Kajukenb wrote: >I distant relative told me that my great grandfathers name was >ANTON OLO LJYNGRA; > when he later was Naturalized, he changed it to John Anton GREEN > (the Americans said his name sounded like John Green). >He immigrated from Sweden around 1870. >I am confused about the Y in his name. Is that Y the same as a U? >I have *not* been able to find any name like LJYNGRA in LDS Swedish Vital >Records or Ancestry. com, so I beleive that the last name was misspelled, and >may be something that sounds like LJYNGRA. >Does anyone have any ideas about what his list name could be? >Also, is OLO a short form of Olaf? Or is that a misspelling? > > Hi, His name could be "Ljunggren" in Sweden, which is a quite common name. -- Elisabeth Thorsell Swedish genealogist & writer Egen hemsida/Personal web site: http://welcome.to/Elisabeth.Thorsell "Vi Släktforskare" - Nyhetsbrev i pdf-format med det senaste om det gamla (Swedish only). Adressen är: http://vi-slaektforskare.cjb.net Check out "Swedish Roots" at http://www.genealogi.se/roots/