Sweden and Swedish Ancestry

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Comment by Sue Pearson Greichunos on August 11, 2009 at 12:30am

Hello everyone. I've just joined GenealogyWise (8/10/09). I am trying to locate names & information on my father's family & ancestors. In Sweden, my father's name was Per Hilding Persson (b. 1902); he emigrated to the U.S. in 1921, where his name was "Americanized" to Peter Hilding Pearson. A suggestion was made to me to search Genline.com, the Swedish Genealogy Search site. Through a short subscription (reasonable), I located the birth records of my father, his five siblings, my grandparents, and the marriage record of my grandparents. Because Genline has not yet filmed documentation for my father's parish (Filipstad) going back any further nor more forward than 1920, I am at a brick wall. I would be interested in records forward of 1920 because some of my uncles remained in Sweden and also to find the death records for my grandparents. Also, my father listed HOLMBERGET as his home village in Sweden on the Ship's manifest/entry paperwork. I cannot locate this town on any maps of Sweden. This is my first question: Where exactly IS Holmberget? My other question is: Can anyone advise where else I might try to locate Swedish records online which cover Filipstad parish before about 1847 and after 1920 also? Every time I find a new bit of information, I am elated. Thank you, all, for any advice or assistance.

Comment by John Patten on August 9, 2009 at 9:39pm

Hi all. I'm searching for record of an ancestor who has troubled me for some time. His name was John SMITH (I probably couldn't have picked a more difficult name had I tried!). He was born in about 1846 in Stockholm, to parents Edwin SMITH & Louisa JOHNSON. John SMITH died in 1928 in Walgett, NSW, Australia.

Any help in knocking down this wall would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
John

Comment by Shelly Bonstrom Geurts on August 9, 2009 at 5:01pm

Laura ~ Do you have a date of birth or death? Names of children? I cannot find Talon IL, but I found a Toulon in Stark County IL. Is that where they went? If he is the Olof Johnson associated with Bishop Hill, then there is quite an interesting story attached to it. The Bishop Hill Johnson collected a great deal of money in Sweden and brought it to IL to benefit Bishop Hill, but there were many controversies. If you give us more information, we will be better able to help you.

Comment by Leif R Unosson on August 9, 2009 at 3:46pm

If Olaf Johnson was involved with bishop hill movement, maybe Bishop Hill-Socity can help you.
http://home.swipnet.se/bishophill/indexeng.htm

Comment by louise duncalf on August 9, 2009 at 2:27pm

there were lutheran churches built in 1841 in andover,galesburg,princeton, and MOLINE. they are all close cities.

Comment by Laura Schnabel on August 9, 2009 at 2:22pm

Thank you so much for the info. I have many of the records and birth and death records of family members however there is no indication of where the family originated except Stockholm. Which seems to be speculation by family members. I really think there may have been a name change as the wife was called Julia and Gunda. They resided near Talon, Il and later moved to Iowa.
This is the family I grew up in and I can't believe I can't find something!

Thanks

Comment by Torill Johnsen on August 9, 2009 at 2:05pm

Let me just add one more question: do you know more about the emigration, date, ship or port they entered the new country?

Comment by louise duncalf on August 9, 2009 at 1:56pm

i found out there are 3 swedish churches that are in moline,illinois. swedish methodist episcopal, 1st swedish baptist church,swedish evangelical lutheran. hope this helps someone

Comment by louise duncalf on August 9, 2009 at 11:24am

living in the quad-cities i remember growing up they said a lot of immigrants came to rock island and moline because of the railroad and john deere. there is a swedish luthern church in moline,illinois.

Comment by louise duncalf on August 9, 2009 at 11:15am

i also remember when i lived in illinois there was a place called bishop hill,illinois. it was founded in 1846 by erik jansson with trustees who took over after he passed away who were olof johnson and jonas olsson. i found some interesting things about it on wikipedia.

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