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Genealogy: Sweden

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These sites provide information, links and databases concerning genealogy and heraldry. Related information may be found under General Resources: Directories and Society: Ethnic Groups. For information about general genealogical resources available at the Library of Congress, consult the website of its Local History and Genealogy Reading Room.



Cyndi's List of Genealogical Sites on the Internet: Sweden/Sverige (http://www.cyndislist.com/sweden.htm)
Provides partially annotated links to professional researchers and research services, libraries and archives, and mailing lists within Sweden. This site also furnishes links to world-wide genealogical information, either alphabetically or by subject categories. Search or browse. In Swedish and English.

FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset%5Fsearch.asp)
A searchable genealogical database primarily in North America but including many émigrés. Maintained by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

International Civic Arms: Sweden (http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwe/sweden.htm)
Provides images of and information on coats of arms for historical and administrative provinces, and districts. Select by first letter. Maintained by the International Civic Heraldry Web site in the Netherlands.

Local Catholic Church History & Genealogy: Finland + Sweden + Denmark + Norway (http://home.att.net/%7ELocal_Catholic/Catholic-FIN-SWE-NOR-DEN-ICE.htm)
Links to Roman Catholic churches in Sweden as well as sites that provide historical research on the Catholic Church and family history in Sweden.

Surname Navigator (http://www.surnamenavigator.org)
Provides a surname search engine for a dozen international search engines.

Svenska Emmigrantinstitutet (http://www.utvandrarnashus.se/eng/)
The Swedish Emigrant Institute, in Växjö, Sweden, provides information on Swedish emigration, especially to America, and on the considerable resources available to researchers who visit the institute. Links to information about the institute's archives and library, research at the institute, online exhibition, and more. In Swedish, English, and German.

SweGGate: Sweden Genealogy Gate (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~swewgw/)
Sweden Genealogy Gate is a member of the WorldGenWeb Project, a nonprofit organization, whose mission is to provide free genealogical advice through volunteer genealogists. Provides links to research guides, biographical databases, and discussion groups.

Sweden Genealogy Forum (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~swewgw/)
Provides an email forum on various genealogical questions related to Sweden. Postings may be easily consulted either through a directory of postings or through a search engine.

Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center (http://www.augustana.edu/swenson/)
Provides information about the Center's library, archives, guidelines for Swedish-American genealogical research, Swedish parish records on microfiche, and links to publications, an electronic version of its annual newsletter, Swenson Center News, and more. From Augustana College, Illinois.

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