Tracing ancestors in Sweden

Ann Gearing 2020-02-08

February 8, 2020

Tracing an ancestor’s early years up to marriage; analyzing emigration activities.

Neil and Anna Bergström 2020-02-08

February 8, 2020

Tracing ancestors in Åland, Finland; tracing ancestors in Stockholm.

Maryanne Patterson 2019-04-13

April 13, 2019

11:30 am Maryanne Patterson. Trying to confirm a DNA match to Finnish (or even Sami?) ancestors.

Ann Gearing 2019-04-13

April 13, 2019

“Who stayed and who left”. Determining – among several siblings – who emigrated and who stayed in Sweden. Finding the place of marriage for one of the siblings.

John Nielsen 2019-02-09

February 9, 2019

Trying to jump the pond when the U.S. names and Swedish birth dates are known(?) but the surnames in U.S. changed from what they were in Sweden.

Janet Folden 2019-02-09

February 9, 2019

Finding the father when records show “Father unknown”.

Presentation Title: Using Swedish Tax Records to Answer Tough Genealogical Questions Tax records are a little used, but excellent resource, for solving the “unsolvable” 18th century problem of record loss/gaps and end of the line extensions. Tax records fill in when clerical surveys are not extant.

Swedish Research Tips and How to Use FamilySearch

October 7, 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

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

Tracing ancestors in Sweden

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