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Snow and Swedish Research
It has been snowing here in Raleigh, such that we woke up this Boxing Day to a good 8 inches.Not long after that, and before the coffee was even brewed, the power went out. It was out until...
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Finding My Swedes
Detail of the Baptismal Record of Nils Svensson (Nels Johnson)In general, Swedish records are easy to find and use. The Swedes started keeping detailes records of vital records, but also of migration...
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Review: Genline vs. Arkiv Digital
Arkiv Digital ExampleAs the year ends, I am both closing out an account at Genline (now a subsidiary of Ancestry), and trying out Arkiv Digital.I have found Genline to be frustrating. Some of this, no...
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Completed Transcription: History of Swan Johnson Family
I have posted a complete transcription of Lena Johnson Schlitemeier’s “History of Swan Johnson Family of Nance County, Nebraska (January 1936).”The book exists only in the form of a typed MSS in the...
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Birth Record of Kerstina Jönsdotter, 1834
Today, I pieced together a few more facts about my Swedes, using Ancestry, FindAGrave, and the family history I have transcribed and posted on this website.My great great grandmother, Kjerstin...
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Wordless Wednesday: Kjerstin Johnson (1834–1927)
This is my great great grandmother, Kjerstin Johnson, who was born in Sweden, immigrated to America at the age of 34, had 12 children (11 surviving to adulthood), and died at the age of 92.You can read...
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Arkiv Digital: Free Weekend
ArchivDigitalArkivDigital, the premier independent subscription-based genealogical research website in Sweden, will be free this weekend in celebration of Sweden’s “Genealogy Research Day” (March...
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