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[[Image:New Sweden map.png|thumb|right|500px|Map of New Sweden forts and settlements, 1638-1655, together with their modern names.]]'''New Sweden''' (Swedish: Nya Sverige) was a Swedish colony on the Delaware River on the Atlantic coast of North America from 1638 to 1655. It was centered at Fort Christina, now in Wilmington, Delaware, and included parts of the present-day states of [[Portal:Delaware|Delaware]], [[Portal:New Jersey|New Jersey]], and [[Portal:Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]. About 600 Swedes and 300 Finns, Dutch, and Germans built the colony for the purpose of producing tobacco and furs.<ref name="WNN">"New Sweden" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Sweden (accessed 7 November 2008).</ref> | [[Image:New Sweden map.png|thumb|right|500px|Map of New Sweden forts and settlements, 1638-1655, together with their modern names.]]'''New Sweden''' (Swedish: Nya Sverige) was a Swedish colony on the Delaware River on the Atlantic coast of North America from 1638 to 1655. It was centered at Fort Christina, now in Wilmington, Delaware, and included parts of the present-day states of [[Portal:Delaware|Delaware]], [[Portal:New Jersey|New Jersey]], and [[Portal:Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]. About 600 Swedes and 300 Finns, Dutch, and Germans built the colony for the purpose of producing tobacco and furs.<ref name="WNN">"New Sweden" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Sweden (accessed 7 November 2008).</ref> | ||
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*"New Sweden Settlers, 1638-1654" in Sweden Genealogy Links at http://www.genealogia.fi/emi/3d41indexe.htm (accessed 4 November 2008). Originally published in the ''Swedish American Genealogist'' vols. 16-19. | *"New Sweden Settlers, 1638-1654" in Sweden Genealogy Links at http://www.genealogia.fi/emi/3d41indexe.htm (accessed 4 November 2008). Originally published in the ''Swedish American Genealogist'' vols. 16-19. | ||
*"List of the Swedish Families Residing in New Sweden in 1693 for Genealogy Research" in Colonial Ancestors at http://colonialancestors.com/de/families.htm (accessed 4 November 2008). 188 families, 932 persons. | *"List of the Swedish Families Residing in New Sweden in 1693 for Genealogy Research" in Colonial Ancestors at http://colonialancestors.com/de/families.htm (accessed 4 November 2008). 188 families, 932 persons. | ||
*"List of persons to the Colony of New Amstel, compiled from 'Return of Moneys paid for the Colonie on the Delaware River, November 18, 1659 - November 3, 1662'" in New Netherland and Beyond Delaware River Settlements 1637-1682 at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycoloni/amsteld1.html (accessed 4 November 2008). 41 names.<br> | *"List of persons to the Colony of New Amstel, compiled from 'Return of Moneys paid for the Colonie on the Delaware River, November 18, 1659 - November 3, 1662'" in New Netherland and Beyond Delaware River Settlements 1637-1682 at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycoloni/amsteld1.html (accessed 4 November 2008). 41 names.<br> | ||
*[http://www.colonialswedes.org/ Swedish Colonial Society] - history, churches, and settlers.<br> | *[http://www.colonialswedes.org/ Swedish Colonial Society] - history, churches, and settlers.<br> | ||
*Peter Stebbins Craig, "1671 Census of Delaware," in [http://books.google.com/books?id=MIeozQv21_sC Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, 40 (Spring/Summer 1998)]: 197-231, and continued in [http://books.google.com/books?id=tAY2ahFxE1sC Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, 40 (Fall/Winter 1998)]: 314-60. Biographical sketches of over 175 mostly Swedish and Finnish residents on the west side of the Delaware River from what is now New Castle County, Delaware, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Also includes a few families in Zwaanendael (now Lewes, Sussex, Delaware), and east of the Delaware River in present day New Jersey.<br> | *Peter Stebbins Craig, "1671 Census of Delaware," in [http://books.google.com/books?id=MIeozQv21_sC Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, 40 (Spring/Summer 1998)]: 197-231, and continued in [http://books.google.com/books?id=tAY2ahFxE1sC Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, 40 (Fall/Winter 1998)]: 314-60. Biographical sketches of over 175 mostly Swedish and Finnish residents on the west side of the Delaware River from what is now New Castle County, Delaware, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Also includes a few families in Zwaanendael (now Lewes, Sussex, Delaware), and east of the Delaware River in present day New Jersey.<br> | ||
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*Amandus Johnson, “[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycoloni/nswamap.html Detailed Map of New Sweden 1638-1655]” attributed to a book by Amandus Johnson, ''Swedish Settlements on the Delaware'' (Philadelphia: Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1911) in “Settlements on the Delaware River” in New Netherland and Beyond at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycoloni/nswamap.html (accessed 8 November 2008). Best available map, but the labels are sometimes tiny and difficult to read on the Internet. The explanations on this map are probably the main source for ubiquitous lists of settlement dates for the forts, for the permanent settlements, and rivers and creeks of New Sweden. This map is not listed in the above book's table of contents or list of maps; perhaps it was a flyleaf pocket insert. An identical map is in Amandus Johnson, ''The Swedes on the Delaware 1638-1664'' (Philadelphia: Swedish Colonial Society, 1915), 392. However, the digitized by Google 2008 version of page 392 is virtually blank. | *Amandus Johnson, “[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycoloni/nswamap.html Detailed Map of New Sweden 1638-1655]” attributed to a book by Amandus Johnson, ''Swedish Settlements on the Delaware'' (Philadelphia: Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1911) in “Settlements on the Delaware River” in New Netherland and Beyond at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycoloni/nswamap.html (accessed 8 November 2008). Best available map, but the labels are sometimes tiny and difficult to read on the Internet. The explanations on this map are probably the main source for ubiquitous lists of settlement dates for the forts, for the permanent settlements, and rivers and creeks of New Sweden. This map is not listed in the above book's table of contents or list of maps; perhaps it was a flyleaf pocket insert. An identical map is in Amandus Johnson, ''The Swedes on the Delaware 1638-1664'' (Philadelphia: Swedish Colonial Society, 1915), 392. However, the digitized by Google 2008 version of page 392 is virtually blank. | ||
*“[http://runeberg.org/nfbt/0095.html Kartskiss öfver Nya Sverige 1638-55 (Efter Amandus Johnson)]” a map image in the article “Nya Sverige” in ''Nordisk familjebok. Uggleupplagan. 20. Norrsken - Paprocki'' (Stockholm: Nordisk familjeboks förlags, 1914; digitized by Projekt Runeberg, 2002), 153-54. Less detailed but much more readable on the Internet than Johnson's original. Shows forts and blockhouses only—no other settlements.<br> | *“[http://runeberg.org/nfbt/0095.html Kartskiss öfver Nya Sverige 1638-55 (Efter Amandus Johnson)]” a map image in the article “Nya Sverige” in ''Nordisk familjebok. Uggleupplagan. 20. Norrsken - Paprocki'' (Stockholm: Nordisk familjeboks förlags, 1914; digitized by Projekt Runeberg, 2002), 153-54. Less detailed but much more readable on the Internet than Johnson's original. Shows forts and blockhouses only—no other settlements.<br> | ||
*"Location of Fort Nassau" in Gloucester County, New Jersey History and Genealogy [Internet site] at http://www.nj.searchroots.com/Gloucesterco/fortnassau.htm#Location (accessed 8 November 2008). This map series emphasizes Ft. Nassau, but a few of them also show parts of New Sweden. | *"Location of Fort Nassau" in Gloucester County, New Jersey History and Genealogy [Internet site] at http://www.nj.searchroots.com/Gloucesterco/fortnassau.htm#Location (accessed 8 November 2008). This map series emphasizes Ft. Nassau, but a few of them also show parts of New Sweden. | ||
*"Map of the New Netherlands" (Novi Belgii quod nunc Novi Jorck vocatur Novae q Angliae & Partis Virginiae) from Arnout Montanus, De nieue en onbekende weereld, part II after p. 122 in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, inv. nr. 1049B13_074; digitized in the Atlas of Mutual Heritage at http://www.nationaalarchief.nl/amh/detail.aspx?page=dafb&lang=en&id=5168 (accessed 11 November 2008). Includes most New Sweden settlements. | *"Map of the New Netherlands" (Novi Belgii quod nunc Novi Jorck vocatur Novae q Angliae & Partis Virginiae) from Arnout Montanus, De nieue en onbekende weereld, part II after p. 122 in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, inv. nr. 1049B13_074; digitized in the Atlas of Mutual Heritage at http://www.nationaalarchief.nl/amh/detail.aspx?page=dafb&lang=en&id=5168 (accessed 11 November 2008). Includes most New Sweden settlements. | ||