Today is the anniversary of my 9th great-grandfather’s death. I saw the record on a page in a parish book from 17th century Sweden. I have a direct line ancestor who’s death was recorded 330 years ago. How amazing is that? Even more amazing is the page I found at ArkivDigital scanned and digitized from a parish…
My 5th great-grandfather Carl Tolf was a master blacksmith (hammarsmedsmästare) or in the words of Google Translate a “blacksmith’s hammer champion“. Carl lived primarily in Lindefors Bruk, Svenarum, Sweden for 60 years. He was born on this day in 1768 – that was 247 years ago. I have located a number of the Swedish church records in…
Organizing one’s family history research is practically a full time job, isn’t it? I already have a full time job, so I have to get (and stay!) organized to make the most of the tiny windows of time I have available to actually do research. December first I began scanning records related to my non-direct-line ancestors.…
Until I retire (or win the lottery), I have only short bursts of time during which I can play in my genealogical sandbox. That can be frustrating, especially after a particularly successful hunting expedition. Take this past weekend for example. ArkivDigital offered viewers their Swedish databases for free from Friday to Sunday evening. How can one pass…
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