http://store.swedishamericanmuseum.org/history-immigration-and-genealogy.html
http://www.amazon.com/author/www.amazon.com-lilly-setterdah
Excerps from review by Dennis L. Johnson in Swedish American Genealogist, 2010:2
"In her thirteenth non-fiction book, Lilly Setterdahl continues to add to the literature about Swedes and Swedish-Americans in the U.S. This volume is a collection of 340 oral histories and 300 photographs about Swedes in Chicago, the American city with the largest number of persons of Swedish descent in the U.S. ---
"Reading this collection of interviews as a whole gives the reader a fascinating view of the extraordinary variety of circumstances these Swedes encountered in their lives. Many planned to stay in the U.S. only a few years, and then return home, but most did not. Often those who went back to Sweden found themselves dissatisfied and returned again to the U.S. Reasons for leaving were lack of opportunity in Sweden, encouragement, and often free tickets, sent by family members or siblings who had already come to America. Many were born into very large families in Sweden, with as many as twelve or more children, yet in Chicago few had more than one or two or occasionally, three children. ---
"To the general reader of Swedish-American history, this book adds another intersting facet to the Swedish immigrant experience in one important city in America. If your own family member is included in this collection of profiles of Swedes in Chicago, this book may give you an introduction and opening to the tracing of your own family tree and family history in Sweden. Wednesday, June 29, 2011 Chicago Swedes: They spoke from the heart
www.samac.org (Swedish American Museum Chicago, museum store)
In the April 2014 issue of Swedish-American Historical Quarterly, Lars Jenner of the Scandinavian Department, University of Washington, published an excellent review of my Chicago Swedes: They spoke from the heart, published in 2010 available at www.samac.org. See full review at my website: http://sites.google.com/site/lillysetterdahl/lillysetterdahl. Here are a few excerpts from the 5-page review: "This volume, Chicago Swedes: They spoke from the heart, comes as a welcome finding aid to a very important segment of the oral histories by Lennart Setterdahl, the author's late husband.... Researchers are meant to use this book as an access point to the 340 Chicago oral history recordings, most of which are available for study at the Vasa National Archives in Bishop Hill.... " "The entry for each immigrant, though varied in content, follows a set format, which makes the work of researchers all the easier. One can scan across hundreds of interview introductions and be confident that each entry begins with a summary of the interview's main features; the immigrant's connection with Swedish organizations; parentage and home district; sometimes the name of the ship they took for the passage over the Atlantic; whom they emigrated with; spouses; and whether they had children."
Revised second edition published as an ebook May 26, 2017.
www.amazon.com/Lilly-Setterdahl/e/B001K8FWDG
Kerstin Andersson Museum Store
Sold online at Swedish American Museum, Chicago, see link above, or contact the author.
http://www.amazon.com/author/www.amazon.com-lilly-setterdah
Excerps from review by Dennis L. Johnson in Swedish American Genealogist, 2010:2
"In her thirteenth non-fiction book, Lilly Setterdahl continues to add to the literature about Swedes and Swedish-Americans in the U.S. This volume is a collection of 340 oral histories and 300 photographs about Swedes in Chicago, the American city with the largest number of persons of Swedish descent in the U.S. ---
"Reading this collection of interviews as a whole gives the reader a fascinating view of the extraordinary variety of circumstances these Swedes encountered in their lives. Many planned to stay in the U.S. only a few years, and then return home, but most did not. Often those who went back to Sweden found themselves dissatisfied and returned again to the U.S. Reasons for leaving were lack of opportunity in Sweden, encouragement, and often free tickets, sent by family members or siblings who had already come to America. Many were born into very large families in Sweden, with as many as twelve or more children, yet in Chicago few had more than one or two or occasionally, three children. ---
"To the general reader of Swedish-American history, this book adds another intersting facet to the Swedish immigrant experience in one important city in America. If your own family member is included in this collection of profiles of Swedes in Chicago, this book may give you an introduction and opening to the tracing of your own family tree and family history in Sweden. Wednesday, June 29, 2011 Chicago Swedes: They spoke from the heart
www.samac.org (Swedish American Museum Chicago, museum store)
In the April 2014 issue of Swedish-American Historical Quarterly, Lars Jenner of the Scandinavian Department, University of Washington, published an excellent review of my Chicago Swedes: They spoke from the heart, published in 2010 available at www.samac.org. See full review at my website: http://sites.google.com/site/lillysetterdahl/lillysetterdahl. Here are a few excerpts from the 5-page review: "This volume, Chicago Swedes: They spoke from the heart, comes as a welcome finding aid to a very important segment of the oral histories by Lennart Setterdahl, the author's late husband.... Researchers are meant to use this book as an access point to the 340 Chicago oral history recordings, most of which are available for study at the Vasa National Archives in Bishop Hill.... " "The entry for each immigrant, though varied in content, follows a set format, which makes the work of researchers all the easier. One can scan across hundreds of interview introductions and be confident that each entry begins with a summary of the interview's main features; the immigrant's connection with Swedish organizations; parentage and home district; sometimes the name of the ship they took for the passage over the Atlantic; whom they emigrated with; spouses; and whether they had children."
Revised second edition published as an ebook May 26, 2017.
www.amazon.com/Lilly-Setterdahl/e/B001K8FWDG
Kerstin Andersson Museum Store
Sold online at Swedish American Museum, Chicago, see link above, or contact the author.
