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I'm getting ready for my Southern California Genealogical Society 2011 Jamboree session on doing Chicago genealogical research from afar. In the next few weeks, I’ll be posting information about various Chicago resources to consider in addition to the vital records and other sources in the session handout.
Today's list is of Swedish genealogical resources for your Chicago ancestors.
Please note: This list is meant to include resources in addition to the ones found at the traditional genealogical sites like FamilySearch, Ancestry, Footnote, and the like. And the lists are by no means exhaustive, so if you know of other digital collections on Chicago and Illinois that you've found useful in your research, please let me know.
Books
Anderon, Philip J. and Dag Blanck. Swedish-American Life in Chicago:
Cultural and Urban Aspects of an Immigrant People, 1850-1930
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Urbana: University of Illinois, 1992.
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Urbana: University of Illinois, 1992.
Beijbom, Ulf. Swedes in Chicago: A Demographic
and Social Study of the 1846-1880 Immigration.
Stockholm: Läromedelsforlagen, 1971. Newberry Call No. HN80.C5 B413.
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Stockholm: Läromedelsforlagen, 1971. Newberry Call No. HN80.C5 B413.
Johansson, Carl-Erik. Cradled in Sweden. Logan,
UT: Everton, 2002.
. Logan,
UT: Everton, 2002.
Olson, Ernst Wilhelm. The Swedish Element in Illinois: A
Survey of the Past Seven Decades.
Chicago: Swedish-American Biographical Association, 1917. Newberry Call No.
F896.643. Includes biographical sketches, some church and industry information.
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Chicago: Swedish-American Biographical Association, 1917. Newberry Call No.
F896.643. Includes biographical sketches, some church and industry information.
Swedish Voters in Chicago, 1888: Based on the Voter
Registrations of 1888. Ed. Nils
William Olsson. Winter Park: FL: SAG Publications, 1999.
List
COOK-CO-IL. A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical or
historical interest in Cook County, Illinois. To subscribe send
"subscribe" to cook-co-il-l-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) or cook-co-il-d-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode).
Newspapers
Illinois Newspaper Project
The Illinois Newspaper
Project (INP) is funded by the National Endowment
for the Humanities and administered by the Library of Congress as part of the U.S. Newspaper Program (USNP) and the National Digital
Newspaper Program (NDNP).
Under the USNP, the INP
team traveled throughout Illinois inventorying and cataloging collections held
by libraries and repositories, private organizations, and individuals. A
Web-based searchable database of all newspapers
discovered and preserved through the project is available. All microfilm produced for INP is made
available through interlibrary loan.
Search here by title or
OCLC number for information on repository and holdings for the following
Chicago Swedish newspaper titles:
Aftonbladet Skandia
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OCLC no. 26364581
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Chicago-posten
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OCLC no. 10356528
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Chicago-bladet
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OCLC no. 01554146
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Organizations
Newberry Library
60 West Walton, Chicago, IL 60610 (312) 255-3512 www.newberry.org
Swedish Genealogy
Nordic Family Genealogy Center at the Swedish
American Museum
Opened in 1994, the Nordic Family Genealogy
Center is a research center at the Swedish American Museum assisting
individuals with finding out more about their Swedish ancestry. The
Genealogy Center offers monthly genealogy events as well as weekly genealogy
research time. Annual membership for the Genealogy Center costs $20
for Museum members; non-members pay $10 per genealogy session. For
questions or comments, please e-mail genealogy@samac.org.
Swedish-AmericanArchives of Greater Chicago, North Park University
Swedish-AmericanArchives of Greater Chicago, North Park University
Established in 1968, the Swedish-American Archives of
Greater Chicago (SAAGC) collects and makes available the rich documentary
record of the Swedish-American experience in Chicago. Manuscript collections
include organizational records of local Swedish-American groups and personal
papers of Swedish-Americans. A library of Swedish and English language periodicals
and books, largely Chicago imprints, complement the archival collection. Much
of the SAAGC holdings are in the Swedish language.
The collection is owned by the Swedish-American Historical Society, a non-profit organization founded in 1948 with the mission of recording the achievements of Swedish pioneers. The Society is devoted to the mission of studying Swedish emigration and the history and culture of Swedes in North America through research, publications, programs, and archives.
Contact the F. M. Johnson Archives and Special Collections at North Park University. 3225 W. Foster Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625 (telephone 773-244-6223)
Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center at Augustana College
The collection is owned by the Swedish-American Historical Society, a non-profit organization founded in 1948 with the mission of recording the achievements of Swedish pioneers. The Society is devoted to the mission of studying Swedish emigration and the history and culture of Swedes in North America through research, publications, programs, and archives.
Contact the F. M. Johnson Archives and Special Collections at North Park University. 3225 W. Foster Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625 (telephone 773-244-6223)
Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center at Augustana College
The Swenson Center located at Augustana College, is a national archives and research institute
providing resources for the study of Swedish immigration to North America, the
communities the immigrants established, and the role the immigrants and their
descendants have played in American life. In addition to building collections,
another major role for the Center is to assist people researching their
Swedish-American genealogy.
Periodicals
Swedish American Genealogist. Winter Park, FL: Swedish American Genealogist,
1981-. Holdings: Vol. 1 (1981) - currently received. Newberry Call No. E184.S23
S88. Indexed yearly.
Swedish American Genealogist is a quarterly journal devoted to Swedish American
biography, genealogy, and personal history, and is published by the Swenson
Center.
Each issue is published in the English language and
contains a column for subscribers' genealogical queries. The editor, Elisabeth
Thorsell, is responsible for all editorial matters and subscriber queries.
Contact her with ideas for submissions:
Elisabeth Thorsell, SAG editor
Hästskovägen 45
SE-177 39 JÄRFÄLLA
SWEDEN
sag@etgenealogy.se
Elisabeth Thorsell, SAG editor
Hästskovägen 45
SE-177 39 JÄRFÄLLA
SWEDEN
sag@etgenealogy.se
Swedish American Historical Quarterly. Chicago: Swedish Pioneer Historical Society, 1950-.
The Swedish-American Historical Quarterly is an academic journal published continuously since
1950 by the Swedish-American Historical Society. The title of the journal was
the Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly from 1950 to 1983. Full of historic illustrations and substantial
articles by researchers, noted authors, and leading academics, the Swedish-American
Historical Quarterly documents and
interprets the Swedish-American presence in North America.
Augustana College also delivers past issues online at:
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