What's New at the Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives
Below are the featured articles or content pages from previous months. The Archives is constantly adding content and strives to make our patron's visit the best possible experience. Thank you for a rewarding Ten years on line.
- 1910 Travel Guide - Profusely Illustrated. Excellent resource if your relatives crossed the Atlantic around this time.
- The New and Greatly expanded Military section has been launched. Our concentration in Navy materials makes this section outstanding
- You can now follow us on Facebook. Become a Fan of The Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives Today!
- Newsletter Volume 2 Number 1 : The Key To The Images. Sent to patrons signed up to our mailing list 7 February 2010. The next newsletter will be sent out following the launch of the new website. Sign up today.
- Service School Command USNTC Great Lakes Machinist's Mate "A" School Group photograph offers a mystery waiting to be solved.
- Transcribed 1922 Passenger List - S.S. Majestic of the White Star Line with 722 passengers and 9 Senior Officers. Includes complete information for passengers and proposed sailings.
- Postcard Collection of Steamships of the Allan Royal Mail Line - Large size images (500 px wide, 150 dpi) perfect for supplementing your family tree book.
- Transcribed 1911 Passenger List - R.M.S. Virginian of the Allan Line. Almost 500 Passengers and Senior Officers listed for this westbound voyage. Includes supplemental information for second cabin passengers.
- Transcribed 1905 Passenger List - S.S. Minneapolis of the Atlantic Transport Line. Includes complete supplemental information for Passengers. (Westbound)
- Transcribed 1927 Passenger List - T.S.S. Transylvania of the Anchor Line. Includes complete supplemental information for Passengers. (Westbound)
- How Immigrants Are Inspected at Ellis Island circa 1903 - Narrative report offers a doctors' observation on the process followed at Ellis Island.
- 1918 (Report) Immigrants to the United States: Inspection, Social and Economic Conditions - (Ellis Island) Excellent Summary of the process at Ellis Island includes tables and footnotes.
- Steerage Conditions Report 1911- A Report of the Immigration Commission. Excellent summary of the conditions and history of steerage.
- Steerage Accommodations in 1879 - A British reporter takes a transatlantic voyage in steerage on a Cunard steamship and reports on the wretched conditions endured by the immigrant passengers of that era.
- Treasure Quest - The Silver Queen (S.S. Laconia I - 1911) - A production of the Discovery Channel uses images from the Archives
- Student Guide to Immigration Materials Available at the Archives
- Stowaways on Steamships - A Reporter's Exposé - If you've ever wondered what happens to Stowaways on board the steamships, here's the scoop.
- An Immigrants' Story - A young Norwegian leaves Trondhjem in 1913 and immigrates to the United States. Read about the journey of a lifetime.
- Back by popular demand, recipes from the Chefs of the Gjenvick-Gjønvik Family
- An Interview with the Founder of the Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives
- The Duties and Responsibilities of a Transatlantic Steamship Captain at the turn of the Twentieth Century. With over 2,000 people on board, learn about how he spends a day in this richly illustrated article from 1901.
- Find out what Housekeeping on a large steamship was like in 1899
- Ever wonder how many crew members it took to run a steamship? Here's a breakdown for the Cunard steamships Campania and Lucania in 1893
- If your ancestors emigrated from Norway in the early 1900s, we have terrific photographs from 1908 taken of ships, towns and cities along the Western coast of Norway and people from 1908.
- Researching Ellis Island? See our extraordinary documents from an immigrant in 1923.
