Here are some handy resources for Swedish genealogy: Websites: geodata.se – you can drill down to see locations of individual farms ancestry.com – Ancestry’s Swedish church records page (subscription required) google maps – map showing locations of Swedish parishes Swedish military – look up Swedish soldiers by family or soldier name Must-Have Books: Cradled in […]
Johan Hultman at Bender
Our ancestor Johan Hultman served King Charles XII of Sweden at Bender. Here’s a podcast that explains what happened: http://thehistorynetwork.org/blog/1104-the-kalabalik/
Grandpa Pearson’s Reo
Remember Grandpa Pearson’s Reo? He had it in the garage when they lived behind the Lutheran church in Ceresco. Then he stored it in the garage of their new red brick house. It was usually under a tarp, but once in a while we’d get to see it or sit in it. It had been […]
Grandpa and Grandma Bass
We’ve been looking at photos of the Charles and Emily Timmons family. Emily’s maiden name was “Bass”, and her parents were Zeno and Harriet (Dill) Bass. Zeno. Not sure what prompts you to look at a new pink little baby and say…”Zeno”. (Next time I’ll tell you what his son’s name was!) Anyway. […]
Effie Graves
Back to the blog again – I was away for a couple of weeks while I moved everything to a new computer. That’s always a bigger job than you think it’s going to be. Last time we were looking at photos of Charles Timmons. Today, we’ll meet his sister Effie. We saw her previously in […]
