Title: The people of the Red Barns: Emigrants from Vastmanlands, Kopparbergs, Gavleborgs, Vasternorrlands, Jamtlands, Vasterbottens, and Norrbottens lan, 1851-1863 = De Roda Ladornas folk
Author: Elsa Lagevik
Publisher: E. Lagevik
Publication Date: 1996
ISBN: 916304319X
Type: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good +
Jacket condition: None as issued
Notes: Very nice copy of this extremely scarce book. No writing, highlighting, marks, or creased page corners to text. Cover is glossy with light bumps to back cover corners and spine ends. Binding is solid. Bilingual; Swedish on the left page and English translation on the right. Book covers the conditions of Sweden during the middle 1800s, reasons for emigrations, travel routes and conditions on the ships crossing the Atlantic. It also discusses the difficulties new immigrants had in the ports and their journeys in America. Of interest to genealogists is the passenger lists of 2550 names of Swedish emigrants from northern Sweden. Information includes emigration date, birth date, village, occupation, vessel, and additional notes. Lists are organized by parish and county. Book has 4 different indexes.
