Hi Vivian,
One of my great grandfathers was born in Sanne (Bohuslän) and moved the
family next door to Dalsland (Järbo Socken near Bäckefors)...Small
world, eh?...
I personally haven't used any of the online Swedish genealogy sites, so
I can't give you any guidance in this regard...We've traced our family
primarily with books based on Swedish church records while in Sweden
plus work done by relatives...Let me send an email to one of my cousins
in Sweden and ask him for some suggestions...There is also another
distant relative of mine in Sweden who has done a lot of genealogy,
books, etc, and I'll ask him, too...I'm flying out to Seattle on a
business trip on Tue and then to the Gulf Coast on Fri, so it may be
9-10 days before I get back to helping you...
Before you go, suggest you brush-up on your Swedish and common
abbreviations used in the records, such as f.: föd/born, d.: död/died,
g.m.: gifte med/married to, b.: barn/child/children, etc.
Hej då för nu...
Rickard A-son

Vivian Cullen wrote:

> MVH, Richard: And that is about the extent of my Swedish--in spite
> of
> college and some adult type lessons.
>
> I am a first generation Swedish-American. Both my mother and my
> father
> emigrated about the turn of the century--1900, that is. My mother
> came from
> around Gullspång, Västergötland; and my dad from Sanne in Bohuslän. I
> am
> really not into genealogy. I would like to find living-type of
> relatives,
> if I can.
>
> My father ran away from Sweden at age 15 and signed on a Norwegian
> boat as a
> crew member, went to Canada and jumped ship. Anyway that is the story
> as I
> remember it. I believe his family was a crofter on Vatneröd near
> Sanne. I
> have not been able to confirm this as yet. He was the only child of
> several
> who had children so I am looking for descendents of the aunts and
> uncles of
> my father. The brother, Karl, lived on the farm until he died,
> without
> heirs.
>
> My daughter and I are planning a trip to Sweden next fall and would
> like to
> have most of the info before we start out. Any suggestions are most
> appreciated.
>
> Vivian in NW Washington state
> flicka@...
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "o8takara" <indy.mimi@...>
> To: <Bohuslen_genealogy@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 5:23 PM
> Subject: BL: HELLO
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Was browsing and stumbled onto a link to Bohuslän Genealogy...Since I
> have relatives in both Bohuslän (my favorite part of Sweden) and
> Dalsland, I decided to join the group...Now that I've joined, it seems
>
> to be a pretty quiet and deserted group...Anybody out there want to
> talk about Bohuslän?...Although English is the default here, I can
> converse in simple Swedish.
>
> About me, I'm an American with Swedish roots (my father was born in
> Dalsland close to the Norwegian border) and I have a strong interest
> in the west coast of Sweden and SE Norway...I'm more interested in
> talking about Bohuslän in general than about genealogy because both my
>
> father and relatives have already done a pretty good job with ours
> using parish records...In fact, we can trace back 17 generations on my
>
> father's mother's side to Erik Sursill of Ångermanland, the infamous
> creator of the foul smelling herring...To make a long story short
> about Erik, he got a commission to provide herring to the army...In
> preserving the herring, he started cheating on the amount of salt
> needed, and as a result, the herring instead started to ferment inside
>
> the barrels...As punishment, the King forced him to permanently change
>
> his name from Ångerman to Sursill, or "sour herring," as the story
> goes.
>
> My favorite place in Bohuslän and where my father spent his childhood
> summer vacations is the beautiful little island of Tjärnö outside of
> Strömstad...My father's uncle, Hilmer Hansson (now deceased), was
> Tjärnö's schoolmaster and postmaster...When I visit Sweden, I usually
> use Uddevalla as my home base...I like Lysekil, Smögen, Grebbestad,
> Strömstad, and all the little seaside towns along the coast.
>
> Rickard Anderson
>
>
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