Fred Palm / Anna Catharina Anderson

[mike_larson]

I could really use your help in finding my great-great-grandparents. Here is all I know about them. Names are those used in the USA.. I do not know whether they changed their names upon arrival or not.

Anna Catharina Anderson born 1826/1827 (May also be 1836)
married Fred Palm 1855 ( born 1833 )

Wouldn't Anna's Surname in Sweden have been Andersdotter?

Emmigrated to USA ( Maine ) in 1888

They had 2 sons and 4 daughters that I know of.

One son and one daughter remained in Sweden (names unknown)

The other children are believed to have emmigrated with Anna and Fred. May have traveled separately.

Son - Victor (Arrived in USA Jan 1888 )
Daughter - Emma Lovisa born 1866
Daughter -
Daughter -

Fred possibly returned to Sweden around 1907 to stay.
Anna died April 2, 1913 in Maine

Thank you

[Edited by mike_larson on 29th February 2004 at 14:15]

[Mamie]

Yes your great great grandmothers surname probably would have been Andersdotter but unless you know the area of Sweden she is from finding records for her would be difficult. Even the knowing the province would help.

There are lots of records on line but to effectively search them you do need to know where in Sweden they were from unless the surname is very unusual. And learning a little Swedish is helpful as well although many of the sites have English translations for common terms etc.

You could try a query on Anbytarforum as well. You can post in English. http://genealogi.aland.net/discus/ Sometimes you get lucky. I got a lot of basic information on my morfar's( mother's father) family from a researcher as a result of one post there but then I knew the village, parish and province.

Palm is the tree but could any one of a number of variations on it. Good article on Swedish names here http://www.genealogi.se/roots/ once there on the sidebar is the useful knowledge section click on Swedish names and go to the part about names from guilds and craftsmen and then nature.

She could also be Anna Katarina or Anna Stina(although that is usually short for Kristina)

Since they arrived in the US prior to the 1890 census that won't help. The 1890 census can be searched for free for five of the provinces. Jamtland (this is where my mother's family is from), Vasterbotten, Vastersnorrland, Varmland and Norrbotten - excuse me for not putting the correct letters in - that isn't how they are spelt in Swedish but is how they appear on the IGI. Jãmtland is correct in Swedish for instance.

You can search earlier censuses for more provinces at http://www.arkion.se but it costs about $5 US for 3 hours. Very reasonable if you know where to look.

You could also try looking at the marriages for Anna Andersdotter on the IGI if you are sure of the year they married. http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Sear...lear_form=true

You should look at all the ones named Anna Stina as well as just the Anna and Anna Catharinas

Fred could very well be Fredrik.

Are there any records of their emigration? There are emigrant records to search as well.

This a list of genealogy websites related to Sweden
http://www.cyndislist.com/sweden.htm

[Edited by Mamie on 9th May 2004 at 20:36]