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The search for ancestors : a Swedish-American family saga
- Title
- The search for ancestors : a Swedish-American family saga / H. Arnold Barton.
- Author
- Barton, H. Arnold (Hildor Arnold), 1929-2016.
- Publication
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©1979.
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Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Text | Use in library | CS71 .S9776 1979 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xi, 178 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- Sven Svensson (1817-1908) married Sara Marie Öhrn, and they emigrated from Sweden to land near West Dayton (now Dayton), Iowa in 1867. Descendants lived in Iowa, Illinois and elsewhere. Includes Swedish ancestry in the province of Småland, which contains the counties of Jönköping, Kronoberg and Kalmar.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Genealogy
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Prologue : The search. -- All the way back to Noah. -- First link with the New World. -- One of nature's Americans. -- The master of Bullebo. -- Fresh beginnings on the prairie. -- Forerunners. -- A window into the past. -- The family go their ways. -- The passing of an era. -- Epilogue. -- Problems and sources. -- Notes. -- Index.
- ISBN
- 0809308932
- 9780809308934
- LCCN
- 78015537
- OCLC
- ocm04056527
- 4056527
- SCSB-36242
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library