It is in Swedish, but these seem to the be the community home pages. It is in "Tranemo kommun". I believe that is approximately what you call countyin your post, but a better translation of "kommun" wopuld be "Municipality". I live not too far away from there, but since I am a Norwegian, I can not help you with the history of the place more than what you can read off the Internet. Have fun, John Morten "james barry" <mopp4@home.com> wrote in message news:3A913D86.39F27505@home.com... > I believe this to be a parish in Sweden but don't know which county it > is in. The Swedish Embassy hasn't responded to the question. Does > anyone have any knowledge of this parish (village?). It is the > birthplace of my great-great-great grandfather Erik Nilsson born May 19, > 1753. Any information would be appreciated. > > > James F Barry

http://hem.passagen.se/ambj/ Sorry, forgot the link. "John Morten Malerbakken" <John.Morten@swipnet.se> wrote in message news:8Tck6.3089$hi2.8754@nntpserver.swip.net... > > It is in Swedish, but these seem to the be the community home pages. It is > in "Tranemo kommun". I believe that is approximately what you call countyin > your post, but a better translation of "kommun" wopuld be "Municipality". I > live not too far away from there, but since I am a Norwegian, I can not help > you with the history of the place more than what you can read off the > Internet. > > Have fun, > > John Morten > > "james barry" <mopp4@home.com> wrote in message > news:3A913D86.39F27505@home.com... > > I believe this to be a parish in Sweden but don't know which county it > > is in. The Swedish Embassy hasn't responded to the question. Does > > anyone have any knowledge of this parish (village?). It is the > > birthplace of my great-great-great grandfather Erik Nilsson born May 19, > > 1753. Any information would be appreciated. > > > > > > James F Barry > >