Church Research, Swedish Research

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives: http://www.elca.org/os/archives/
   Research in the archives, hire research, rent microfilm. 321 Bonnie Lane, Elk Grove Village, IL, just south of Oakton St. Bonnie Lane is about halfway between Arlington Heights Road and Busse Road (Rt 83). Open 8:30 to 5, Monday through Friday. Phone: 847-690-9410, FAX: 847-690-9502, email: archives@elca.org

Swedish Research

Smultron list archives: http://smultron.com/pipermail/swedestoo/

Jerry's Scandinavian/USA Genealogy Links: http://longstrom.com/

SweGGate: http://sweggate.com/

Genealogy in Sweden: http://www.algonet.se/%7Ehogman/swe_genealogy.htm

R&oubml;tter: http://www.genealogi.se/ (part in English)

The Swedish Emigrant Institute at Växjö (Svenska Emigrantinstitutet): http://www.swemi.nu/eng/

Gothenburg Regional Archives (Landsarkivet i Göteborg är din arkivmyndighet i Västra Götalands län): http://www.ra.se/gla/english/english.HTML

Maps of Swedish Län (in Swedish): http://www.stadskartan.se/start/

Search Disbyt: http://www.dis.se/searchindex.htm

Swedish Surnames: http://www.algonet.se/~anderzb/genea/sohnamn.htm, http://www.acc.umu.se/~petersj/genealog/databas/search.html

Fritt tillgängliga kyrkoboksregister för släktforskning (Freely available parish files for genealogy research): http://www.slaktdata.org/en/links

Demografisk Databas Södra Sverige (Demographic Database for Southern Sweden): http://www.ddss.nu/engelsk/default.asp

Danish Demographic Database, including Emigration Archives 1868-1908: http://www.ddd.dda.dk/ddd_en.htm

Arkion - 1900 Swedish census: http://www.arkion.se (fee-based)

Selected counties and parishes of the 1890 are indexed at Rootsweb (4575640 records, 136222 distinct surnames): http://userdb.rootsweb.com/sweden/

Swedish Vital Statistics (BMD) for Lindesberg, Orebro, Sweden (57,151 records): http://userdb.rootsweb.com/vitals/

100 Years of Emigrant Ships from Norway: http://www.norwayheritage.com/ships/

Danish Emigration Archives passenger list: http://www.emiarch.dk/news.php3?l=en

Norwegian Digital Archives: http://digitalarkivet.no/cgi-win/WebFront.exe?slag=vis&tekst=meldingar&spraak=e

Find a Grave in Stockholm, Sweden, created by the Stockholm Cemeteries Administration. 525,000 burials in eleven cemeteries, with digital maps: hittagraven.stockholm.se

From Jerry Longstrom - Swedish phone book online: http://privatpersoner.gulasidorna.se/
  Sök=search | Exakt Staving=exact spelling | Hela Landet=entire land | Ange område=State area | Börjar med=begins with
Kvasir Telefonkatalog (Norwegian telephone directory): http://www.kvasir.no/telefonkatalog/ fornavn = Given name | etternavn = Family name

Finding Origins of Scandinavian who came to America before 1870: http://www.horlacher.org/genarticles/scandem.htm

Swenson Center: http://www.augustana.edu/administration/SWENSON/

Swedish Place Names (alpha): http://www.webfamilytree.com/swedish_place_names.htm

Population Registration in Sweden (present day): http://skatteverket.se/broschyrer/711b/711b03.pdf


Online Dictionaries/Translation

Tolken99: http://www.tolken99.net/

Multilanguages dictionary: http://www.yourdictionary.com/diction1.html#multi

Lexin Swedish-English dictionary: http://www-lexikon.nada.kth.se/skolverket/swe-eng.html

Swedish-English dictionary: http://www.freedict.com/onldict/swe.html

InterTran: http://www.tranexp.com:2000/InterTran

Swedish Genealogical Word List: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/Rg/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Guide=WLSweden.asp


I know of no higher fortitude than stubbornness in the face of overwhelming odds. - Louis Nizer

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Timelines

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Create your own timeline: http://www.ourtimelines.com/, HistoryWorld: http://www.historyworld.net/default.asp

Step-By-Step: Creating A Timeline: http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=6529&o_iid=831&o_lid=831&o_it=831

Food - what people ate: http://www.gti.net/mocolib1/kid/food.html

This Day in American Weather History: http://www.weatherforyou.com/history/

American (Smithsonian): http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/timeline.htm
   Interesting animated timeline/atlas: http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie2.html - great little 10 minute brush-up on the highlights of US history

Australian: http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/timeline/

British: http://www.britannia.com/history/time1.html
   BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/timelines/
   Ulster: http://www.cruithni.org.uk/

Scottish: http://members.aol.com/skyelander/timeline.html

Celtic: http://www.art-with-attitude.com/village/celt_timeline.html

Scandinavian: http://europeanhistory.about.com/cs/scandinavia/

Chronik der Geschichte, An English-German History Timeline: http://german.about.com/library/blhist_time01.htm

French: http://www.uncg.edu/rom/courses/dafein/civ/timeline.htm

Alsace: http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/Ancillary/Geog/Europe/Alsace-Lorraine.shtml


There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. - Elie Wiesel

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