Problems locating passenger lists, etc.

[Larry Danielson]

I'm having difficulty locating emigrant/passenger information for my great-grandparents and their children from Tuna socken, Kalmar: Nils Gustaf Krig, born 1831 (spelled Kric on the one list I've located) and his wife Lena Sofia Svensdotter, born 1836, with their two children, Sven Edvard, born 1861, and Johan Viktor, born 1866.  The one source I located indicated the port of departure was Göteborg and the date August 27, 1869.  What I'm very curious about is Johan Viktor, who disappears from the records after emigration.  Three males in the family and one woman in the household, according to the Swedish census, emigrated, but there's no record of Johan Viktor in the U.S. census.  I'm wondering if he died during the passage or was lost or died on the land trip to Kansas.  Do I have to purchase the EmiHamn data CD, even though EmiHamn is one of the data bases in Ancestry.com, which I'm using?  Thanks!

[Judy Olson Baouab]

I don't see any reason for purchasing that cd since you already have that information and lots of people do lookups on it. Here is that data again.
 
First name: NILS GUSTAV
Last name: KRIC
Age: 38     Gender: M
Parish: TUNA     County: H
Title/Note: FD SOLDAT = former soldier
Port: GÖTEBORG
Date: 1869 08 27
Destination: GALVA
Fellows: JA
Source: 2:241:1844
 
First name: LINA SOFIA
Head: KRIC NILS GUSTAV
Age: 30     Gender: K
Parish: TUNA     County: H
Title/Note: H = wife
Port: GÖTEBORG
Date: 1869 08 27
Destination: CHICAGO
Fellows: JA
Source: 2:241:1844
 
First name: SWEN
Head: KRIC NILS GUSTAV
Age: 9     Gender: M
Parish: TUNA     County: H
Title/Note: S = son
Port: GÖTEBORG
Date: 1869 08 27
Destination: CHICAGO
Fellows: JA
Source: 2:241:1844
 
 
First name: WICTOR
Head: KRIC NILS GUSTAV
Age: 3     Gender: M
Parish: TUNA     County: H
Title/Note: S
Port: GÖTEBORG
Date: 1869 08 27
Destination: CHICAGO
Fellows: JA
Source: 2:241:1844
 
If the child died on the ship, he should be listed at the end of the manifest.  
 
Did he show up in Swedish-American church records? The Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center has many of those plus lots of other resources. They have a website but their extensive collection of records is NOT online.
 
http://www.augustana.edu/swenson/
 
I see the same family on Emibas but the last name is spelled differently.
 
Post 309163
 
Vrig, Nils Gustaf
Soldat = soldier (married man)
 
b. 3/22/1831 in Vena, Kalmar län (Småland)
 
Emigrated 1869
from Falla Stockhult, Tuna, Kalmar län (Småland)
to Nordamerika
 
Source: Household Examination Roll, p. 86
 
Emibas migration file ID: Tuna H 1869 049
 
Post 309164
 
Svensdotter, Lena Sofia
Hustru = wife. (married woman)
 
b. 9/27/1836 in Vena, Kalmar län (Småland)
 
Emigrated 1869
from Falla Stockhult, Tuna, Kalmar län (Småland)
to Nordamerika
 
Source: Household Examination Roll, p. 86
 
Emibas migration file ID: Tuna H 1869 050
 
Post 309156
 
Nilsson Vrig, Sven Edvard
Soldatson = son of a soldier (unmarried man)
 
b. 1/26/1861 in Tuna, Kalmar län (Småland)
 
Emigrated 1869
from Falla Stockhult, Tuna, Kalmar län (Småland)
to Nordamerika
 
Source: Household Examination Roll, p. 86
 
Emibas migration file ID: Tuna H 1869 051
 
Post 309157
 
Nilsson Vrig, Johan Viktor
Soldatson (unmarried man)
 
b. 4/15/1866 in Tuna, Kalmar län (Småland)
 
Emigrated 1869
from Falla Stockhult, Tuna, Kalmar län (Småland)
to Nordamerika
 
Source: Household Examination Roll, p. 86
 
Emibas migration file ID: Tuna H 1869 052
 
Judy

[Judy Olson Baouab]

This site provides ideas on how to try to find ship manifests. Most are not online.
 
http://home.att.net/~arnielang/shipgide.html
 
Judy