Did people emigrating to the United States normally get listed in moving out records? My great grandfather came to the U.S. in about 1870. I've tried finding him on ship passenger lists but with so many men with the same name it's difficult. His name is Sven August Anderssons and he was born in Askeby, Ostergotland in 1843. He may have traveled with a brother or his mother, Johanna Larsdotter. I have found the record of his and siblings' birth. On a funny note: Sven ended up with the last name of Newberg while all his emigrating brothers kept the Anderson name. We think he misunderstood when on arrival he was asked his name and he replied with where he was from. However it happened he was too proud or stubborn to ever correct it. KarenK Sent from my iPad

Hi KarenK, I found him on the Emibas CD. Post 85512 Andersson, Sven August Dräng = farmhand (unmarried man) b. 10/27/1843 in Askeby, Östergötlands län (Östergötland) Emigrated 3/22/1871 from Skärpinge, Kimstad, Östergötlands län (Östergötland) to Nordamerika Source: Household Examination Roll, p. 150 Emibas migration file ID: Kimstad E 1871 005 Emibas is about 75% complete, so of course there are people who won't be on this cd. Also, if emigrants didn't tell the parish that they were leaving, it is generally not likely you will find their emigration in Swedish records. Name changes were very common and it is not uncommon that siblings used different last names. Read about Swedish naming customs in this interesting and informative article written by Ingela Martenius about Swedish naming customs. http://web.comhem.se/~u31263678/genealogy/Names.pdf Names were NOT changed when an immigrant entered the U.S. That is a myth. Google: Name changes at immigration. You will find many articles, such as this one. http://www.ilw.com/articles/2005,0808-smith.shtm Judy Orland Park, Illinois Sent: 2:23 P.M. U.S. Central Time, January 1 ----- Original Message ----- Did people emigrating to the United States normally get listed in moving out records? My great grandfather came to the U.S. in about 1870. I've tried finding him on ship passenger lists but with so many men with the same name it's difficult. His name is Sven August Anderssons and he was born in Askeby, Ostergotland in 1843. He may have traveled with a brother or his mother, Johanna Larsdotter. I have found the record of his and siblings' birth. On a funny note: Sven ended up with the last name of Newberg while all his emigrating brothers kept the Anderson name. We think he misunderstood when on arrival he was asked his name and he replied with where he was from. However it happened he was too proud or stubborn to ever correct it. KarenK Sent from my iPad

This looks like him. Post 85512 Andersson, Sven August Dräng (unmarried man) b. 10/27/1843 in Askeby, Östergötlands län (Östergötland) Emigrated 3/22/1871 from Skärpinge, Kimstad, Östergötlands län (Östergötland) to Nordamerika Source: Household Examination Roll, p. 150 Emibas migration file ID: Kimstad E 1871 005 It was very common for the emigrants to change or Americanize their names. Nyberg (Newberg) is a very Swedish surname. Martin At 20:43 2013-01-01, you wrote: >Did people emigrating to the United States >normally get listed in moving out records? >My great grandfather came to the U.S. in about >1870. I've tried finding him on ship passenger >lists but with so many men with the same name it's difficult. > >His name is Sven August Anderssons and he was >born in Askeby, Ostergotland in 1843. He may >have traveled with a brother or his mother, >Johanna Larsdotter. I have found the record of his and siblings' birth. > >On a funny note: Sven ended up with the last >name of Newberg while all his emigrating >brothers kept the Anderson name. We think he >misunderstood when on arrival he was asked his >name and he replied with where he was from. >However it happened he was too proud or stubborn to ever correct it. > >KarenK > >Sent from my iPad > >------------------------------- >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