With a touch from old times...
Min släktforskning
Till mina Svenska släktingar och andra besökare (To my Swedish visitors).
Eftersom en del av våra släktingar inte talar Svenska så har jag bestämt mig för att ha hemsidan på Engelska men om någon inte förstår vad som är skrivet så översätter jag gärna det textstycket. I så fall behöver ni bara skicka mig ett e-mail så svarar jag så fort jag hinner. Fliken Isaksson tar er till min mor Virans Isaksson släktgren som jag kallat "Södersläkten Isaksson". Första personen på den släktgrenen är Carl Magnus Isaksson som är min morfar.
Som längst tillbaka i tiden har jag kommit till cirka 1675 där jag hittat Isaac Hindrichssons och hans hustru Malin Ersdotter? samt deras
son Daniel Isacsson som föddes 1703.
Fliken Fagerskog/Berndtson är min fars släktgren och där har en hel del personer utvandrat till USA och många "over there" är mycket
intresserade av sina rötter här i Sverige så därför är den delen av min släktforskning översatt till Engelska.
OBS!
Om någon vill kontakta mig via Skype som är det telefoniprogram jag använder så är det bara att trycka på Skype-knappen längre ner på sidan.
Det går också bra att klicka på "contact"-fliken och skicka ett mail till mig. För att förhindra spam-robotor att förstå min e-mail adress har jag angett
tecknenkombinationrn (at) som du måste byta ut mot det vamliga @-tecknet innan du skickar mailet.
I släktträden finns det fotografier och bilder som är "klickbara" d.v.s de förstoras om du klickar på dem. Det gäller även
de foton som finns på den här sidan
My genealogy research
I have been doing research for about four years only but as there are a lot of Swedish Church books/records out on
internet nowadays it has been fairly easy and certainly stimulating to search for our ancestors.
I have searched
for our ancestor Svante Fagerskog (1831-1879) as he moved to Levanger, Norway in 1863 but I could not find him because the church
records was destroyed in a fire.
Fortunately he had moved to another parish so when I found him and his family in the records it was soon clear that
four of his children emigrated to the USA.
Several other family members also emigrated to America (as the USA was named in Sweden at the time). Most of them were females and they left during the period 1870-1900. Some of them are traced and located but yet many remains to find. Any help in that process is much appreciated as it is very difficult to find the sources in the USA. At least for me.
The photo to the upper left is taken about 1870 and is the oldest photo I have found so far. The persons on it is Gustava Fagerskog
(1829-1881) and her husband Isak Svenningsson (1820-1903). Gustava and Svante Fagerskog were siblings.
Much of the text in the family tree is/are still in Swedish as when I started my research I had no thoughts about
finding unknown relatives in the USA. If anyone finds a text and want to know what it is about I will translate it. Just send me an
e-mail and notify me. I will send it back as soon as possible.
About this site
The Isaksson tab shows my mothers family branch and is only Swedish as we have no alive American relatives in this family branch.
The first shown person in the Fagerskog/Berndtson tab is Gustava Fagerskogs son Svante Herman Kvarnzelius Isaksson (1864-1938)
Svante Herman and Fridtjof Fagerskog were cousins. Svante Herman also was my fathers mentor as my father was born
with an "unknown" father. My grandmother refused to talk about it, maybe she were ashamed. My father
tried to find his father on his own. He searched for nearly 40 years without success. Thats why I started my own research.
I did find my grandfather and I now understand why my grandmother refused to say anything -
my grandfather committed suicide (shot himself) in 1919.
The Files tab will take you to the Files index where you can download files to your computer.
The Gallery tab takes you to the Photo album. It is a lot of pictures and the vast majority of them are unidentified.
You can click on a photo to see it in larger format
The Family tab takes you the family tree which is organized so it shows one page per person. Choose the person you want to start with
in the register to the left. Every person on a page is linked to his/her page. Just click on the names to go there.
You can also use the "Pedigree tab" to see the charts.
The News tab gives you the latest "events" and updates.
All images to the right are clickable to see them in original size.
There are a lot of images in the family tree, most of them are from church books, all images are clickable so you can
study them in original size.
ATTENTION!!
The contact tab is my e-mail address. If you want to send me an e-mail you have to replace the sign (at) in my address
to an @. I have done this to prevent my e-mail address to be collected by spambots (spam robots).
If you experience any problem with the site I would be grateful if you notify me by e-mail.
My name is Ben Isacsson and I was born in 1941 in Stockholm Sweden. I am married to Anette and we have 4 children and
4 grandchildren. Anette still works and I am retired.
