Sweden Archives - Page 7 of 10

Getting to Know Your Ancestor Better

Written by Tiffany on August 30, 2019.

Hello everyone! Can you believe August is just about over and we will officially be in Fall in a few days? Wow, how time flies! Wouldn’t it be fun to walk in your ancestor’s shoes? Who among you has done that yet? It could be going to a town that they lived in or doing a whole journey from your ancestor’s birth to their death. How...

Midsummer-Scandinavian Style

Written by Tiffany on June 21, 2019.

Hello everyone! How’s your summer going? Is it rocking and rolling or are you already bored?! Has your genealogy research been put on the back burner due to kids, pools, and flexible summer schedules? No worries! You just do you this summer! My summer is very much up and down with things that my daughter wants to do and things that I want to...

How to find your Swedish Military Ancestor

Written by Tiffany on June 14, 2019.

Hello everyone! How has your week gone this week? Are you enjoying summer? I hope that whatever plans you have for summer you will take time to search for your ancestors. It’s a great summer project for the family as well. I mentioned last week that I would show you how to search for an ancestor on the main Swedish military website this week....

Sweden Military-Did your Ancestor Serve?

Written by Tiffany on June 7, 2019.

Hello everyone! How has your week gone? I hope life hasn’t been too hard on you this week. If it has, then I sympathize. It’s no fun going through a trial or challenge. It’s much better for us humans to be on the other side of those. I may not understand what your trial looks like or how it affects you, but you’ve definitely...

Public Family Trees-Can They Help You?

Written by Tiffany on May 31, 2019.

Hello everyone! How has your week been? Has it been crazy busy or slow and steady? Have you tried your hand at the tips I taught last week about Ancestry and Family Search? It’s super awesome, huh? I really have fun using the card catalog and the Family Search catalog. I hope you are having some good luck with them. If not, then drop me a...

Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org Search Tips

Written by Tiffany on May 24, 2019.

Hello everyone! How’s your week going? I’m excited to be with you for another week! Have you ever searched on Ancestry.com or FamilySearch.org and they show you a hundred or thousand search results? It can be very overwhelming! Let me tell you about a little known feature on both of them that has helped me be a better and faster researcher.Ancestry.comCard...

What about Swedish Church Records?

Written by Tiffany on May 17, 2019.

Hello everyone! Welcome to another week of genealogy! I figured we had enough of Swedish household examinations and moving in and out records for a lifetime. However, if you need a refresher on these records, then click here, here, and here. So let’s change gears a little and talk about Swedish church records and how they connect with the previously...

Where did my Swedish Ancestor Go?

Written by Tiffany on May 11, 2019.

Hello everyone! How’s it going this week? I’ve had a great week of learning more about other people’s ancestor’s and their lives. It’s interesting to me to see how other people chose to live their life. It shows in the records that were left. I talked about Swedish household examination records last week and now I want...

How do you use Swedish Household Examinations in Genealogy?

Written by Tiffany on May 3, 2019.

Hello Everyone! How’s your week going? I have a really fun article this week. Well, I had fun creating it anyway. I love using household examinations. This is where I really get to know a family and find out how they lived. It’s not complete, but it helps me know them as people instead of just names on paper.Our Family Case StudyLet’s...