Lois Casson wrote 2012-12-01 01:55: > > I have been corresponding with some who insists that her grandfather was > Mag Svante Nilsson. I tracked this man from birth record, through every > HFL single/married until his death record. He was born Sven which later > became Sven S and he died as Svante. This person has a book and she > sites other men whose names begin with Mag. I am wondering if her book > is a descendancy if land ownership because Svante did inherit his > father-in-law's land and perhaps Mag should be Måg. Any ideas? Am I > missing something? Then it seems VERY likely that his title was "Måg" (son-in-law). The only other possibility I can think of would be "Mag." for "Magister", but that would mean a priest or other educated man. // Bo Johansson