal and is located in the Sørdalen portion of the Gudbrandsdalen Valley. The river of Gudbrandsdalslågen (Lågen) flows through the valley. The Gudbrandsdalen Valley is mentioned extensively in the Heimskringla (Chronicle of the Kings of Norway) by Snorri Sturluson. In Oppland, Øyer is bor...
Farewell Nederland==== Aim of this project ===This project functions as a research tool for users with relatives who originated from the Netherlands but also as a collection of profiles of the people who did leave to start a new life abroad.Please feel free to add profiles of the Dutch families or descendants to the project, ideally with a small note in the about section of the profile with the...
Aotearoa New Zealand Shipping Index: This project aims to catalog the first generation of European immigrants to Aotearoa New Zealand during the 1800s (19th century arrivals), and to organise them by the ships they arrived on (dates used are the ones that the ship arrived in New Zealand on). Please add your pioneer ancestors to the project by going to their profile, click "actions" click "add t...
Siia projekti soovime Genist kokku koguda eestlased Lõuna-Ameerika riikides läbi kõikide ajajärkude. Palume siia lisatavate isikute teabes näha nende isikute seost selle projektiga. Kasulikku teavet: Lõuna-Ameerika manner Lõuna-Ameerika riigid ja sõltlasalad Lõuna-Ameerika alamkategooriad Eestlased Brasiilia päikese all: luhtunud lootused ja peadpööritav edu Kuldsele Kaananimaale:...
Objective=The purpose of this project is to record as many of the ORIGINAL settlers (Heads of the family groups) so that researchers can identify family lines and descendants.Secondly, current researchers who are descendants of the 1820 Settlers will be able to identify fellow researchers.=====Project Image - "The British Settlers of 1820 Landing in Algoa Bay", by Thomas Baines, 1853 - Albany M...
Early British Settlers in South Africa Purpose This is a project devoted to the British settlers/progenitors in South Africa. It has been set up primarily to accommodate those British Settlers who arrived before and after the 1820 Settlers. Please only add the profiles of the Progenitors who came from Britain - England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, although it may be necessary to have separa...
In the mid-1800s Kashubians migrated for economic reasons. After the Franco-Prussian War and the unification of Germany under Bismarck, Kashubians were met with institutionalized hostility. Life was very harsh for the Kashubs. It was illegal to use Polish or Kashubian in public, especially in church. Many priests were imprisoned or exiled. Churches were left with no parish priests. As a result,...
Objective==A project to honor the founders of our towns and cities worldwide. These men and women are our civil and religious leaders that built a community though their hard work, leadership, vision, and pioneer spirit.The profiles that are added should include a description of their role in the creation of the town. The photo on the right is a picture of Hershey, PA, which was founded and pla...
Pioneers of Canada - Quebec =Pictured right: Victor Begin was the only French Canadian officer serving in the NorthWest Mounted Police. and he had been with them for 15 years. If you would like to know a bit more, please consult the Skagway Historical Society which has posted a brief biography of Joseph Victor Begin.==History:===== From New France to Confederation===French colonization started ...
Timeline of Mauritian Settlers in South Africa Leaving Mauritius - By the 1890s, Mauritius had long forgotten the sugar-fuelled prosperity of the 1840s. The opening of the Suez Canal meant that it was no longer near any major trade routes. The price of sugar had fallen due to increased competition. The island was badly overpopulated, subject to frequent epidemics of Cholera and other diseases...
Pioneers of Canada - New Brunswick ===Exploration==When the French attempted settlement, first at the mouth of the St Croix River in 1604 and later at Port-Royal, they were welcomed by the Micmac, who taught them how to survive. After the French had shifted their interest to Québec, the native people helped a few young men who remained, including Charles de Saint-Étienne de La Tour, to establis...
English Ships - Foreign Pioneers to South Australia lists "foreign" and German passengers on English ships arriving to South Australia. This project is to assist in the collection of this data. If you have information on passengers or need help locating them on the tree, start a discussion here.. Passengers on vessels: 1836 Duke of York arrived at Nepean Bay Kangaroo Island on 27 July 18...
Pioneers of Canada - Ontario ===History=====Aboriginal Settlement===The first residents of Ontario arrived during the last ice age, approximately 10,000 years ago. As the ice retreated Ontario's paleo-Indian inhabitants moved into the northern region of the province. For many years Ontario's Aboriginal peoples probably lived by fishing and hunting; deer, elk, bear and beaver could be found in t...
Pioneers of Canada - Newfoundland & Labrador ===History=====Aboriginal Settlement===During the prehistoric period, a group of people referred to by archeologists as the Maritime Archaic lived in the area now known Newfoundland and Labrador from about 8000 to 3200 BCE. They were followed by the Palaeo-eskimo, who lived in the region from about 2800 to 600 BCE, and then the Recent Indians, presen...
Pioneers of Canada - Nova Scotia ===People=====Settlement and Immigration===The French who established the first successful settlement of Europeans in the province at Port-Royal in 1605 named it Acadia, from the name assigned to the coast by Giovanni da Verrazzano. Lasting British settlement did not occur until the founding of Halifax in 1749 by Governor Edward Cornwallis who brought with him s...
Croatian Settlers in South Africa Summary The 2013 census of South Africa indicated that the total population was nearly 53 million. It is estimated that the total of Croatian immigrants and their descendants living today in South Africa to be about 7000-8000 , however this figure is not accepted by all researchers, as some believe the true figure to be much less. Timeline of Croatian imm...
Peter Robinson Settlers in Canada= 200 anniversary 'The year 2025 will see a celebration of significance in celebration of the two hundreth anniversary of the arrival of the Peter Robinson settlers in the Canadian Peterborough area. ==Scope of this project==This is a project for documenting the Irish settlers brought to Ontario in 1823 and 1825 by Peter Robinson . This project aim is to help de...
The Early Dutch Settlers of South Africa==This project is devoted to the Dutch Settlers in South Africa. Please only add the profiles of the Stamvaders/Progenitors who came from The Netherlands/Holland.Although not Dutch settlers from Belgium are included in this project - see below.It is also a place where you can share links to online resources, tell other users where records etc. can be foun...
WARNING: Geni users, please, do not create a version of this project in another language, any other language. The Geni project multilingual feature will cause project data to be lost. For the time being, just stay with the English (default) version. A solution is being worked on. Stay tuned. <<<= Pioneers of Canada =This project will act as an umbrella project for all province's pioneers.==The ...
The ship Harry Lorrequer, Jeffares master, from London and Plymouth.This is part of the Bound for South Australia - Ships Lists Portal Project Ships List Passengers as published at the time:Passengers—Mr Thos. Gibson and D. Rock, Surgeon-Superintendent, Thomas Brookes and wife, Peter Brown wife and two children, John, Roderick, Margaret, Mary, Alexander, Peter, and Jane Campbell, Henry Carthan ...
Belgian - arrivals in South Australia - Index Many families and some single persons arrived in South Australia, a free settlers State in the 1850's to 1880's.In working with these records it has been noticed that many did not stay in South Australia.They may have gone directly to the Goldfields, many appear in Victoria Australia and Queensland. This project will list these persons and profiles ...
Pioneers of Canada - Prince Edward Island ====History===The first inhabitants of PEI were ancestors of the Mi’kmaq. There is evidence they occupied sites on PEI as many as 10,000 years ago by crossing the low plain now covered by Northumberland Strait. Occupation since that time has most likely been continuous, although there are some indications that there may have been seasonal migrations to ...
Please add profiles of persons who moved from other States to New South Wales. IE: If they arrived in another State, or were born in another State but died in New South Wales, they should be added here. This is also a portal for specific voyages of settlers moving interstate to New South Wales. Profiles can be added to the specific project fro State to State.==Interstate voyage projects This ic...
Pioneers of Canada - Labrador ==History=The Labrador coast has been occupied for a very long time. Evidence of Maritime Archaic Native occupation, dating back at least 7000 years, has been found at L'ANSE AMOUR BURIAL SITE in the south. Labrador was likely the "Markland" of the Viking sagas, which described the anomalous silvery beaches near Groswater Bay. BASQUE fishermen established a great w...
Passengers arriving onboard the Fortitude= This project page belongs to the main project Peter Robinson Settlers in Canada A return of Irish Emigrants proceeding to Canada, to be settled at the Expense of His Majesty's Government, under the superintendence of Mr. Peter Robinson, Embarked at Cove on board of the FORTITUDE for passage to Quebec - Mr. Francis Connin, Surgeon in charge. Ship Fortit...