Thanks for your expertise and prompt reply. John On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Martin <martin48@telia.com> wrote: > Sandviken was named Högbo before 1935. > > Here is your emigrant. He lived in Ovansjö but was born in Falu Kristine. > > Post 1007933 > > Blom, Daniel August > Träarbetare (married man) > > b. 2/4/1880 in Falu Kristine, Kopparbergs län (Dalarna) > > Emigrated 4/13/1923 > from Barrsätra, Ovansjö, Gävleborgs län (Gästrikland) > to New York, USA > > Source: Household Examination Roll, p. 2012 > > Emibas migration file ID: Ovansjö X 1923 028 > > Un-normalized versions: > > Parish of birth: Kristine > Place of destination: New York > Country of destination: USA > > Martin > > > John Bloom skrev 2012-10-11 17:44: > > I found an immigration record for a possible relative. It is for a > Daniel > > Blom arriving in New York, 28 April 1923. The relative lists Sandviken > as > > his home. I googled Sandviken and it indicates that town is in > Gavleborg. > > My Ancestry Sweden Church files indicate that only birth, death and > > marriage records are available for that town, starting in 1935. Are > there > > church records for this town under a different name prior to 1935? What > > about Household Examination records? > > > > This is somewhat of a long shot, but I have some local records that > > indicate a Dan Blom lived at the same residence as my great grandparents > > around 1888, the year my great grandfather died. I have no reason to > > believe that my great grandfather had siblings and I have no records > other > > than one city directory for Moline, IL, that identify this Dan Blom. > > > > I would like to take a harder look at Sandviken if that is possible. > > > > Thanks for any help. Regards, John from Iowa > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >