Thank you for this information. I tried to find my grandmother's father's grandfather there. There is a Lars Larsson who three times bought land in Benson, Minnesota. This is the place where he and his wifr Johanna (Andersdotter Ekstrom) and their daughter Lotta lived in Census 1870. I can't find them there later, that's why I'm a little confused. Below, I enclose a short version of what I found. Lars was born 1803 in Hol, Vastergotland, Sweden Johanna was born 1803 in Nor in Varmland, Sweden Lotta was born 1841 in Siene, Vastergotland, Sweden There was also the son Sven Larsson born 1837 in Hol, Vastergotland, Sweden. Lars, Johanna and Lotta is in Census 1870 for Benson, Swift County, Minnesota but I can't find Sven and neither of them in Census 1880. I believed Lars and Johanna died before 1880 and Lotta married and changed surname. How can I find out this? How can I find out if it's "my" LL who bought land (see below)? I'm grateful for all tips, ideas and help to find out this. I've their ancestors back to the 17th century! Birgitta Nilsson Accession/Serial Nr: MN0170__.101 BLM Serial #: MN NO S/N Issue date 12/30/1876 State: Minnesota Acres 80 Authority: May 20, 1862 Homestead Entry Original (12 Stat 392) Township 122-N Sec/Bloc 4/ Accession/Serial Nr: MN0210 .115 Acres 40 Issue Date 8/3/1882 (Benson) Authority May 20, 1862 Homestead Entry Original (12 Stat 392) Township 118-N Sec/Bloc 18/ Accession/Serial Nr: MN0230__.219 Acres: 160 Issue Date 1/15/1885 (Benson) Authority: May 20, 1862 Homestead Entry Original (12 Stat 392) Township 119-N Sec/Bloc 32/ --------------------------------- All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine
Hi Birgitta, Are you familiar with the free genweb websites for each county in the U.S.? Volunteers post local genealogical information, and there are usually volunteers who can look up records. Here is the link to the Swift County, MN, genweb site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnswift/ Good luck! Beth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Birgitta Nilsson" <birgittamgnilsson@yahoo.com> To: <minnesota@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 4:29 AM Subject: [MINNESOTA] General Land Office-BLM Website > Thank you for this information. > I tried to find my grandmother's father's grandfather there. There is a > Lars Larsson who three times bought land in Benson, Minnesota. This is the > place where he and his wifr Johanna (Andersdotter Ekstrom) and their > daughter Lotta lived in Census 1870. I can't find them there later, that's > why I'm a little confused. > > Below, I enclose a short version of what I found. > > Lars was born 1803 in Hol, Vastergotland, Sweden > Johanna was born 1803 in Nor in Varmland, Sweden > Lotta was born 1841 in Siene, Vastergotland, Sweden > There was also the son Sven Larsson born 1837 in Hol, Vastergotland, > Sweden. > > Lars, Johanna and Lotta is in Census 1870 for Benson, Swift County, > Minnesota but I can't find Sven and neither of them in Census 1880. I > believed Lars and Johanna died before 1880 and Lotta married and changed > surname. > > How can I find out this? > How can I find out if it's "my" LL who bought land (see below)? > > I'm grateful for all tips, ideas and help to find out this. I've their > ancestors back to the 17th century! > > Birgitta Nilsson > > Accession/Serial Nr: MN0170__.101 > BLM Serial #: MN NO S/N > Issue date 12/30/1876 > > State: Minnesota > Acres 80 > Authority: May 20, 1862 Homestead Entry Original (12 Stat 392) > > > Township 122-N Sec/Bloc 4/ > > Accession/Serial Nr: MN0210 .115 > Acres 40 > Issue Date 8/3/1882 (Benson) > Authority May 20, 1862 Homestead Entry Original (12 Stat 392) > Township 118-N Sec/Bloc 18/ > > > Accession/Serial Nr: MN0230__.219 > Acres: 160 > Issue Date 1/15/1885 (Benson) > Authority: May 20, 1862 Homestead Entry Original (12 Stat 392) > Township 119-N Sec/Bloc 32/ > > > > --------------------------------- > All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and > ease of use." - PC Magazine > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MINNESOTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >