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Tracing Your Swedish Ancestry
By James E. Erickson and Nils William Olsson

 

Entry from a Swedish Family Bible
Often vital statistical material can be found in old family Bibles. This entry in a Bible, brought to Minnesota circa 1880, shows Håkan Ohlsson, who later added Nordahl to his name, acquired this Bible from the school teacher in Sandsjö parish in Kronobergs län, whose name was Saloman Ahlgren. Håkan Ohlsson added the name of his wife and then listed the births of all his children, including a son, Bengt Theodor, born in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, 11 January 1883. Note that the family came from Strömmarna, a farm in Sandsjö parish.

 

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