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They Came to America: The Immigrant Experience
Posted on November 22, 2025 5 Comments
The loved ones we call the dead, depart from us and for a while are absent. And then as if called back by our love, they come near us again. They enter our dreams.We feel they have been near us when we have not thought of them.They are simply here, simply waiting while we are […]
Deep Diving: Water Wheels and Paper Making in 19th Century Sweden
Posted on July 29, 2023 3 Comments
Researching is really about deep diving. It is the only way to flesh out an ancestor’s life. For me it almost always starts with a question. In this case why was my 2nd great grandfather Carl Gustaf Vantsrum [originally Wenernström] born in Fässberg, Jönköping Sweden, which was 100 miles west of where his family had […]
FILLING IN THE BLANKS: Researching the Story of How They Met
Posted on July 25, 2023 1 Comment
See How my Forty Year old Brick Wall was Broken and Locating Immigration Records for the earlier part of this story. It is amazing how much you can find to fill in pieces of the story. For this part I searched for early maps of Chicago at the Library of Congress. Searched for histories of […]
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