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Discussion Forum
Brynte andersson Birth record 1806
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Traveling in Sweden for genealogy
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Place names in Sweden
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Carlson
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Svensdotter-Duckett
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Historical Swedish Maps from Lantmäteriet esp. related to farm tenure and land reform.
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H-Swedish Patronymic and Common Name
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wahlen
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Berg/Zatterlund ancestry
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New Volunteer Site!
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Comment by Diane Victoria Calhoun on June 3, 2014 at 4:30pm
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I am trying to renew a subscription to the Swedish Genline. I have had subscriptions in the past and I see on their website there are no subscriptions listed. I contacted them, but no response so far. Anyone else have this issue?
I did join the Riksarkivets archives and have found some great census off it.
Thanks for your replies.
Diane
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Hello! I am researching my maternal grandfather's family. Last name is Peterson (go figure!) and I have traced it back to a man named Per Johansen
He had a Daughter named Gertrude.
Gertrude married a man named Peter
Peter and Gertrude had a son named Oscar William Peterson. He is my great grandfather.
It is said that Per raised Oscar.
I have these notes regarding Oscar William Peterson:
Lived with grandfather Per Johansen in a log cabin on a littlefarm until 22 years old.Received money from a friend, Carl Dahlgren, who went toAmerica. Oscar traveled to Copenhagen in the fall of 1910, andbought a ticket on Cunard Line Maueritania. Took the train fromEllis Island to Chicago, Duluth, and Hibbing, arriving 3 Nov1910.Just wanted to see if anybody can confirm this or knows anything more. Thanks!Mike
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Comment by Lynn Anderson on May 19, 2014 at 10:55pm
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... and I should add, too, it is very important to get all 3 of the unique Swedish letters right and type them in when searching for place names.
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Allan, other places to learn more about a parish in Sweden (they will all be in Swedish!):
The Swedish (state) Church seems to have some web posting for most parish churches... is Ljung kyrka including a picture of the church
Rosenberg, C M. "Geografisk-Statistik Handlexicon Over Sverige." book published in 1880s gave brief notes on most place names in Sweden. Available on microfilm and on line thru Project Runeberg. Not yet finished but all page images are up.
"Svensk Ortförteckning." book in some big libraries. Published periodically by Swedish postal service, telephone service and railways in the 1960s. Down to farm names.
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Comment by Allan H. Merrill on May 19, 2014 at 10:48pm
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Thank you, Lorraine and Lynn, for your very helpful comments! I am excited to learn about these resources that are helpful in locating old place names.
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Allan, I also like to always look to wiki.familysearch.org and type in the parish name if I know it to get a little briefing on the parish. Since it is a wiki, a user augmented encyclopedia, many time there may not be much data added yet, but every parish in Sweden should be there. And of course, it doe not hurt to inquire at google.com just to see what comes up. Be careful though, some common parish names may exist in more than one place in Sweden. Ljung may be one of those. Make sure you get the right one.
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It is in Östergötland County, almost straight west of Norrköpping and east of Motala. It was a Parish in the District of Gullberg in the maps prior to 1952.
This is from Genealogical Guidebook & Atlas of Sweden by Finn A Thomsen 1998
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Can anyone give me specific info where "Kohagen, Ljungs Land Ljung, Ostergotlands" is located?
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Did he die or immigrate? NYQVIST, Gustaf Adolf Severin was born June 14, 1886 (parents Carl Oscar Johansson Nyqvist and Augusta Charlotta Fahlström) in Örgryte parish. Carl died 19 February 1894 and Augusta 24 December 1895. Gustaf was first put in a poor house in Örgryte parish, then in a foster home in Forshälla from Feb 2 1898 to 13 Dec 1901 when he returned to Örgryte. On 4 December 1909 he was listed in the Household Record of Örgryte BII:3 (1908-1913) Bild 141 as being moved to the Book of Missing Persons. I could not find this book, a death record nor a immigration record. Does anyone know what happened to him?
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A few various resources for Sweden found at NordicGenealogy.org
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