EMIGRATION LINKS

Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild
As of February 16, 1999, we have over 400 passenger manifests posted here on our new website.
Our newest link: Skoldatanätet - Skolverkets Internet-guide för pedagoger.
1. The Emigrant Institute, Växjö, Sweden (in Swedish)
2. American Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia
3. - "MIGRATION" from the EU-Project "Web for Schools" at Wirje University, Brussels.
4. Svenska Museer: "150 år av utvandring och invandring" (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. Släktforska med Datadux (in Swedish)
"Varför köra Trabant när du kan glida omkring i en BMW!"
14. Sveriges största register över söksystem (in Swedish)
Sweden's largest list of search engines, at least according to the web-site
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. Rosenbad - Government of Sweden's Home Page (in Swedish)
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

31. The Swedish School Computer Network - Swedish-English Dictionary
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)
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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!

...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.
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