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Comment by Lynn Anderson on July 23, 2012 at 10:36pm

I should have mentioned Jönköping is the next county over.

Comment by Lynn Anderson on July 23, 2012 at 10:04pm

There is a Myresjö parish in Jönköping county and the wiki lists a "Klockaregården Rusthåll".

The farm name means bell ringer farm... The Klockare provided assistance to the parish priest... and perhaps even rings the bell 

Comment by Kristen Holquist Waite on July 23, 2012 at 8:42pm

I should correct that. It reads, "Gustaf Adolf Hultqvist: Myresjö Klockaregård, född den 8 Mars 1863.

På Confirmationsdagen: Myresjö d. 13 April 1879."

So, I guess that means that the name was Hultqvist in Sweden, and that his brother Frank changed his name to Nelson, unless Frank is a half brother. Is Myresjö near Högsby? Could their father's name be Nils Hultqvist?

I guess it also means that I should have gone back and checked the Bible first.

Comment by Kristen Holquist Waite on July 23, 2012 at 8:07pm

Larry, thank you so much for looking. I had been told that they were from Kalmar, and found a very old photo of the Högsby church with other photos that they had, so I thought that meant they were from there. It is possible that they are under another name, but right now, I am stymied. I suppose Nelson could have been Nilsson? I will look for more records around here. I have not been able to find any immigration records from them, either, so I don't have that. In his Bible that he received for confirmation, it says, "Klockaregård". Does that mean anything? Again, thanks!

Comment by Larry Bowles on July 23, 2012 at 7:30pm

Kristen:  I went through Högsby Parish Records for 1863 and 1864 and checked for births of your ancestor under both the Hultquist name and the Nelsson name and there were no matches.  Could he have been born elsewhere or a different year?  All of Högsby's Parish Records are available at Ancestry.com and I read through them all.  Parents from Sweden and have no trouble reading old Swedish but no luck with your family.....sorry,.

Comment by Lynn Anderson on July 23, 2012 at 6:33pm

To find a family history center location, visit familysearch.org. On the home page, there are tabs across the top. Click on FamilySearch Centers and enter some geographic data like a zipcode (assuming you are in the USA). The system will then search for 3 or 4 nearest you.

You should check the center hours and maybe call. Small centers tend to have limited staff and hence limited hours. These centers are operated by the Mormon/Latter-day Saint church and are open to anyone for no charge. The number of computers might be just a few.  Our center here in Los Angeles is large with 75 computers, a good sized library, etc. 

 

And while you are on the home page, you should also take a look at the first tab "Learn." It will bring up another menu. The left-most item links to the family history research wiki. This is a very useful tool for looking up all sorts of stuff. Since you are doing Swedish research, type in SWEDEN. Reading this main page should be your beginning reading assignment. You will see lots of other interesting an useful links from here. Think of the posibilities...  and, this wiki is available 24/7.  Try typing in Högsby parish and see...

Comment by Kristen Holquist Waite on July 23, 2012 at 6:01pm

I don't know if there is a Family History Center near me. Not that I know of. I will google it and find out.

On his marriage record, Frank Nelson listed his father as Holgret Nelson, and his mother as Matilda Swanson. Does that make any sense?

Comment by Lynn Anderson on July 23, 2012 at 5:42pm

I would not yet. Maybe, if you later show that Nelson was really their name.

 

I was helping a searcher with a Danish letter written about 1906 from a father to a 5-year-old child after a divorce and emigration to USA. The writer had a more unusual Danish surname, so on a remote chance, I did a Google search. The first hit was from a 2009 Danish genealogy forum posting with someone looking for the writer!  This does not happen every day but it made a connection between two (related) researchers an ocean apart.

 

In Sweden for your family, I would expect to see Nilsson. The father's first name would likely then be Nils.   Also, I may have opportunity to look at ArkivDigital tomorrow to see what I can see.  Do you have a Family History Center near you?

 

Comment by Kristen Holquist Waite on July 23, 2012 at 5:28pm

Thank you, Lynn! Should I also post to the N-name Discussion Forum, or is Nelson too common a name?

Comment by Lynn Anderson on July 23, 2012 at 5:07pm

Kristin, I moved some additional comments about your post to the H-name Discussion Forum (see the area just above the gray line "comment Wall" above. While the wall is not very busy, the H-name forum may be the first place someone may search for Holquist/Hultquist in the future (say a year or two). 

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