Thanks Betty. Will try. Doug Betty Rockswold <bettylou@spacestar.net> wrote in message news: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