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

According to "Cradled in Sweden," Sandviken and Högbo are both names for the same parish.  Högbo has a lot more historical Swedish records - try there. ________________________________ From: John Bloom <john.bloom52@gmail.com> To: Swedish Look Ups <SWEDEN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 10:44 AM Subject: [SWEDEN] Sandviken 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

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 >

John Bloom wrote 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? --- Sandviken parish was named Högbo until 1935 ArkivDigital have household records/parish books for Högbo(Sandviken) parish up to 1927, and moving-out records to 1942. > > 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. --- There is only one Daniel Blom emigrating 1923 in the EMIHAMN database on the "Emigranten" CDs: Name: DANIEL BLOM Age: 43 Parish: OVANSJÖ County: X (Gävleborg) Remark: F FALUN (born in Falun?) Port. GÖTEBORG Date: 1923-04-28 Destination: NEW YORK Fellows: NEJ (Alone) Source code: 109:907:90392 Notice that Ovansjö was the main parish in the Ovansjö, Högbo(Sandviken) and Järbo "pastorat" This David Blom is probably the The Daniel August Blom born 1880-02(?)-04 moving out 13 Apr 1923, from Bansäter page 2012 to N.America, in AD Ovansjö B:8 (1916-1926) Bild 1210 / sid 115 (AID: v191013.b1210.s115, NAD: SE/HLA/1010151). Is this the right age for your Daniel Blom? Daniel August Blom born 1880-02-04 in [Falun] Kristine parish, Koparberg county, is found with wife and 5 children at Bansätra in AD Ovansjö AIIa:20 (1917-1927) Bild 210 / sid 2012 (AID: v190996.b210.s2012, NAD: SE/HLA/1010151). He emigrates alone to North America 1923-04-13, and there is a remark that he returned to Högbo 1935-11-11. // Bo Johansson