Time for a change! I’ve refreshed the look and feel of the blog, but the content has all stayed the same. The photo at the top of the blog is what we call the “Martinson Farm”. It’s in Saunders County, Nebraska near Ceresco. My dad was born on this farm. Can you see the dog […]
New feature on website
You may have noticed a lack of posts lately… I’ve been tinkering around with a new software product that can be used to create your own online family tree. Most genealogy software programs allow you to publish your family tree on a website, but it results in hundreds of files that all have to be […]
News from Karen
If you are related to me or to Dale, you might want to pay attention to this blog! I have a large and always-growing collection of family history papers, articles, documents and artifacts that really ought to be shared with everyone in the family. Dale and I have also done some traveling in Germany and […]
New blog
We’re leaving for Sweden a week from today, and I hope to be able to document our adventures on this blog. I have closed out my two previous blogs (Rademacher Roots and Rudeen Roots) and copied all of the old posts onto this new blog*. If you want to follow along as we’re travelling, you […]
Handy Resources
Here are some handy resources for Swedish genealogy: Websites: geodata.se – you can drill down to see locations of individual farms ancestry.com – Ancestry’s Swedish church records page (subscription required) google maps – map showing locations of Swedish parishes Swedish military – look up Swedish soldiers by family or soldier name Must-Have Books: Cradled in […]