| Theme: Emigration | Facts: Travel |
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Different types of tickets |
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| Utvandrare-Kontrakt | "Emigration Contract". Often a "multi-ticket" or "travel-pack" including all the trips ("Feeder" ship to England - rail in England - ship across the Atlantic - rail in the USA) and lodgings at the stops and on board. Issued by the specialist travel-agents, named "authorized emigration agent". |
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How did the
emigrants pay for the journey ? |
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| Sell the farm | |
| Go to Norway or Denmark to earn money and then continue to America | |
| Family "chip in" to pay for one member to go ahead ("scout") | |
| Paid by relative(s) in USA. One family member emigrated first as a "scout" and earned the money there. | |
| Paid by agent / employer in the USA to "import" labour. This was often paid back by deduction from future salary. | |
| Mormon Church arranges free trips. www. xmission.com/-nelsonb/lds.. | |
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