"A serious accident took place last Thursday at 4.45 a.m. at Vaxholm fortress, in which no less than nineteen people, belonging to the constable school located there, perished in an explosion that occurred at that time." So, it was written in Värnersborgs Tidning 1887 in August. This explosion is still today one of the worst …
Author: ascheutz
A middle age female who just want to have her space in the big information cloud.
My 3x Great Grandmother Sofia Charlotta Westlund
This photo of an old woman has always fascinated me. This is my maternal grandmothers’ paternal grandfathers’ mother. She lived 1813-1910 and must have experienced one of the biggest changes of Swedish society during her lifetime. Imaging if you could go back in time and talk with her about all the big happenings but also …
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A third look at my DNA journey
I have a match, Johan, on both Ancestry and FtDna and we share a relatively good amount of DNA on our hits. Ancestry did suggest we were related via his paternal grandmother and her roots in Västmanland. This is correct but its some generations back, about 7. We did think we shared a bit too …
My great grandfather August Johannesson
August was born 10th February 1861 in Övre Gudhem Dalsland. He was the son of Johannes Andersson (sometimes Andreasson) and Elin Andersdotter. His father came from a long line of farmers in Dalsland. A young August Johannesson. The photo is taken before 1888 Johannes and Elin had in total 8 children of whom two died …
More about my DNA journey
This is the second article I wrote in the newsletter about DNA testing. Through communication with matches and traditional research I am slowly making progress with the results. Following that the rest of my family have now done the same test as I did, I have also added the extra test of MtDNA which is …
DNA and genealogy
As a start of the blog I will republish my earlier posts around DNA-testing and family research. This is my thoughts and experiences around the subject. I have taken two test personally with Ancestry and FtDna as well as transferring my result to My Heritage. This is my first blog which was published in newsletter …
The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton This is the latest version of my blog. The blog I had at my last website was lost when I had to delete the whole site due to consistent hacker attacks. This will be kept away from my …
Stories from my Family 