I couldn’t figure out why yesterday’s image scan of the youth group photo was so terrible. The resolution with my naked eye was better than the 1200 dpi scan! The photo is attached to some heavy cardboard, and I don’t think the lid of my scanner was applying enough pressure. So I tried again this […]
Ceresco Church Youth Group, about 1921
My aunt Florence was in Colorado for Thanksgiving and gave this photo to me. Both my grandparents are in this photo, although Florence thinks it was taken before they were married. It appears to be the youth of the Swedish Mission Church in Ceresco, perhaps in about 1921 (Grandpa and Grandma were married in 1923). […]
Kansas cemetery & homestead visits
While going to and from the Lindsborg workshop, I managed to make a few cemetery and homestead visits. As is always the case, there are fun surprises along the way! Here’s the rundown: Gust and Anna Bjorklund, Weskan Cemetery Anna was a younger sister of my great-grandfather, Gust Rudeen. If you recall, I recently identified some […]
To Kristianstad
This morning, our first stop was at the Småland Museum complex in Växjö. They have an Emigrant Museum there that focuses on the mass migration of Swedes to America that began in 1859. I picked up on a few little factoids worth passing along: – First, for those of you in the Matinson clan, […]
Uppsala and Hanebo
We headed north from Stockholm today, hoping to find out a little bit about Dad’s great-grandfather, Louis (Lars) Hanson. Our first stop, however, was in Uppsala, a big city just north of Stockholm. It is famous for its big cathedral and university. We arrived at the cathedral just as the 11:00 “high mass” was […]
