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Tolf Family History

Carl Tolf in kyrkoböcker

Two hundred and fifty four years ago a young Swedish couple celebrated the birth of my 5th great-grandfather Carl Tolf. Carl’s birth was entered in the church record book with a quill pen – can you imagine? Unimaginable to the priest who recorded the event, I am able to admire his handwriting from the comfort…

January 6, 2022 in January Birthdays, Swedish Genealogy, Tolf Family History.

Pearl Tolf and a marriage certificate

Pearl May Tolf shares a New Year birthday with her uncle Peter. Pearl’s father (Peter’s brother) Frans Tolf and his wife Mathilda settled in Dixon Illinois where Pearl and five younger siblings were born. Frans and Mathilda’s oldest child was born in 1883, which means Pearl may have fibbed about her age when she and…

January 1, 2022 in January Birthdays, July Marriages, Swedish Genealogy, Tolf Family History.

Peter Tolf and a church record

A shaking leaf on Family Tree Maker tells me there is a clue about my 2nd great-grandfather Peter August Tolf (1858-1929) in the U.S., Evangelical Covenant Church, Swedish American Church Records, 1868-1970. The record includes a history of the Evangelical Covenant Church of Batavia [Illinois], which was formerly called the Swedish Evangelical Mission Church of…

January 1, 2022 in January Birthdays, Swedish Genealogy, Tolf Family History.


1961. When I had no idea how many decades I would devote to family history research.

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