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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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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