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Comment by Mary Hellman on August 14, 2009 at 6:40am

Debbie: Sherry did a great job! I love the Swedish flag and of course the dala horse. Reminds me of the many times my mom and sisters an I went to the Scandanavian festival in Junction City, Oregon. We always migrated to the Swedish things. They had a huge dala horse there.

Comment by John Patten on August 12, 2009 at 2:32pm

Richard,

John Smith lived the majority of his life in a small town towards the outback of NSW called Walgett. There didn't appear to be any other Smith relatives in the area, and so far I've yet to locate an obituary. I've come across a record or two in time and these seem to point to the possibility that his middle name was Henry, but I haven't been able to verify this as being the right man, only that it seems a likely fit.

Comment by Lynn Anderson on August 12, 2009 at 10:37am

Holmberget
The Holmberget Richard found is in Värmlands län (S) near Klar älven (a significant river) and not far from the Norwegian border. It looks like the nearest parish church would be Dalby (in Värmlands län note there are two other Dalby parishes in Sweden)

Comment by Richard Dahlqvist on August 12, 2009 at 8:58am

John!

I have people working on the case right now.

You don't know his exact brithdate?
That is not included in his obituary?

Any other information you have about him? Any brothers or sisters?
Grandparents names?

Comment by Richard Dahlqvist on August 12, 2009 at 6:06am

Hi Sue!

I believe this is your father:

Per Hilding Persson
b. 8 feb 1902 Filipstad, Värmlands län (S)

If so, here is what I found out in about an hour:

Paternal Line:

Father:
Erik Johan Persson
b. 1 aug 1867 Nordmark, Värmlands län (S)
d. Possibly 1930 Filipstad, Värmlands län (S)

Paternal Grandfather:
Per Andersson
b. 28 jan or feb 1841 Gustav Adolf, Värmlands län (S)

Paternal Great Grandfather:
Anders Persson

I lost Per Hilding Perssons paternal line at this point.

This is because a Household Examination Record between 1830-1835 for Gustav Adolf, Värmlands län (S), has been lost.

You can probably backtrace from the birth of your grandfather, Erik Johan Persson, to the point where you find Per Andersson living with his parents again.

Just wanted you to get a start on this line.


Maternal Line:

Mother:
Hilma Charlotta Kullin
b. 9 jul 1867 Färnebo, Värmlands län (S)

Maternal Grandfather:
Anders Jansson Kullin
b. 15 jan 1827 Färnebo, Värmlands län (S)

Anders Jansson Kullin’s Father:
Jan Jansson
b. 24 May 1793 Nordmark, Värmlands län (S)

Anders Jansson Kullin’s Paternal Grandfather:
Jan Jansson
b. 1756

And this is where I lost this line for now. No birth parish was mentioned for the last Jan Jansson, but the same applies to this line. Backtrace them all.

All this information is to be considered Uncertain and Unchecked.
In NO way should you take my word on that this is 100 percent coorrect. Always, always check and doublecheck information gathered and recieved from other persons.

This information had been collected in under an hour and no backtracing nor any dublechecking has been performed.

I do however feel that this is correct, but I urge you to check my information.

Comment by John Patten on August 12, 2009 at 5:11am

Richard, by all means feel free to ask them. I'm open to any help offered. Thanks!

Comment by Richard Dahlqvist on August 12, 2009 at 5:01am

John!

With your permisson, I would like to get help from two different board or forums here in Sweden specializing on genealogy.

The members on those two sites have been able to find persons with less information before.

Is it ok if I brought this matter to their attention?

Comment by Richard Dahlqvist on August 12, 2009 at 4:57am

It didn't allow me to post a link.

Here it is i plain text. Just copy and paste.

http://kartor.eniro.se/query?mop=aq&mapstate=5%3B12.89358%3B60.69079%3Bs%3B12.80906%3B60.73400%3B12.97810%3B60.64758%3B880%3B849%3B0%3B1&mapcomp=%3B%3B%3B%3B%3B%3B%3B%3B%3B%3B%3B%3B%3B%3B0%3B0%3B%3B%3B%3B0&what=map_adr

Latitude: N 60º 41' 16.80"
Longitude: E 012º 53' 16.80"

Comment by Richard Dahlqvist on August 12, 2009 at 4:55am

I have found the place you were asking for. Or so I believe.

You are looking for a place called Holmberget here in Sweden.

About 125 km north-east of Filipstad there is an actual mountain called Holmberget.

The reason as to why I think this is the place you are looking for, is that it is associated with mining. There was a metalworks at Holmberget. Copper i think.

Your information you gave in your initial post gave me a name and a place for your fathers birth. Through this I could get his parents name.

I then searched a burial database and found a possible buril of you grandfather. In this record it states that your grandfather worked as a blacksmith.

So this is who I linked the Holmberget I found with your family.

Here is the link to the map.

Comment by John Patten on August 11, 2009 at 2:58pm

Richard, thankyou. I don't doubt that it's a task similar to searching for a needle in a moderately maintained haystack. Regardless of what turns up, or doesn't, the effort is much appreciated!

Cheers,
John

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