In a message dated 2/5/2006 8:37:49 PM Eastern Standard Time, sls91750@cox.net writes: I was able to help her find some info but she has sent me SO much more that I could have ever hoped for considering how difficult some of these Swedish names can be to trace! I have the exact birth date of my great-grandfather, his parents names, his mother's parents a few lines or two back. Same for my great-grandmother! I now exactly when they left Sweden and in 1882 their destination was Providence, RI! I am just so thrilled! Thanks to Anna!! Sheila, that is great news. I have a couple of coworkers who have had to deal with Swedish genealogy and it's been quite a challenge for them! My great great grandfather, George Henry Hersey, married a Swedish lady as his second wife and had several children with her - I've found her father's name but nothing beyond that. I descend from the other marriage to a woman whose parents were English convicts deported to Aussie land. That one has also been a challenge since the surname is Lee - not as common as Smith, but it is up there! I've always wondered how the Lees ended up here in RI after leaving Australia! Donna