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 […]
We, who were from Skoglösa
Today was spent exploring our Mårtensson heritage. Dad’s grandmother obn his mother’s side was Hulda Martinsson, and her father Jöns (John) came to America in 1869. John came to America with a group of men from Skoglösa farm in Önnestad parish. One of his fellow travelers, Nils Aspengren, wrote a diary about their travels. His […]
