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Bruce Jacobson

Me . . . and those who came before.

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Jacobson, Jacobsson, Jakobsson

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…
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Posted on: 3 February 2023 Last updated on: 7 September 2023 Written by: Bruce

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…
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Posted on: 22 August 2019 Last updated on: 2 February 2023 Comments: 3 Written by: Bruce

New York-Bound, 1902

After traveling by train across Sweden from Norberg, his hometown, Carl Albin Jacobsson arrived Göteborg Central Station at 7:03 on…
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Posted on: 26 May 2019 Last updated on: 18 January 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: Bruce

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…
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Posted on: 22 May 2019 Last updated on: 10 December 2021 Written by: Bruce
Till Amerika C.A. Jacobsson

“Till Amerika” Newly Translated

Sunday, the 20th of April 1902, the departure date of my trip, had arrived. With mixed feelings, I anticipated saying…
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Posted on: 16 May 2019 Last updated on: 7 February 2023 Comments: 9 Written by: Bruce
Former Norberg train station.

Norberg, 2018

During a 10-day visit to Sweden I visited Norberg, the home parish of my paternal grandfather Carl Albin Jacobsson. The…
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Posted on: 7 January 2019 Last updated on: 26 February 2023 Comments: 0 Written by: Bruce
Ellis Island Great Halll

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…
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Posted on: 21 April 2015 Last updated on: 18 June 2023 Comments: 0 Written by: Bruce

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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Places and Persons

Acadia NP (3) Archives (4) Boston Harbor Islands (3) Boston MA (3) Connecticut (2) Ferncrest (3) Freeport ME (1) Maine Woods (2) National Parks (9) New York (3) Sweden (4) Tremont ME (2) ….Jacobson+Phillips (5) …Jacobson (8) …Lindquist (5) …Phillips (1) …Rickards (1)