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The '''Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center''' at Augustana College is a national organization providing resources for studying Swedish immigration to North America. They also help research the immigrant communities, and the role the immigrants and their descendants have played in American life.<ref>[http://www.augustana.edu/general-information/swenson-center- Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center] in ''Augustana College'' (accessed 30 March 2015).</ref> | The '''Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center''' at Augustana College is a national organization providing resources for studying Swedish immigration to North America. They also help research the immigrant communities, and the role the immigrants and their descendants have played in American life.<ref>[http://www.augustana.edu/general-information/swenson-center- Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center] in ''Augustana College'' (accessed 30 March 2015).</ref> | ||
For genealogy research they have church records from denominations founded by Swedish immigrants in America, passenger indexes from American and Scandinavian ports, Swedish immigrant aid organizations, Swedish-language newspapers, city directories, and censuses for communities with concentrations of Swedish-Americans.<ref>[http://www.augustana.edu/general-information/swenson-center-/genealogy Genealogy] in ''Augustana College'' (accessed 30 March 2015).</ref> | For genealogy research they have church records from denominations founded by Swedish immigrants in America, passenger indexes from American and Scandinavian ports, Swedish immigrant aid organizations, lodge records, Swedish-language newspapers, city directories, and censuses for communities with concentrations of Swedish-Americans.<ref>[http://www.augustana.edu/general-information/swenson-center-/genealogy Genealogy] in ''Augustana College'' (accessed 30 March 2015).</ref> | ||
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