This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hofflund, Hoflund Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.knox/3823.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Worth to note is that Alexander Hoflund (born April 2, 1847) who was mentioned in my previous message had a first cousin who, too, was called Alexander Hoflund (Hofflund in America). This Alexander was a farmer in Orion, Illinois, and was born August 23, 1847 in Djursdala, Djursdala parish, Småland, Sweden, and came to America in 1850 with his parents Gustaf Peter Hoflund and Anna Brita Carlsdotter.