Skaraborg County Ancestry – Sweden

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Comment by Viktoria Tropp on February 4, 2010 at 2:03am

I have been blogging about my genealogy for about 2 ½ years. The reason I do it is for my family to be able to follow my discoveries if they wish.
http://www.tropp.se/sf

Comment by Annelie Jonsson on February 3, 2010 at 3:18pm

How about a twitter and a blogg about genealogy, I doing both. Just started to twitter. It's more fun that I thought.
The blogg at http://tagesdotter.wordpress.com
The twitter at http://twitter.com/tagesdotter

Any one more here who do the same?

/Annelie

Comment by Judi Palmquist on November 21, 2009 at 10:55pm

Matilda Josephina Persson b.7 jun 1880 in Sjogerstad; her Mor was Caisa Lisa Svensdotter, Farmor had a sister Anna b.1873 or 4 who lived in a poor house in Klagstorp., please let me know where I might be able to find some information on Klygstorp

Comment by John Monson on October 3, 2009 at 10:20am

Bonnie,

If this is your first trip to Sweden or elsewhere in Europe, consider using hotels until you get used to the "cultural" differences between Europe and North America. Vehicles of all kinds are considerably smaller. Once you see the fuel prices and the rural road widths you will understand why. SUVs and minivans are in short supply and are very expensive to rent. Pickup campers and travel trailers are considerably smaller. The huge, multibedroom house on wheels now relatively common in North America is essentially unknown. They just are not practical in Europe and cost several hundred dollars to fill the fuel tank.

Suggestion, decide on the car size that will be comfortable and rent one size smaller. For your first trip, check "Best Western" hotels. Same chain as in USA with lots of locations, similar standards and price levels (relative to Swedish prices.) Then on a future trip, you can consider camping, farm stays, home stays, and the various alternatives for learning more about the culture.

Be sure to use this site and others to locate cousins who are descendents of family members who stayed in Sweden. They may be third or fourth cousins, but some will want to meet their "American" cousins. And allow time to explore Skaraborg history, as that goes back several thousand years.

Comment by Richard Dahlqvist on October 2, 2009 at 3:06pm

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Bonnie!

I would have chosen hotels if I were the one travelling.
But then again, I am quite lazy and I like my luxuries ;)

Caravaning are quite popular here in Sweden, but I haven't done it since I was very young. But I know that I probably won't do that again ;)

There are quite a few camping grounds all over Sweden if you choose that option.

Comment by Richard Dahlqvist on October 2, 2009 at 3:03pm

Hi Bonnie!

I try and help as many as I can.
I do it as a kind of break from researching my own lineage.
I find it soothing and energizing to hel others.

Oh...I can tell you were you great-grandparents were born.

According to the 1900 census Frans Johansson were born in 1859 in Fyrunga Parish.
Kristina Persson were born in 1866 in Rättvik Parish.

He was born as Frantz. His family lived on the grounds of an estate called Bjärtorp. He had quite a few siblings.

These Google maps coordinates will show you the area in which that estate would have been: N 58º 15.981' E 013º 06.731'.

I'm not 100 percent sure on the following information, but I believe that Kristina was actually born Kerstin and later americanized it to Kristina.
I believe this is the fact because I can only find a Kerstin born on that date in Rättvik Parish.
She to had a lot of siblings.

Her family lived in a communty called Söderås.
Google maps coordinates: N 60º 50.710' E 015º 07.585'.

This is mining terratory back in those days.

Hope this helped you some.

Comment by Bonnie Madrigal on October 2, 2009 at 1:26pm

Hello: I plan on coming to Sweden next summer. Is it common to let Hotel rooms, or are there motorhomes and campgrounds to stay in? What do you recommend? Thanks.

Comment by Annelie Jonsson on September 30, 2009 at 1:34am

I will show my data base of Emigrants from Falbygden of 31 000 individuals at DIS-Väst autumn meeting number 2 in the library 7th November, time 10-15.

The SwedGen Tour 2009 have started, they touring from WA to MN with start 3th Dec in Worcester, WA. More about the trip at SwedGen Roadtour October 2009.

/Annelie Jonsson
Falköping

Comment by Richard Dahlqvist on September 8, 2009 at 5:02pm

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This is to Bonnie who posted on August 17 @ 6:31pm.

I'm not sure if you actually have the correct information on you grandmother.

If your grandmother is Anna Maria Teresia born on 28 June 1905 in Skeby, then she wasn't an only child.

A quick check in the records show that Anna Maria Teresia, daughter of Frans Johansson (b. 9 December 1859) and Kristina Persson (b. 16 October 1866), has at least three ( 3 ) brothers! All born i Skeby and the oldest is born in 1896, less than six months after Frans and Kristina came to Skeby from...North America!

Comment by Dennis Hubbard on August 29, 2009 at 10:00pm

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