Viewed Through the Lens:
Primary Sources
Primary sources are important sources of information about individuals. Usually they are contemporary documents that relate to events in lives of the people named in them.
The museum and the Genealogy Center possess a varied collection of both official and private documents that describe the lives of immigrants in Denmark and America from the cradle to the grave.
Similar documents may still be in the hands of family members who wish to know what they are and how to use them to further their understanding of the life and experiences of their immigrant ancestors.
Here we show a number of these documents and explain what they are and the various ways they can be used in genealogical research.
Valdemar Jensen and Thora Nielsen
Unknown
Unidentified Siblings
The Salmonsen Family
Karoline Nielsen
John and Karen Petersen
Loggers
Ludvig Mehr and Marie Hansen
Maren Kierstine Jensdatter
Margrethe and Signe Thorsen
Maria Lorenzen Friis
Mariane Pedersen Sand Thomsen
Marie Jensen Winther
Niels Andersen
Niels Christensen
O. P. Petersen
Oak Hill Cornet Band
Peder Jørgensen
Peder Marinus Grimstrup Sand
Peter F. and Magda Gronbech Petersen
Six Young Ladies
The Anderson Brothers
Eline Bjorn
Ane Catrine Nielsdatter
Anna Constance Christine Knudzen
Anna Maria Gaarde
Anna Marie Madsen Nelson
Bernard Eli Andersen Rasmussen
Birthe Lauritzen
Carl Carlsen
Carrie Christensen Holm
Dora Nielsen Sorensen
Dorothea Smith and Marie Sorensen
Ane Carlsen
Elk Horn Residents
Ethel Christoffersen
Flemming Andresen
Four local beauties
George Johann Petersen
Hans P. Gronbech
Ice-skaters
Inger Marie Jensen
Jens Marinus Nørlem
Jens V. Sorensen