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Swedish Plate Money: A Weighty Matter Read More »
Claire Wikgren Schaeffer offered a presentation about Swedish currency. Boom and Bust are two economic terms that we all know. But our beloved Sweden takes the concepts to a new level, a weighty one. Swedish plate money was the result of Bust, became a national economic issue for over a hundred years, sank to new […]
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May 5, 2018 – The American Dream Read More »
“The American Dream” by the Suntower Entertainment Group During the 19th and early 20th centuries more than a million Swedes emigrated to the United States. The main reason was the downsizing of farm labourers, often due to bad crops, better tools and the redistribution of land. Another strong factor was religious intolerance from the authorities. In this film we
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Homesteading and Plat Maps Read More »
Our guest speaker, Beth Sparrow, gave an in-depth tutorial on researching homesteading and plat maps. We also take a peak at Swedish genealogy resources in social media. SGSC member Cheryl Johnson gives an in-depth look at Kalmar län.
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March 3, 2018 – What’s in a Name? Read More »
Am I Following the Right Name? This presentation looks at research I did for a fourth cousin to explain how we are related. It involved unraveling different names for the same people and following them from birth to death to ensure that I had followed the correct families from Sweden to the United States. Presenter
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February 3, 2018 – Introduction to Greenleaf, Minnesota Read More »
“Review of A Short Story About My Ancestors” Neil Nystrom – SGSC Member This presentation is a review of a story Neil wrote about his Father’s Immigrant Ancestors, and their Relatives, who settled in place called Greenleaf, in Meeker County, Minnesota. A couple of years ago, when he had researched his ancestors as far back
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November 5, 2016 – Swedes in Leadville Read More »
Program: “Swedes in Leadvillle” Beverly Harbourt and Jean Adams, SGSC Members In 2015 the SwedGen genealogists from Sweden visited Colorado to digitize Colorado Swedish Church Records. The Swedish Genealogical Society of Colorado was instrumental in identifying Swedish Churches along the front range where records still existed. Beverly Harbourt and Jean Adams volunteered to assist in
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Program: “Chasing my Ancestors in a Volvo” Karen Rademacher In 2013, Karen’s father purchased a Volvo through the company’s “Overseas Delivery Program”. Karen, her husband and her parents all traveled to Sweden together to pick up the vehicle at the Gothenburg factory. They drove that Volvo all over Sweden for over two weeks, exploring the
Getting more from Swedish records Read More »
Program: “Fika Findings” Ron Floberg and Brian Rapp This presentation will focused on notes and abbreviations disclosed in the Swedish Church Records. The one-on-one FIKA sessions have provided translations and definition/explanation of items of interest many researchers would overlook. These findings often provide information, other than just names and dates, about our ancestors. [wpdm_package id=3924
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Locating Images of your Ancestors Read More »
This presentation showed how Andy has been able to locate images of all his ancestors back to second great grandparents, half of his third great grandparents and several others beyond that, using a wide variety of methods, repositories and on-line sources. [wpdm_package id=3905 template=”link-template-default.php”] Andy Likins is an instructor of English at Pikes Peak
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ArkivDigital update Read More »
Program: “”What’s New in ArkivDigital?” Kathy Meade, ArkivDigital What is New in ArkivDigital? This presentation will focus on additions and changes to ArkivDigital within the last two years. An overview will be given on the differences between the base and All-in-one versions and showing the two methods for searching: archive and register search. Focus
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