The Journals of Jørgen Larsen
It is important to preserve the past when a family is lucky enough to have a collection primary source documents: letters, cards, diaries, journals or notes. In this case our family had 40 immigrant journals of Jørgen Larsen preserved by his daughter Betty Larsen Andrew and passed onto his eldest granddaughter Karen Board Moran. As his descendants continued to spread across America, they decided to digitize the journals and English translations and store the originals in the Danish Immigrant Archives at Grand View University Library where a digitized version of the originals in Danish are coming soon!
JOURNAL TRANSLATIONS BY Paul Sorensen, Franklin, North Carolina, 1984 with Betty Larsen Andrew’s notes
Volume I 1904 Denmark & Language of Flowers Volume XXI 1908
Volume II 1904-5 Michigan Volume XXII 1908
Volume III 1905 Volume XXIII 1908
Volume IV 1905 Volume XXIV 1908
Volume V 1905 Volume XXV 1908 Iowa
Volume VI 1905 Volume XXVI 1909
Volume VII 1905 Volume XXVII 1909 Delavan, Wisconsin
Volume VIII 1906 Volume XXVIII 1909
Volume IX 1906 plus Volume XXIX 1909
Volume XI 1906 Volume XXXI 1910 Denmark
Volume XII 1907 Volume XXXII 1910 Delavan, Wisconsin
Volume XIII 1907 Volume XXXIII 1911
Volume XIV 1907 Volume XXXIV 1911-12
Volume XV 1907 Volume XXXV 1911-12 and 1939 summary
Volume XVI 1907 Volume XXXVI Accounts 1906-1921
Volume XVII 1908 pages 1-23; 24-25 Volume XXXVII 1917-1919 World War I
Volume XVIII 1908 Volume XXXVIII 1919 Rockford, Illinois
1900’s POST CARDS OF GØRLEV, DENMARK
Man by pushcart on New street identified as Frederiksen by George Larsen, 1904 or later
Gorlev Railroad Station and Lumberyard, 1898
RESEARCH AND THOUGHTS OF KAREN BOARD MORAN
Scanning a journal page by page and reading the translations opens a window on the past that often produces more questions than answers. The following links help others follow the path into the past. Karen was fortunate to continue her research with cousins in Denmark in 2009. There is always more to discover such as bumping into another cousin in a cemetery who had a picture of my great grandmother!
“Mother’s Song” translated by Ann Uffe
Slibestenen Homestead Visit, 2009 Image 1, Image 2, Image 3
During 2009 visit to a cemetery in search of our Jørgensen branch, we encountered a cousin who had the above image of George’s maternal grandmother Ingerbord (Jensdatter) Jensen with her son’s family at the Stenagergaard homestead.
Store Kongsmark Store Valby Research
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