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The following table lists the original lists and indexes available for each port. | The following table lists the original lists and indexes available for each port. | ||
===Original Lists<br>Indexes=== | |||
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To find a film number for a specific port in a specific year, look in the Family History Library Catalog. Each port is listed under: <br> | |||
===Sweden - Emigration and Immigration=== | |||
Many Swedes also left from the following ports: | Many Swedes also left from the following ports: | ||
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[COUNTRY] - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION | [COUNTRY] - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION | ||
===Extracts of Parish Records=== | |||
Parish ministers were required to send yearly extract records to the Central Bureau of Statistics (Statistiska Centralbyrån) of people leaving Sweden or arriving in Sweden from another country. This practice was supposed to have started in 1851, but it did not become regular until 1865. | Parish ministers were required to send yearly extract records to the Central Bureau of Statistics (Statistiska Centralbyrån) of people leaving Sweden or arriving in Sweden from another country. This practice was supposed to have started in 1851, but it did not become regular until 1865. | ||
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SWEDEN, [COUNTY] - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION - INDEXES | SWEDEN, [COUNTY] - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION - INDEXES | ||
===Passport Journals=== | |||
Between 1798 and 1851, the names and residences of persons applying for passports were recorded yearly in the records of the Swedish Navy. The Navy kept the records because the passport fees went into the Navy's pension fund.<br> | |||
These records are available on microfilm at the Family History Library (FHL films 479331, 479587-605). Axel Friman has created an index to the names of emigrants listed in the naval records between 1817 and 1850 (FHL film 1224712 item 3). | These records are available on microfilm at the Family History Library (FHL films 479331, 479587-605). Axel Friman has created an index to the names of emigrants listed in the naval records between 1817 and 1850 (FHL film 1224712 item 3). | ||
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SWEDEN, [COUNTY], [CITY] - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION | SWEDEN, [COUNTY], [CITY] - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION | ||
===Emigration Archives=== | |||
Sweden has several regional emigration archives. The most prominent one is the Emigrant Institute in Växjö. It houses the largest collection of Swedish emigration materials as well as a microfilmed collection of church records from the Swedish-American Lutheran Church. The Institute's address is:<br> | |||
'''Svenska Emigrantinstiutet'''<br>Box 201<br>S-351 04 Växjö<br>Sweden<br>Internet: http://www.utvandrarnashus.se/<br> | '''Svenska Emigrantinstiutet'''<br>Box 201<br>S-351 04 Växjö<br>Sweden<br>Internet: http://www.utvandrarnashus.se/<br> | ||