Swedes In Alabama Reading Room:

Here you will find a collection of articles and websites related to the subject of the Swedish Emigration to North America.

(Please contact us at dborg@centurytel.net if you would like to share one of your documents related to the Swedish/Alabama emigration era.)

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In 1896 the Svea Land Company of Chicago, Illinois established Silverhill, a Swedish colony in Baldwin County Alabama. This wonderful website has a wealth of information on it's history, some of the early settlers and also has a search engine.

www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~alcsilve

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Information from Wikipedia on Silverhill, Alabama:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siki/Silverhill,_Alabama

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A website dedicated to the Evangelical Lutheran Zion Church in Baldwin County Alabama.  The history section of this page has a download on the history of the first 100 years of this congregation and church. This is a wonderful source, filled with information and old photos.

www.lutheransinsilverhill.com/christmaspast.html

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Fruithurst in Cleburne County Alabama, was established in 1894 by Scandinavian vineyardists.  This website features a short book, with wonderful old photos, of this early venture. 

www.lifesadance.net/fruithurst/index.htm

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