A 75-Year-Old
J. Jakobsson, Östanmossa, Norberg, turns seventy-five years old on Saturday 10 November…. Mr. Jakobsson was born in Norberg parish and…
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Tracing My Swedish Family Names
What might seem simple—a person’s name—turns out to be full of complexity. When looking into family history I found there…
History Jackpot
I hit the jackpot searching the online Swedish American Newspapers database of the Minnesota Historical Society. My grandfather’s marriage announcement…
Caring for the Globe
No, I’m not talking about the Earth. Rather, the world globe given to my father upon his graduation from high…
New York-Bound, 1902
After traveling by train across Sweden, Carl Albin Jacobsson arrived Göteborg Central Station at 7:03 on the morning of Monday,…
Eskilstuna in Miniature ~ Brooklyn, New York
When you arrive in New York for the first time, you can be more than a little astonished at the…
“Till Amerika” Newly Translated
Sunday, the 20th of April 1902, the departure date of my trip, had arrived. With mixed feelings, I anticipated saying…
Norberg, 2018
During a 10-day visit to Sweden I visited Norberg, the home parish of my paternal grandfather Carl Albin Jacobsson. The…
Ellis Island 107 Years Later
I think my grandfather would be proud. On Tuesday evening I attended a black-tie event in the Great Hall at…
My Family’s Names
Select a name below to see biographical facts about individuals in my extended family, such as birth and death dates,…
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