If you have ancestor in Halland is Stadsarkivet in Malmö wrong. This is the right archive for the different county. Östersunds Landsarkiv: Jämtlands county Härnösands Landsarkiv: Norrbottens county, Västerbottens county, Västernorrlands county, Gävleborgs county Uppsala Landsarkiv: Upplands County, Södermanlands County, Stockholms län, Västmanlands county, Örebro county, Kopparbergs county Visby Landsarkv: Gotlands län Vadstena Landsarkiv: Östergötlands county, Jönköpings county, Kronobergs county, Kalmar county Göteborg Landsarkiv: Göteborgs och Bohus county, Värmlands county, Älvsborgs county, Skaraborgs county Lunds Landsarkiv: Hallands county, Blekinge county, Malmöhus county, Kristianstads county Malmö Stadsarkiv: Malmö City Stockholms Stadsarkiv: Stockholm City Regards Fredrik Betty Rockswold <bettylou@spacestar.net> skrev i diskussionsgruppsmeddelandet:39E32374.EAA9D5F7@spacestar.net... > This might work. My grandmother came from Halland. You could write to > Stadsarkivet in Malmo, St. Perrigangen 7a, 211 20 Malmo, Sweden. > > Nearly all emigrants passed through the ports of Malmo or Goteborg, and > had to register with the police, who recorded names and addresses, age > and sex, occupation, place of birth and intended destination. These > records starte in 1867 and are almost completely indexed. > > Lykke til, > > Betty > > Doug Holtz wrote: > > > > Hello; > > > > My g grandfather can not be traced. He was born in Sweden (Halland County) > > and shows up in the US at age 13 or so. > > > > How can I get anything on him from Sweden? We know nothing. > > > > TNX > > > > -- > > Doug Holtz > > dholtz@execpc.com > > -- > Betty Rockswold > 1522 N. Greenwood Ct. > Eagan, MN 55122 > email: bettylou@spacestar.net > web: www.valdressamband.org > listserv: Valdres-L-request@rootsweb.com