Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center

United States Illinois  Rock Island County  Archives and Libraries  

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Contact Information
E-mail: [mailto:sag@augustana.edu sag@augustana.edu]

Address:


 * Denkman Memorial Library
 * Augustana College
 * 639 38th Street
 * Rock Island IL 61201-2296

Telephone: 309-794-7204 Fax: 309-794-7443

Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm, 1:00pm-4:30pm

Map, directions, parking, and public transportation:


 * Map:  Google map: Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center
 * Directions: 
 * Parking: Nearby street parking is available along 7th Avenue and 35th Street (see Campus Map, above). Some visitor parking spaces are available in Lot E.
 * Public transportation: 

Internet sites and databases:


 * Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center about us, search our collections, resources by subject, library, archives, academic, genealogy, support and membership, contact.
 * ALiCat online catalog searchable by keyword, author, title, or subject.
 * Library To search our collection, donations, book collections
 * Archives database, donations, duplication policies, publication from Swenson Center materials.
 * PastPerfect online digital database for archival collections and photos.
 * Genealogy research, church records, passenger indexes, newspapers, city directories, lodges, and Swedish censuses.

Collection Description
The Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center at Augustana College is a national organization providing resources for studying Swedish immigration to North America. They also help research the immigrant communities, and the role the immigrants and their descendants have played in American life.

For genealogy research they have church records from denominations founded by Swedish immigrants in America, passenger indexes from American and Scandinavian ports, Swedish immigrant aid organizations, lodge records, Swedish-language newspapers, city directories, and censuses for communities with concentrations of Swedish-Americans.

Tips
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Guides
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Alternate Repositories
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Overlapping Collections


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 * such as: NARA I
 * NARA II
 * National Archives at _____
 * State Archives
 * State Library
 * State Library

Similar Collections


 * National Personnel Records Center
 * LC
 * FHL
 * LC
 * FHL

Neighboring Collections


 * County Vital Records Office
 * City Vital Records Office
 * County Archives
 * County Orphan's Court
 * County Probate Court
 * County Recorder
 * County Coroner
 * U.S. District Court
 * County and local historical societies
 * County and local genealogical societies
 * Public Libraries
 * Museums and heritage societies
 * Repositories in surrounding counties: [Chattam], [Durham], and [Franklin]
 * State Vital Records Office
 * State Historical Society
 * State Genealogical Society
 * University Libraries
 * Church archives
 * Repositories in other surrounding states (or provinces): [SC], [TN], and [VA]
 * Repositories in other surrounding states (or provinces): [SC], [TN], and [VA]