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The book, "History of the Swedes in Illinois, Part III - Biographical Sketches with
Portraits - Counties at Large," by Ernst W. Olson and Martin J. Engberg, printed by
the Engberg-Holmberg Publishing Company, Chicago, 1908. Part III, on this CD, provides
information on early Swedish immigrants to Illinois for counties other than Cook County in
metropolitan Chicago. The counties covered are: Henry, Knox, Kane, Rock Island, Bureau,
Winnebago, DeKalb, Ford, Warren, Mercer, Whiteside, Peoria, Marshall, Grundy, LaSalle,
Livingstone, McLean, Vermilion, McHenry, Lake, Will, and Cook (outside of Chicago). Note:
This is a digital copy of this very hard to find genealogical treasure. It is a scan of
the original book, converted to Adobe PDF format, and written to CD-ROM. The 7.0" X
10" book has 268 pages including a fully linked index. This book is FULL of
genealogical information about Swedish immigrants to Illinois. Please see the list of
individuals indexed below. Please note that !
for each of these persons there is usually a lot of data concerning their parents,
spouses, in-laws, and children. Each indexed individual is usually illustrated by a
photograph.
Carlson names are represented.
Please see URL:
http://home.insightbb.com/~geneo.sales/swede3.html
Cost is $15 including postage.