"Knut KlavenessHeidelberg" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > I'm trying to figure out where in Sweden Matilda and Erik A. Ström > lived prior to their emigration to the USA. Anyone out there that have > the CD-Emigranten and want to see if any information is available? > > This is what the Ellis Island records tell: > > Matilda Strom and Erik A. Strom arrived September 24 1897. At that > time Matilda was 28 years old and Erik 34. Their port of departure was > Copenhagen City, Copenhagen, Denmark and the ship's name "The > Amerika". Erik and Mathilda Ström left Malmö 1897-09-07 together with two children. They are registered in the parish America, which could indicate that they returned from a trip to the old country. There is however no Erik Ström listed earlier with matching date and age. IŽm sending a picture directly to Knut with the four persons listed. Kurt F

"Kurt Fredriksson" <[email protected]> wrote where is the word Malmø ? > > Erik and Mathilda Ström left Malmö 1897-09-07 together with two children. Hugh W

"Hugh Watkins" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > > > "Kurt Fredriksson" <[email protected]> wrote > > where is the word Malmø ? > > > > > Erik and Mathilda Ström left Malmö 1897-09-07 together with two children. The Swedish "ö" is the same as the Danish "ø". Kurt F