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The Swedish community in Jamestown, New York

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The Swedes in Jamestown, New York

Swedes in Jamestown, New York built one of America's great furniture cities. The story of Smaland woodworkers, the factories, and what remains today now.

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The Swedish community in Andersonville, Chicago

Roots

The Swedes in Andersonville, Chicago

Andersonville was Sweden Town: the Swedish heart of Chicago, built up along Clark Street. How Swedes made a home there, and what's still standing today.

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The Atlas of Home app

One day, a child will ask, what were they like?

Atlas of Home keeps the answer, on a family tree you build on your iPhone.

VoicesThe voice you cannot afford to lose.
The family mapWhere you come from, drawn for you.
Recipes and lettersWritten down before it is lost.
The Atlas BookPrint the book of your family.

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Coming soon to the App Store · For iPhone and iPad · No account, no ads