Den 2015-09-12 kl. 22:47, skrev Lois Casson via: > > I am trying to locate birth record for Algot Andersson b. 18 Mar 1884. > His WWII Draft Record and index for US Cit App indicate he was born in > Mellerud, Sweden. Other records indicate Halland. > > My book indicates that there is a Mellerud parish in Ålvsborg län, but I > can find nothing on AD or leads from other sources. I found a modern > Mellerud which appears to be located in the NE of what was Ålvsborg > län. Can someone point me in the right direction? Could it have been > a farm village in a Hallands parish? --- Ortsnamnsregistret has no Mellerud in Halland county. > > Records indicate that he emigrated in 1903. A check of those records > may provide a clue. He ended up in Rhode Island, US. --- He might be this one from the EMIHAMN database, Mellerud is in Holm parish, Älvsborg county: Surname: ANDERSON Given name: ALGOT Age: 19 Sex: M Born: 1883/1884 Parish: HOLM County: P [Älvsborg] Port: GÖTEBORG Emigration date: 1903-07-10 Destination: PAWTUCKET RI Fellows: NEJ [Alone] Source code: 73:499:5047 I don't see him in the Holm 1903 moving-out list, so he didn't actually come from Holm parish, or he had left without giving proper notice. // Bo Johansson