EMIGRATION LINKS
Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild
As of February 16, 1999, we have over 400 passenger manifests posted here
on our new website.
So they probably have many more now!... Webmaster (12-04)
1. A History of the House of Emigrants' about the Emigrant Institute,
Växjö, Sweden (in Swedish), by JoAnn Hanson-Stone.
2. American Swedish Historical
Museum, Philadelphia
3. -
"MIGRATION" from the EU-Project "Web for Schools" at Wirje University,
Brussels.
4.
Svenska Museer (In Swedish only)
5. City Guide Sweden
Pick a city from an index or a map. Info on Business,
Entertainment, Events and Tourism. English or Swedish.
6. Sweden Information
A lot of information about Sweden including Maps
7. "Sweden On-Line" (in Swedish)
List of information sources, National and Regional
8. Background Facts on Swedish Emigration by Görgen Brolien.
9. Sweden Open Line - A Swedish
Information Search Engine - (in Swedish)
10.
"Observations from my new home country..." Also, the
Swedish Expatriate's Page with many links to Sweden.
11. SUNET - The Major Swedish Information
Search Engine (in Swedish)
Operated by KTH (The Royal Technical Institute) in
cooperation with other Swedish Universities.
12. Tidningen RÖTTER - För dig som
släktforskar" (in Swedish)
13. -
14. -
15. Välkommen till Kungliga Hovstaterna!
(in Swedish)
This is a link directly to the Royal Palace in Stockholm. A presentation of
His Majesties, the King and Queen of Sweden and their various residences.
16. Welcome to the Kingdom of
Sweden
A new site presenting the Kingdom of Sweden. Sponsored by several
organizations, including the foreign ministry.
17. Regeringen - in Swedish (with English link)
18. Daily News in Swedish from
Aftonbladet (in Swedish)
19. Vestkusten - a Swedish
periodical on the West Coast
20. Swenson Research
Center Home Page
21. Swedish Information Service
22. Swedish Resources on the Internet
23. Minnesota Historical Society
24.
The STORA Corporation - History
The history of the STORA Corporation (formerly Stora Kopparberg AB) starting
in the year 1288 with the world's oldest share displayed ("Bishop Peter's
Deed"), is an excellent presentation of not only STORA's history, as the
world's oldest public industrial company, but it provides insights into the
conditions prevailing during the development of Swedish industry in general
during the past seven hundred (700+) years.
25. The Genealogical
Society of Kronoberg (Småland) (in Swedish)
26. SVAR - Svensk Arkivinformation (in Swedish)
27. Riksarkivet (in Swedish)
28.
Databaser i Sverige
29. Minnesota Genealogical Society
30. Genealogy - Swedish Church Records Online
32. Raoul Wallenberg -
U.S. Honor Citizen (in Swedish)
Research project by Johan Kolsgård. If you want to know more about Raoul
Wallenberg or want to contribute facts or stories about his disappearance
in Budapest, Hungary, during the war, this is the pleace to go to. In
Swedish only, but you can communicate in English.
33.
A site for those that wants to find out about their roots in Sweden.
34. John Bauer (Jönköping County
Museum)
One of the most interesting Swedish illustrators. He was the father of
"Troll" illustrations (and the forest princesses). He became the illustrator
for the book-series "Bland Tomtar och Troll", fairy tales aimed at children.
Tragically he and his whole family drowned on Lake Vättern on a sinking boat
at a young age.
35.
Släktforskning på nätet - Information about the museum such as: location, exhibitions, and articles about the telecom history.
36. Riksdagen (the Swedish Parliament's
Homepage)
37.
38.
Swedish-American Archives of Greater Chicago
39.
Jönköpings historical "allmogemarknad"
40. Stockholms Tingsrätt
Some "loaded" court and rights issues in Sweden according to a certain
Lawyer, especially the Palme murder case appear quite sensational to me.
In my mind at least, a red flag is raised because they leave no address
nor any means to contact them whatsoever. This website is in Swedish only
but they may come out with an English version as well (?).
41. Swedish Culture -
Welcome from the Mining Company
42. Listen to Radio Sweden
If you have RealAudio (can be downloaded) you can listen to news several times
a day in Swedish and other languages including English.
43. Facts about Sweden
Check this site first before you travel or want more detailed information about
the country. Excellent information is provided by this site (CityNet). Also see
CityNet's other country sites below.
44. Sverige Runt -
Virtual Sweden
In-depth information about media, cultural institutions, places, and much more.
You could certainly spend hours on this site alone.
45. Sweden's Home Page
Lots of information about all areas and places in Sweden. Provided by the
Swedish Tourist Council.
46. Stockholm,
Europe's Culture Capital 1998
47. Swedish Society
Information
48. Information direct from
Provinces, Regions and Cities
Historical landmarks and area History,
where to go, where to eat, where to lodge, attractions, companies, etc. etc.
One of the most information-filled sites about Sweden. Many color pictures
from the various areas.
49. Swedish Castles and Historical Properties. Also,
History of the Swedish Provinces
(Click on the Province you are
interested in for detailed information)
Swedish Libraries Linked to the Web - (Excellent
Information Sources):
50. The Royal Library, Stockholm
51. City of
Göteborg Library
52. The City
Library of Ronneby, Blekinge Province - "The Library of the Future"
53. City of Linköping
Library - Province of Östergötland
54.
City of Norrköping Library - Province of Östergötland
55. The Library at the
University of Gävle-Sandviken
56. City of Mölndal
Library (Outside Göteborg)
57. The Internet
Library - "Länkbubblan"
58. "Ask the
Librarian"
Finnish Genealogical Society
Emigration Information about Other European
Countries
1. History of
the Irish Potato Famine
2. Irish on the Net
3. Potato Blight
4. Genealogical Guide to Ireland
5.
Irish emigration to the U.S.
6. The
Association of European Migration Institutions
7. German Genealogy Home Page
8. German Genealogical
Sites and Organizations
9. German
Genealogical Resources on the Internet
10. Facts about Norway
11. Facts about Denmark
12. Facts about Finland
13. Facts about Iceland
14. Facts about Ireland
15. Facts about Germany
16. Facts about Russia
17. Facts about
United Kingdom
18. Facts about Italy
19. Facts about France
20. Facts about Poland
21. Facts about the
Czech Republic
22. Facts about Hungary
23. Facts about Other
European Countries
24. Tenement Museum
This is an amazing web-site well worth exploring! For many emigrants, the
slums of New York's Lower East Side were the last stop after Ellis Island.
The concentration of people, up to 240,000 per square mile, bred living
conditions that shocked the nation. This site tells the story and features
a building on the lower east side in New York City (97 Orchard Street)
where more than 10,000 emigrants lived between the years 1870 - 1915.
You will see a building with 16 apartments. Go in to the "Urban Log Cabin".
Select the year (either 1870 or 1915), and click on one of the 16 windows
and you will see how these people lived inside. There is a short story on
each family.
In the "Excavation" section, click on many layers of wallpapers and
floorboards to see some of the 1500 artifacts, dating back a hundred years,
that were found in floors and mailboxes. The site offers more about the
individuals who inhabitated the building - what languages they spoke, their
livelihoods, and their relationships with their neighboors - including
QuickTime movies, details of the urban archaeology that went into creating
the museum and facts about the reasons behind the influx of emigrants to
New York.
The Tenement Museum is a monument to the emigrant poor and a reminder of
the modest beginnings that, for most of us, are a part of our heritage.
"Yahoo! Internet Life" magazine rewarded this as the most "Memorable Site
of the Month" in their December 1996 issue. This site is so interesting
that I'll bet you want to spend several hours at your computer monitor to
find out more about these people, people of whom you might be a descendant!
a Swedish link: Skoldatanätet - Skolverkets Internet-guide för pedagoger.
...and from other countries
1. "Looking for Gold Mountain" (Chinese emigration)
Ellis Island (All Countries)
1. I-Channel: Ellis
Island
Historical Overview, The Journey, Through America's Gate
(Processing =
Arrival, Medical Inspection, Mental Inspection, Legal Inspection, Detention,
Free to Land.)
Ellis Island Today, Oral History Project, The Ellis Island Cookbook.
2. Ellis
Island Pictures
University of California at Riverside presents 24 historical images from
Ellis Island.
3. INS: Ellis Island
University Publications of America's Web-site.
4. SRU: Ellis
Island
Slippery Rock University's Web-site.
5. Ellis Island - The History Channel
They came from many lands - Chronology of Ellis Island - Reborn into
America - Audio Clips
COMMENTS in a letter dated 5/14/97 from Dr. Roger
McGrath, Professor at Department of History, UCLA, Los Angeles (he is one
of the commentators in History Channel's "The Real West" TV-series:
"I also recall that you mention immigration through Ellis Island. Actually,
the immigrants that participated in the settling of the Old West arrived,
for the most part, long before Ellis Island was opened in 1892. Immigrants
during the generation before Ellis Island mostly came through Castle
Gardens (if they came through NYC). By the 1890s what one might call a
frontier no longer existed, although a few mining camps in Nevada and Idaho
acted as if it still did."
Current Immigration Information from INS and
others
1. Current Immigration Information
By Mark Carmel Immigration Lawyer.
2. Welcome to the INS Home Page
3. INS - Immigration
Fact Sheet
4. Influence of
Immigration on American Economy
5. Peaks/Waves of Immigration
Confused about "emigrant" terminology?
Most of the time I have used the term "emigrants", but I could as well have
used the term "immigrants".
Emigration = moving out from a country.
Immigration = moving in to a country.
Migration = moving, usually within a country.
Movies Made on the Subject
Cited from Leonard Maltin's "Movie and Video Guide 1995"
"THE EMIGRANTS"(UTVANDRARNA)(1971)
(Swedish). Click at the film's name for much more detail. Color ***
Dir. Jan Troell.
Actors:
Max von Sydow, Liv Ullman,Eddie Axberg,
Allan Edwall, Hans Alfredsson.
"Solid if rambling tale of a peasant farmer von Sydow, wife Ullman and
fellow Swedes who emigrate to America in the 19th century. Sequel, THE NEW
LAND, is even better, both have been edited together for TV, dubbed in
English, and presented as THE EMIGRANT SAGA. See also THE OX (PG)."
Video available.
"NYBYGGARNA" (1972)
(Swedish) Color. Click at the film's name for much more detail.
These films are based on the Swedish authorVilhelm Moberg's popular
novels.
"THE OX/Oxen"(1991)
(Swedish) Click at the film's name for much more detail. Color.
Director: Sven Nykvist.
Actors:
Stellan Skarsgard, Ewa Froling, Lennart Hjulstrom, Max von Sydow, Liv Ullman,
Erland
Josephson,Bjoern Gustafson.
"Acclaimed cinematographer Sven Nykvist directed and conscripted this
stark, compelling chronicle of a desperately poor family's struggle for
survival in famine-ravaged Sweden during the mid -1800s. Based on a true
story, the plight of their countrymen who chose to leave Sweden and settle
in America is depicted in Jan Troell's THE EMIGRANTS and THE NEW LAND
(NYBYGGARNA) - see above - (which also starred von Sydow and Ullman).
Video available.
Return to our European Emigration page.
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