Jumping the pond

Corkey Wassam 2019-11-09

November 11, 2019

Finding the parents of Corkey´s great-grandparents who immigrated from Sweden 1872 and 1881 respectively. His Great-Grandfather donated 3 acres of land for the Ryssby church and helped build it. He married Corkey´s Great.Grandmother 1884-05-07 in Ryssby church!

Diane Adler 2019-10-12

October 12, 2019

umping the pond, finding ancestors in Sweden of those who emigrated.

Barbara Schmidt 2019-09-14

September 14, 2019

Barbara has conflicting information regarding when her great grandparents, Carolina Håkansdotter and August Olsson, arrived in America. She has not been able to find on which ships they travelled from Sweden to U.S.

Elena Schell 2019-04-13

April 13, 2019

Trying to trace her grandfather´s moves from 1893 in Sweden to 1904 in USA and his changing of name from Carl Wilhelm Lundberg into William Williams.

Bob Liljander 2019-03-09

March 9, 2019

Resolving conflicting information. Jumping the pond.

Peg Isakson 2019-02-09

February 9, 2019

Trying to find out how family emigrants travelled from Sweden to U.S.

Swedish Research Tips and How to Use FamilySearch

October 8, 2020

All-Day Seminar 9 am to 2:30 pm Date: November 7, 2020 Theme: Swedish Research Tips and How to Use FamilySearch Titles: Finding the Unknown Father Problem-Solving Workshop FamilySearch Tutorial and Resources Presenter: Geoffrey Fröberg Morris, Swedish Research Specialist at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah This all-day virtual seminar (9 am to 2:30

Fika on Zoom

October 3, 2020

If you have ever wanted to see a Fika session, this is your chance to see how it goes. With Zoom, we’ll get a close up look at how Kjell finds things for SGSC members in Swedish Records. We’ll also see how he launches members on their Swedish research journey or helps them break through

When the Usual Methods Fail

September 5, 2020

Ron Floberg had been trying to find the soldier records for one of his ancestors in the hope that it would provide missing information or clarify conflicting information. With Bev Harbourt’s help, they embarked on a journey to find that soldier. The presentation shows how they were able to find the ancestor and the answers

SGSC Meeting on August 1, 2020

August 1, 2020

Kjell Andersson, SGSC’s Research/Mentoring Chair gives a presentation on how to use some of the best tools for researching our ancestors in Sweden and the steps they took to cross the pond to America. Emibas: find where they lived and what parish they left from Emiham – ship manifest information EmiWeb – emigration and immigration

SGSC Zoom Meeting on July 11, 2020

July 31, 2020

SGSC hosted its second Zoom meeting on July 11, 2020. Our agenda included a peek into the inner workings of our website, a tour of ArkivDigital’s new family tree feature, and some answers to member-submitted questions about Swedish genealogy research.

Jumping the pond

Footer

New on this site