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Indexes: Why They Don’t Work – and Why We Can’t Live Without Them

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Short: “SmĂĄland län: The Heartland of Emigration”, Monta Lee Dankin, SGSC member Monta Lee has been a member of SGSC for several years and currently is serving as Vice President. She is interested in history and museums and is currently Director of a ten-state museum association, the Mountain-Plains Museums Association. Monta Lee traveled to Sweden in 2001 in search […]

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October 3, 2015 – Swedish Research Fair

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  October 3rd, 2015 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Community College of Aurora CentreTech Campus – Fine Arts Building 16000 East CentreTech Parkway, Aurora, Colorado 80011-9036 Discover how you can find your Swedish roots through Swedish research SwedGenTour 2015 representatives will be touring the United States again this year and will include a stop in

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Swedish Genealogy & Culture Trip

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Main Program: “Swedish Genealogy & Culture Trip ~ 2015”, Slideshow by Cheryl Floberg & Linda Gensmer, SGSC Member Travelers Eleven members and family of the Swedish Genealogical Society of Colorado traveled to Sweden in June for a week of research and Swedish culture, preceded and/or followed by research into our individual family roots. This presentation will highlight some

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Family DalmĂĄlning Canvas; My Swedish Morfar

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“My Family Dalmålning Canvas” by Nina Ehlers, SGSC Member As most of you know, Nina Ehlers is a very talented dalmålning (Swedish rosemålning) artist.  Nina has created a canvas of her family in the Swedish Dalmålning style.  This painting includes her home and her parents, husband, children and grandchildren pursuing the activities that are dear

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Forest Finns and C. G. Nyberg

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Short: “Forest Finns – Who were they – What did they do – Where did they go?” Kjell S Andersson, Research and Mentoring Chair, SGSC This presentation starts with putting the Forest Finns into an historical perspective especially related to the friction between a rising Russian empire and Sweden during the 16th century. Then the migration

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2014 – Geoff Morris Fall Training Workshop

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Program: “Swedish Research” by Geoff Morris, Swedish Research Specialist, Family History Library, Salt Lake City [wpdm_package id=2356 template=”link-template-default.php”]   [wpdm_package id=2358 template=”link-template-default.php”]   [wpdm_package id=2360 template=”link-template-default.php”]   [wpdm_package id=2362 template=”link-template-default.php”]   [wpdm_package id=2364 template=”link-template-default.php”]    

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Gustaf Vasa and Swedish Nobility

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Looking for Gustav Vasa: Researching Swedish Nobility by Kjell S Andersson and Carol Stetser Although most Swedish nobility didn’t emigrate from Sweden, some Americans can trace their ancestry back to Swedish aristocracy. Kjell Andersson and Carol Stetser explain how they traced Carol’s family line back to King Gustav Vasa of Sweden. Kjell demonstrates how he discovered

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