This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lrtyndall Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.macomb/1340.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: You've got me on the Swedish stuff, it makes no sense to me either. I've got a couple lines I haven't made much progress on myself. As far as I know you need to know where in Sweden they were born and then get the church record, not government. Their naming system is interesting. With your grandmother maybe her father's name was Karl Andersson, in which case she would have been named Amanda Karlsdotter and then when she immigrated the surname changed to match the father's? My gg-grandmother went by Johanna Nilson in America, but when I got her marriage record her parents names were listed as Mans Nilsson and Anna Swanson, so if I understand it correctly (big if), she would've been christened Johanna Mansdotter in Sweden and her mother would've probably gone by Anna Svensdotter. I think when they immigrated they just took the father's name since that's the way it was done here. So what your grandma said would make sense then, better hope she doesn't read your posts. What are you looking for with this couple? Have you already traced Gustaf's line? His draft card lists his birthplace as Dalsland (sp?) Sweden, don't know if you have that. In answer to your question, I wouldn't normally be sitting at the computer this much, but I have a fussy new baby who's decided that he likes to be rocked in the computer chair. I don't mind at all, and people have looked up plenty of stuff for me too. If you're new to internet genealogy I can send you a list of websites that are helpful. My email's lmrentfro@yahoo.com, so we don't clog up the Macomb board with that. I live in Missouri and have never been to Michigan, so I have no idea about the Mount Clemens library. I know they used to look up the obits for you, but that service is on hold now. Maybe we could trade favors, since I have a couple obits I could use. Here's the link for their site. http://offserv.libcoop.net/mtc/obitindex.asp Email me and let me know exactly what you're looking for. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.