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Comment by Kristen Holquist Waite on March 4, 2011 at 5:31pm

What is the best place to find information from Småland? Most of my relatives are from there, and quite a few were in Kalmar.

Comment by Slægtens Historie on March 4, 2011 at 12:27pm

Slægtens historie is my web. I live in Denmark but have access to files both in Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

 

BR

Michael

Comment by Sue Pearson Greichunos on January 9, 2011 at 11:15pm

To: Carol Harris & Swedish ~ You're most welcome. Just "googling" the name will bring up more information, I'm sure. I appreciated Swedish's question which led to interesting facts I'd never known myself before.  Have a great day. 

By the way, I just renewed my Genline subscription, and they're offering a 35% discount on the annual subscription or a 40% discount on a two-month subscription (but for how long, I'm not sure).  I've had a great deal of luck finding ancestors using Genline, and I stick with them because I am so familiar with how they organize the records, etc.  ("Like an old shoe" or something like that.) 

Comment by Carol Harris on January 9, 2011 at 2:40am

To :Sue Pearson Greichunos

 

Thank you for the history of the photographer Frederick E. Haynes. I enjoyed reading about him!

Comment by Annelie Jonsson on January 8, 2011 at 4:31pm

There are two others players, ArkivDigital and SVAR.

 

http://www.svar.ra.se/

http://www.arkivdigital.net/

Comment by Pete Val on January 8, 2011 at 2:36pm

Anyone know of any other place to view and print copies of Swedish records other than Genline?

Comment by Swedish on January 3, 2011 at 4:53am

Thank you sue for your fast answer.I have been looking  to diffrent portrait photos from Haynes Fargo DT, but I havn't found any photo that have exactly the same mark at the bottom of the photo.The photo you have publiched do almost look the same in the marking of Haynes Fargo DT but not exactly the same.

Comment by Sue Pearson Greichunos on January 2, 2011 at 3:56pm

To "Swedish" ~ "Haynes Fargo DT" stands for Frederick Haynes of Fargo, Dakota Territory (now Minnesota or North Dakota area). 

 

Frederick E. Haynes, born in May 1861, in Michigan, was the brother of F. Jay Haynes and worked with F. Jay in Fargo for at least the years 1881 to 1883. He was, like his brother for the Northern Pacific, official photographer for the St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba Railway Company (later the Great Northern).

 

In 1884 the city directory lists him as a clerk for the Republican newspaper.

 

The Aug. 9, 1884 Daily Argus , states that he moved to Butte, Montana to work as a traveling representative of the Inter-Mountain publishing company. In 1885 he moved to Idaho and worked for a time as a partner of Thomas J. White

 

About 1891 F.E. Haynes purchased the photography business of William H. Jacoby in St. Paul, Minnesota and continued to operate this studio until about 1900. He then moved to New York City and operated a photography studio, as well as other odd job. He was still living in New York City in 1930.

 

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Fargo, North Dakota

Photographers (cont'd)

F. Jay Haynes [1853-1921] opened his first studio in Moorhead, Minnesota in 1876. He contracted with the Northern Pacific Railroad to produce views for promotional purposes. In 1879, he opened a larger studio in Fargo, Dakota Terrotory, and added the Canadian Pacific Railroad to his growing list of clients. Haynes traveled through Oregon and Washington for the Northern Pacific and Yellowstone in the 1882-1883 taking a large number of views. He became the official photographer for President Chester A. Arthur's excursion into Yellowstone in 1883 and obtained a license to operate a photographic concession in the Park at Mammoth Hot Springs. Haynes opened The Log Cabin Studio which served Yellowstone Park for many years selling photos to visiting tourists. He operated a railroad car gallery called Haynes Studio from 1885-1905. He moved his studio to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1889 (where he had a studio at the corner of Selby Avenue and Virginia) and traveled throughout the West and Alaska earning the reputation as one of the West's finest early photographers.

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Comment by Frederick george henchell on January 2, 2011 at 1:37pm

Hi All,  I decided that in addition to the "Peterson Group", I might get some ideas about how to proceed from this group.  Here's what I know about my great grandmother, Mary Peterson.    MARY PETERSON has been a real genealogical mystery.  I know
from the 1880 US Census that she and her parents were born in Sweden. 
From a SF CA newspaper death notice I know she died in San Francisco CA
on March 7, 1884 at the young age of 33yrs 9 months. I suspect
pregnancy, child birth complications or some kind of epidemic.  Her
estimated birth date is about June 1850.  So she immigrated to the US
sometime between her birth in 1850 and 1878 when she was first located
in SF CA.  Sometime in the 1870's, she married my great grand father and
became Mary Peterson Haentschel .  She had a son, my grandfather born
on Feb 17, 1878 in SF.  Because of the San Francisco earthquake and fire
very few records regarding marriage, birth, death exist.  I do know
where she was first buried in SF and that she was later moved to Colma
when they closed and moved most of the SF cemeteries.  I have no idea
when, where or how she arrived in the US.  I suspect maybe New York.  I
wonder if she may have come to the US as a child with other family
members? I have no idea of names of parents or possible siblings.  But
maybe there could be a link to someone else in this group?  .

Comment by Swedish on January 2, 2011 at 3:41am

I am looking for information of the lady you can se in my profilphoto.I think that her name was helma Carlsdotter born 14 october 1858 in Härlunda Skaraborg Sweden.Her fathers name was Carl Larsson born 28 januari 1823 in Härlunda Skaraborg Sweden.Her mothers name was Anna Maria Andersdotter born 1 December 1824 in Bjerka ,Skattegården Trestena Skaraborg Sweden.Carl Larsson was arrendator ( rent) Gräsön Vinköl Skaraborg Sweden.Helma Carlsdotter moved from Vinköl Skaraborg Sweden in year 1874 from ? to USA.She moved to ? The photo is markt  Haynes Fargo DT.Where can the photo been taken? Where did this photographer have his studio for portraitphotos? Did he have several studios? Do the big cross she is wearing around her neck tell anything about what church she belong to? What time period is her cloths from? She weare a juvelay whiw a M on.My grandmother told me that the ladys name was Matilda and that she was called Tilda, But in Swedish church books she is named  Helma,Hilma,Alma.Did she change her name?? Please help me answering all this questions.

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