> Subject: [YOUNG] YOUNGs from DENMARK to ILLINOIS > Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 00:19:44 -0500 > From: "Suzy" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Does anyone out there, have YOUNGs that settled in IL ??? My YOUNGs > migrated to America, 1876............. the youngs from denmark as well as norway and sweden were scots and who probably came there by way of ireland! [same goes for my father's family, hamilton --- i had an email recently from a member of the governing board of the hamilton family association of sweden. ah yes, hamilton, old svenska name] in march i was in the archives for norrtälje, sweden looking for information about departures from sweden in early 1700s. at my simplistic level and quickie search, i turned up nothing but i get get pointed to a genealogical centre in stockholm which is how i got pointed to the hamilton group. i do not know if there is a similar group for youngs there. the youngs in sweden, again like hamiltons, mostly settled on the west coast of sweden as gothenburg was a major port. i suspect there will be similar on about scots settling in denmark. http://www.denmark.org/home/index.shtml the denmark consulate in new york. http://www.amscan.org/ the american scandinavian foundation in new york. and especially: http://www.augustana.edu/administration/swenson/ Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College 639 38th St Rock Island IL 61201-2296 The Swenson Center, located at Augustana College, is a national archives and research institute for the study of Swedish immigration to North America. Its library and archival holdings are extensive, including materials from all sectors of the Swedish immigrant community in the USA and Canada. The library holdings are especially rich in the areas of general immigration studies, settlement histories, immigrant literature and arts, Swedish-American biography and genealogy, as well as Swedish-American church life and social organizations. Since the Center's founding in 1981, it has been a major repository for the records and papers of many individuals, organizations, and institutions. even though you are looking for a danish departure, i suspect they well may give you more pointers. [learn a few words of danish and take a trip there. any excuse is a good excuse for that] > I have only 1 name....Delia Margaret, b. 1869.. she married in Adams Co, IL to > Joseph HICKERSON, 24 Sept 1888........ > > Does anyone have helpful info re Danish immigrants in IL ?? Perhaps, which > incoming ports were most common, etc.? I hope to find parents of Delia.... > > Thanx! > Suzy >