In this menu you will find all the important documents that has been found about the Andersen family that emigrated to USA in 1905 together with thousands of other Danes.

More than 300.000 Danes emigrated to America in the second half of  1800. The people from Bornholm left in great masses, in percents more people left from Bornholm to America then the rest of Denmark. Look in this database: Bornholms Ø-arkiv Search after e.g. Kristian Jenus Andersen and select “Se mere (See more)” to see sibling and parents names.

Find more about this by selecting the “drop-down” menu under “The Files”.