A new free website dealing with emigrants from Falbygden, Sweden is now available. Emigrant.se contains a list of found emigrants who were born in some of the 52 parishes in Falköping, Sweden (the area is called Falbygden). Most of them immigrated to United States. The published number is 2,505 and the list is growing. The emigrants’ names are published and sorted in the parish where they were born, as well as by birthdate.
A database of the emigrants and the families in the old country and the new are in progress. The number is up in 25,000 individuals. They are in some way related to one or several emigrants or are one themselves.
There is also information about the farms and history of Falköping on the Website. Note that my link is to the English translation of the site. Click on the Swedish flag and you’ll get the site in Swedish.
According to Annelie Jonsson, researchers may also make contributions and ask for a search in the database which isn’t online.
Many thanks to Annelie Jonsson of Falköping, Sweden for alerting me to this site.