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Sweden had a State Church (1527 to 2000) which was Lutheran. Many immigrants upon arriving in America stayed with the Lutheran faith. Lutheran congregations with Swedish backgrounds were usually in the Augustana Synod. The Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center on the campus of Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois has microfilmed copies of these records. | Sweden had a State Church (1527 to 2000) which was Lutheran. Many immigrants upon arriving in America stayed with the Lutheran faith. Lutheran congregations with Swedish backgrounds were usually in the Augustana Synod. The Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center on the campus of Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois has microfilmed copies of these records. | ||
Other Swedish people upon arrival to America chose to change their religious affiliation. Some of them had actually left Sweden seeking religious freedom. Many Swedes belonged to congregations in the Evangelical Covenant Church, the Evangelical Free Church, the Baptist Church, and the Methodist Church to name a few. Records of other denominations have also been microfilmed and are also kept at the Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, (Augustana College, 639 38th Street, Rock Island IL 61201-2296 Tel. 309-794-7204). Their church record listing is here | Other Swedish people upon arrival to America chose to change their religious affiliation. Some of them had actually left Sweden seeking religious freedom. Many Swedes belonged to congregations in the Evangelical Covenant Church, the Evangelical Free Church, the Baptist Church, and the Methodist Church to name a few. Records of other denominations have also been microfilmed and are also kept at the Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, (Augustana College, 639 38th Street, Rock Island IL 61201-2296 Tel. 309-794-7204). Their church record listing is here https://www.augustana.edu/swenson/collections/churchrecords | ||
In searching the membership records of the Evangelical Covenant Church in Lindsborg (1874-1932), a record called “Record of Families” was found which resembled the Household Examination Records of Sweden. The record was organized by households and named each person in the household. Complete birthdates, birthplaces (often parish and county in Sweden) sex, baptismal date and place, marriage date and place, date arrived in America, where they were living prior to their present location and when they had arrived, date and place of moving out of this congregation and a column for remarks were all parts of this record. Also available for this same congregation was a “Church Register” which listed members alphabetically and gave complete birthdates along with birth places, marriage information, arrival and removal information. This gives an idea of the detailed information that can be found in Swedish-American church records. | In searching the membership records of the Evangelical Covenant Church in Lindsborg (1874-1932), a record called “Record of Families” was found which resembled the Household Examination Records of Sweden. The record was organized by households and named each person in the household. Complete birthdates, birthplaces (often parish and county in Sweden) sex, baptismal date and place, marriage date and place, date arrived in America, where they were living prior to their present location and when they had arrived, date and place of moving out of this congregation and a column for remarks were all parts of this record. Also available for this same congregation was a “Church Register” which listed members alphabetically and gave complete birthdates along with birth places, marriage information, arrival and removal information. This gives an idea of the detailed information that can be found in Swedish-American church records. | ||