Swedish Emigration Databases and Indexes: Difference between revisions

Göteborg 1869-1951   (1.135.888 records)

Malmö                   1874-1928   (159.903 records)  

Stockholm 1869-1940   (34.887 records)

Norrköping 1859-1922   (8.545 records)

Kalmar                 1881-1893   (3.338 records)

Helsingborg 1929-1950   (413 records)  

Köpenhamn 1868-1898   (56.127 records)

Hamburg 1850-1891   (21.708 records)

Two other emigrant databases have the same name (Emibas).  Both include emigration data taken from Swedish Church records. These records contain the following information: name, title/occupation, gender, birth date, birth parish, marital status, place of residence, date of emigration and destination.  The detail contained in these records, makes it easier to identify individuals as your ancestors. Also, the source citations provide references to the Swedish Church records, helping you to find more information about your ancestors.

Starting in 1996, the original Emibas database included only emigration information extracted from 37,000 church records in the city of Göteborg.  Others were later added from the county of Värmland. These records were included as part of the original “Emigranten-CD” which was published as a 2-CD set in 1996 with an update released in 2001. The 2006 release of this CD includes the Göteborg and Värmland records and appears under the new title of “Emigranten Populär 2006”  

“EMIGRANTEN POPULÄR” 2006

CD-ROM (Produced by the Göteborgs-Emigranten/Emigrantregistret i Karlstad)

This is a new edition of the former “Emigranten-CD” (The Swedish Emigrant) containing source material from passenger lists containing the names of over 1.5 million emigrants from Sweden, primarily to North America.  It is the result of a cooperative effort between the Emigrant Registry in Karlstad (Emigrantregistret I Karlstad) and the Emigration Research Project in Göteborg (Forskningsprojektet Göteborgs-Emigranten).  

Content CD (2) Emigranten

Göteborg Emigration data extracted from church books in the city of Göteborg (approx. 37,000 names)

Värmland Emigration data extracted from church books in Värmland.

Emisjö Emisjö is a database that includes the names of over 20,000 sailors who were recorded as disembarked, fugitive, or dead in a port outside of Europe (primarily in North America) between 1812 and 1930 and are thought to have settled there. These records include name, birth date, birth place, home parish, name of ship, place and time of debarkation.

Emipass Emipass database includes excerpts from exit permits from the years 1783—1869. X X

Emisal Emisal contains the names of passengers who sailed on the Swedish—American Line ships from 1915—1950. X X

Emivasa Emivasa contains information regarding members of Vasaorden (The Vasa Order) in the United States. X

Emilarsson The Emilarsson database includes correspondence of the Swedish emigration agent, Larsson Brothers & Co. X

SAKA* Microfilmed records from Swedish-American church archives. X

*SAKA is a list of the church records in the Swedish American Lutheran Church Archives.  (The records of the Swedish-American Lutheran churches are also available on microfilm through the Swenson Swedish Research Center. 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.

Rock Island IL 61201-2296

E-mail: www.sag@augustana.edu

Emigranten Populär 2006 is only available in Swedish and may be ordered through a number of websites including www.goteborgs-emigranten.com, http://genealogi.netrix.se/shop and www.ancestorsswedish.com.  It can also be accessed through www.Ancestry.com  under “Swedish Emigration Records 1783--1951”.

(THE NEW) “EMIBAS 2008”  

A cooperative effort between the Swedish Emigrant Institute in Växjö (Svenska Emigrantinstitutet i Växjö – SEI) and the Swedish  Genealogical Society (Svensk Släktforskarförbund) has collected emigrant information from Swedish church book records (Household Examination – husförhörslängder and Moving-Out records utflyttningslängder) from over 2,300 parishes.  Data includes name, date and place of birth, title, gender, social standing, last parish of residence, emigration date, destination and comments.  Containing records of over 1.1 million emigrants, these figures represent 75% of all Swedes who emigrated between 1845 and 1930.  Searchable using several parameters, the CD is in both English and Swedish.

Indexes to passenger lists (of emigrants leaving Sweden)

Indexes to Göteborg and Malmö passenger lists exist for the years 1869-1951 for Göteborg and 1874-1939 for Malmö. These indexes are on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also, beginning in 1869 for Göteborg and 1874 for Malmö, the Family History Library has annual lists for each of the above ports through the years 1951 and 1939, respectively. This is a good source to check if you searched the Swedish emigration databases, but did not find your ancestor there.

Emigrantlistor 1869-1920 (Stockholm, Sweden)

contains emigrant lists of people who left Sweden from the port of Stockholm City.

Personregister till Norrköpings poliskammares Emigrantlistor 1860 - 1921.

Personregister över invandrare från Sverige till New York 1851-1869 is an index of emigrants from Sweden to New York, 1851-1869. The source used was the passenger lists of vessels arriving at New York, ser. 237, of the National Archives, U.S. The original index is in Göteborgs Landsarkiv. Be sure to check the listing in the beginning of the letters. For example Jansson, Johansson, Jonsson, Jonasson, Jönsson, are all listed together, but sometimes are listed separately. Note: The date given in these records is the date of arrival in New York and is not the date the ship sailed from Göteborg, Sweden.