Technology was a huge help on this trip, and I did a LOT of advance planning in this regard. I wanted my tech toys to be helpful and useful but not get in the way. Camera. I bought a new camera about six months ago, with this trip in mind. I wanted something a little […]
Planning a Genealogy Trip to Sweden
This may not interest many of you, but I thought I’d jot some notes about the kind of planning we did for our trip. It’s tricky to strike a balance between adequately planning and over-planning. You don’t want to be so locked down that you can’t take advantage of surprise opportunities, but you don’t want […]
Quirky things about Sweden
We arrived home safely, I’m caught up on bills, emails and most importantly – sleep! I have just a few follow-up posts about our trip. If you’re fed up, feel free to unsubscribe. This post is about the odd and quirky things that we discovered about Sweden during our stay. For the most part, traveling in […]
Riseberga
We left the Bockebodagården B&B this morning around 9:00. Our last family history stop was Riseberga kyrka where Christian Pearson, Mom’s great-grandfather, was baptized. His family had lived at Riseberga for several generations before him. I could not identify a farm name that still existed for this family, so we did not have anything to […]
Norra Strö, Ales Stenar and Skivarp
We began our day with Sunday Mass at Norra Strö kyrka, where Dad’s great-grandmother Nilla Svensdotter was baptized in 1836. The inside of the church was much like Marbäck, with lots of folk-painting on the ceiling. Our presence at the service doubled the attendance! We wonder if this is typical of church-going in Sweden these […]
