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*"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 https://web.archive.org/web/20171010022310/http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com:80/~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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Archives[edit | edit source]

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
ELCA Regional Archives
Region 8: General Synod for Central Pennsylvania, Delaware-Maryland and Metropolitan Washington, D.C.
Elwood W. Christ
A.R. Wentz Library
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Gettysburg, PA 17325
Phone: 717-334-6286, Ext. 2131
Email: echrist@ltsg.edu
Website: http://www.abs.net/~lhs/


Cemeteries[edit | edit source]

New Castle County

Old Swedes Cemetery in Wilmington  http://www.eancestry.org/showmap.php?cemeteryID=74

Churches[edit | edit source]


The Swedish American churches listed below have microfilmed records in the Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center at the Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. These microfilms are not available via interlibrary loan but may be searched in person or a search may be requested for a fee. See http://www.augustana.edu/x13917.xml  for years of availability, guidelines, and research request forms.

New Castle County

Grace Baptist Church
Wilmington, Delaware

Websites[edit | edit source]