Have you sorted out the Swedish calendar to make sure the dates are correct? They finally, adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1844, I think. It got very complicated. I don't how it was affected about the change of the New Year from March to January. On 8/20/2015 10:26 AM, Mary Swanson via wrote: > *Does anyone on this list have any idea where Konkkin in Jönköping is > located?* I think it probably is not spelled correctly? This is the > birthplace of John Fredrick Petersson, according to his obituary from > Rockford, Illinois. He was born on 1 January 1834. > > The following is from the Rockford, Illinois newspaper concerning his > Swedish roots. > > *"The deceased was born in Konkkin, Jönköping, Småland, Sweden, on New > Year's Day, 1834. He became affiliated with the Masonic Order in Sweden > and the highest honors obtainable, the thirty-third degree were conferred > upon him by the late Swedish king."* > > > Once again I have to ask the generous people on this list. Thank you! Mary > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SWEDEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' (without the quotes) in the subject and the body of the message. If you wish to switch from List to Digest mode, or vice versa, unsubscribe from the list then send an email to SWEDEN-request@rootsweb.com with 'subscribe' (without the quotes) in both the subject and message body. When you confirm the new subscription you will have the option of subscribing to either "Digest" or "List." In digest mode you will receive a number of individual messages in one mailing. In list mode each message to the list is delivered individually. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SWEDEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Den 2015-08-20 kl. 21:55, skrev Barbara Young via: > > Have you sorted out the Swedish calendar to make sure the dates are > correct? They finally, adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1844, I > think. It got very complicated. I don't how it was affected about the > change of the New Year from March to January. Sweden introduced the Gregorian calender in 1753. // Bo Johansson