Wow, Great!! THANKS! Where did you found that information? Due to birthdate, name, occupation, place of living it seem to be a match. Is there a possibility to find an obituary of Fred as well to check if his wife was alive when Fred passed away and if there where any children and closest ancestor??
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Hi all, I'm tracing Fred S Johnson Born May 26th 1864 Fred (Then probably known as Sven Svensson) emigrated, went from Malmö Sweden to Galesburg IL roughly November 1st, 1883 My ancestor documents says - he was married - they had no children - both passed away in Chicago Illinois (This does not mean that they passed away at the same time.) I have seen a photo of him and some ances
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Hi, Someone out there who knows another forum where I can find more people that might be able to help me to identify those peoples at my old photos? Please let me know! Thanks!
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Hi all! Thanks for the inputs. So fare I have an ongoing dialogue with Beth and I’m trying to follow Richard’s advise. I’ll be grateful for all and new inputs. Is there a Historical Society of people with Swedish roots in the Chicago area that might be able to guide and help me further? Thanks!
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Chicago was the second large "Swedish town" worldwide in the late 1890's and the beginning of 1900's. It was the town where nearly one million Swedish emigrants lived. As a Swede living in Sweden and trying to find and identify old ancestors from that period is just like trying to find a needle in a haystack. A couple of months ago, from an old Swedish ancestor, I received roughly twenty
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