Genealogy Form for House of Emigrants Show Segment

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FORM TO BE FILLED OUT AND SENT TO THE HOUSE OF EMIGRANTS IN SWEDEN

Re. to your inquiry of_______________

The House of Emigrants

Box 201

S-351 04 VAXJO

SWEDEN

Tel 0470-20120 (daily service 8-1OAM)

Telefax 0470-394 16

FORM FOR DATA SEARCH OF SWEDISH EMIGRANTS

Name _________________________________________________________________________________

Change of name, if applicable__________________________________________________________

Year, month, day of birth______________________________________________________________

Place of birth, parish,__________________________________________________________

County or Province _________________________________________________________________

Residence before emigration __________________________________________________________

Year of emigration __________________________________________________________________

Name and data of immediate family ______________________________________________________

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Place of settlement _________________________________________________________________

Member of the following_________________________________________________________________

Swedish-American church_________________________________________________________________

or society ________________________________________________________________________

Year, month, day of death ____________________________________________________________

Purpose of investigation—see overleaf

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Enclose $30 in cash (only accepted mean of payment because of the very high exchange rate in Swedish banking system) for each individual to be searched including postage and administration. If necessary you are welcome to make copies of the form!

Your own name and address ________________________________________________________

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GUIDELINES AND LIMITS SET FOR ARCHIVE RESEARCH SERVICES

Due to a tremendous increase in the number of requests for aid in Swedish archive research, we have been forced to limit public services mainly to searches in our computer data bases and other manual registers. Because of the great interest for genealogical service and our own limited resources you cannot expect to get an answer within 6 months.

There is a basic fee of $30 for each emigrant traced. If the parish of birth is known to you and you wish to obtain extensive data for a family tree, you will be referred to one of many professional genealogists. The same is valid for locating possible living relatives in Sweden (Please ask for further information).

For the moment we have access to data bases and registers based of the following historical sources:

• Local church records for more than 460 000 emigrants, mainly from Southern Sweden or the provinces of Skane, Blekinge, Smaland, Oland, Ostergotland, Halland and Vasterbotten

• Passenger lists of Swedish citizens' embarkations from most Swedish, other Scandinavian, and even continental ports. Approximately 1.3 million names

• Sailors mainly from the Western part of Sweden who have jumped ships in ports outside Europe. Approximately 20 000 names

• Swedish immigrant members located in the membership records of the Swedish-American churches. Approximately 160 000 names

• Finnish Swedish immigrants located in the membership records of the Swedish-American churches. Approximately 15 000 names

• GRS or the Social Security Death Benefit Records, register of U.S. citizens passed away 1936- 1992

• U. S. Census Index 1860, 1870 and 1880 for a few states and cities like Chicago and New York

• Biographical index to the library of the Swedish Emigrant Institute. About 80 000 names

Before writing to us you should collect as much information as possible in your own country about the emigrant.

Try to find out where the immigrant's children were baptised and confirmed! Their parents probably belonged to that church. If it is a Swedish-American congregation the place of birth is usually recorded.

Search for old letters and other documents from Sweden as well as photographs!

Try to obtain copies of naturalisation records, marriage and death certificates, census records, city directories and deeds. This information is not always reliable but will help you locate the irnmigrant at a certain place at a given time.

You are always weleome to our Institute to make a more complete study of the original records. Our offices and research section on the second floor of the House of Emigrants are open Monday through Thursday 9 am. - 4 p.m., Fridays 9 - 12 am., and Wednesdays 6 - 9 p.m. (not June- August). The exhibit halls are open weekends as well (Saturdays 11 am. - 3 p.m. and Sundays 1-5 p.m.). Utvandrarnas Hus is located at Vilhelm Mobergs gata 4 close to the Railroad Station.