GENEALOGY PAGE

The American-Scandinavian Foundation is pleased to announce that our members now have access to a database of 4,000,000 Scandinavian birth, marriage, and christening records at the Halldór Laxness Library located on the fourth floor of Scandinavia House. If you would like to learn more about this benefit of membership, please contact the Foundation's membership office at (212) 879-9779 x715, or write to mem@amscan.org.

GENEALOGY WEB DIRECTORY

We have compiled the following list of web sites to aid you in your genealogy research. Many of the sites listed below charge fees for their family search services. The American-Scandinavian Foundation does not endorse any of these web sites, but offers this information for your use. Because, The ASF does not have genealogy specialists on staff, please direct any research questions to the contacts listed on each web site. If you would like to suggest other useful genealogy resources for this page, please write to mem@amscan.org

NATIONAL ARCHIVES:

U.S. National Archive and Records "NARA"
www.archives.gov/research_room/genealogy
Access to U.S. census and immigration information

Statens Arkiver: The Danish National Archives
www.sa.dk/sa/omarkiverne/english/default.htm
Online request forms and a searchable database are available - in English or Danish.

Arkistolaitos: The National Archives of Finland
www.narc.fi/
The site is available in Finnish and Swedish. A brief English guide to the database can be found at: http://www.narc.fi/atengl.html

Þjóðskjalasafns Íslands: The National Archive of Iceland
www.archives.is/index.php?node=english
What could be a plethora of information for those fluent in Icelandic.

Arkivverket: National Archives of Norway
www.riksarkivet.no/english/about.html
Search the free digital archive - in English or Norwegian! They also have a very useful page on how to get started: http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/sab/howto.html

Riksarkivet: The National Archives of Sweden
www.ra.se/EN/index.html
Helpful links, including the Regional Archives, and Military Archives. In English or Swedish.

OTHER USEFUL SITES:

American Family Immigration Center at Ellis Island
www.ellisisland.org
A great resource for immigration history.

Ancient Faces
www.ancientfaces.com
A photo database of historical family pictures, searchable by surname.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History Library
www.familysearch.org
The most extensive free online family records. Add your own research to their ever-increasing files.

Federation of Genealogical Societies
www.fgs.org
Information, and resource lists.

Finland Geneology Links
http://www.genealogylinks.net/europe/finland/index.html
A listing of cemetery records, records of Finns in the U.S., searchable Finnish databases and other Finnish records.

Genealogy.Com
www.genealogy.com
a very user-friendly site. There is a one-time free use or join for fee.

www.genline.com
When completed, this will be the most extensive and accurate online reserearch tool for Swedish genealogy! Genline offers a unique English-language site with high-resolution photographs of Swedish parish records.

National Genealogical Society
www.ngsgenealogy.org
Helpful suggestions and many links to additional sites.

RootsWeb
www.rootsweb.com
a very broad service with tips, databases, and helpful links

Storbecks
www.storbecks.com
Genealogy books - many on Scandinavian research

The Swedish Emigrant Institute
http://www.swemi.nu/eng/
The institute will conduct research on your behalf for a fee of $60. Results take approximately 6 months. There is an online request form available on their site.

Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center at Augustana College
www.augustana.edu/swenson
The Swenson Center, is an archive and research institute providing resources for the study of Swedish immigration to North America. The center also publishes the journal, "Swedish American Genealogist," and assists people researching their Swedish-American family history.

Yahoo Genealogy Directory
http://dir.yahoo.com/arts/humanities/history/genealogy
100s of genealogy sites, hours of interesting research possibilities...

GenealogyHandbook.com
www.GenealogyHandbook.com

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