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Welcome to the Swedish American page!
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FamilySearch Wiki is a community website dedicated to helping people throughout the world learn how to find their ancestors. Through the Swedish American page you can learn how to find, use, and analyze Swedish American records of genealogical value. The content is variously targeted to beginners, intermediate, and expert researchers. Please visit the [[Portal:Get started with this site|help page]] to learn more about using the site. The Swedish American Page is a work in progress, your contributions and [[FamilySearch Wiki:Feedback|feedback]] are essential!
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*Archives
== Getting started with Swedish American research  ==
*Biographies
*Cemeteries
*Census
*[[Swedish-American:Church Records|Church Records]]  
*Civil War
*Emigration (from Sweden)
*[[United States Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]  
*Genealogies
*History
*Immigration (arriving U.S.)
*Language
*Libraries
*Military
*Migration Patterns
*Newspapers
*Periodicals
*Place Names
*Settlements
*Social Life and Customs
*Societies


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Numerous articles are available on FamilySearch Wiki to help you get started in family history. For additional information go to [[Portal:Get started with this site|help page]]  
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[[Image:Farewell to home, Göteborg, 1905.jpg|center|640px|Farewell to home, Göteborg, 1905.jpg]] <br>'''Welcome to the Swedish American page!'''


FamilySearch Wiki is a community website dedicated to helping people throughout the world learn how to find their ancestors. Through the Swedish American page you can learn how to find, use, and analyze Swedish American records of genealogical value. The content is variously targeted to beginners, intermediate, and expert researchers. The Swedish American Page is a work in progress, your contributions and [[FamilySearch Wiki:Feedback|feedback]] are essential!
#Identify What You Know
#Decide What You Want to Learn
#Select Records to Search
#Obtain and Search the Records
#Use the Information


== How to begin ==
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See [[Getting Started: General Research Information|General Research Information]]
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== Research Tools  ==
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*[[United States Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
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== Swedish American Sources by State ==
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== New Sweden ==
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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 included parts of Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. For further details and a map see [[New Sweden]].


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Revision as of 16:34, 18 October 2011

Farewell to home, Göteborg, 1905.jpg

Welcome to the Swedish American page!

FamilySearch Wiki is a community website dedicated to helping people throughout the world learn how to find their ancestors. Through the Swedish American page you can learn how to find, use, and analyze Swedish American records of genealogical value. The content is variously targeted to beginners, intermediate, and expert researchers. Please visit the help page to learn more about using the site. The Swedish American Page is a work in progress, your contributions and feedback are essential!

Getting started with Swedish American research[edit | edit source]

Numerous articles are available on FamilySearch Wiki to help you get started in family history. For additional information go to help page

  1. Identify What You Know
  2. Decide What You Want to Learn
  3. Select Records to Search
  4. Obtain and Search the Records
  5. Use the Information

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