Thanks Ginny!! >>>>>>>>>Chris ^--^ (>'o'<) (,,) (,,) ----- Original Message ----- From: "ginny" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 11:56 AM Subject: [ILKNOX-L] HEMLANDET, swedish paper... Something interesting for Swedish > I am forwarding this note from my neice, Jill, who is the genealogist > @ Swenson Center, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL. > > ************************************************************************ > **** > If the Galesburg Public Library . doesn't have it, we have it on > microfilm. This page explains what we have and how to request it via > interlibrary loan: > http://www.augustana.edu/administration/swenson/Newspapers/ > NewspaperGuideQry_1.html > Jill > > ********************************************* > > good luck!! > > ginny seaholm > > > ************************************************************************ > > original message: > > > I was just looking to find some Swedish relatives on a site, and > > looking > through some immigrant history, and I thought this was a neat "fact". > > Also, Is there any possibility that this paper has been put on > > Microfilm > > or something at the Library?? > > The first Swedish-language newspaper, HEMLANDET, was issued in > > Galesburg, Ill., in 1855. > > Chris > > > >