The birth looks like this in the PLF database. Carl Henning Born 22 May 1847 in D-vik, Döderhult (H) Father: (not recorded) Mother: Karlsd., Anna Brita -------------- Source: Döderhult C:5 But that seems wrong, in the original birth record he is recorded as Carl Henning born 22 may 1847, parents carpenter C.M. Lundberg at "D-vik" and wife Anna Brita Carlsdotter. AD Döderhult C:5 (1836-1850) Image 41 / page 75 (AID: v37977.b41.s75, NAD: SE/VALA/00065) Also recorded as Carl Henning born 22 May 1847, parents carpenter Carl M. Lundberg and wife Anna Brita Carlsdotter at Döderhultsvik. AD Döderhult C:6 (1843-1860) Image 60 / page 111 (AID: v37979.b60.s111, NAD: SE/VALA/00065). These seems to be siblings from PLF: Karl Johan Born 17 Sep 1836 in Döderhultsvik, Döderhult (H) Father: Lundberg, Karl Magnus - Arb Mother: Karlsd., Anna Brita - age 23 -------------- Karl Wiktor Born 3 June 1838 in Döderhultsvik, Döderhult (H) Father: Magnusson Lundberg, Karl Mother: Carlsd., Anna Brita - age 25 -------------- Per August Ferdinand Born 16 Sep 1840 in Döderhultsvik, Döderhult (H) Father: Lundberg, Carl M. - Snick. Mother: Karlsd., Anna Brita -------------- Johan P Born 4 Oct 1842 in Döderhultsvik, Döderhult (H) Father: Lundberg, Karl M Mother: Karlsd., Anna B -------------- Viktor Magnus Born 7 jan 1845 in Döderhultsvik, Döderhult (H) Father: Lundberg, Karl Magnus Mother: Karlsd., Anna Brita -------------- Carl Magnus Born 27 Nov 1849 in D-vik, Döderhult (H) Father: Lundberg, Carl Magn. Mother: Carlsd., Anna Brita -------------- (no name recorded) Born 25 May 1852 in D-vik, Döderhult (H) Father: Lundberg, C M - Snick. Mother: Carlsd., Anna Chr. -------------- Beata Sophia Born 3 Feb 1855 in D-vik, Döderhult (H) Father: Lundberg, Carl M Mother: Carlsd., Anna Ch -------------------------------- The 1844-1854 HFL person register has "Lundberg, K M, snickare" at number 99. The family is found at property number 99 in AD Döderhult AI:10 (1844-1854) Image 183 / page 343 (AID: v21903.b183.s343, NAD: SE/VALA/00065). - carpenter Karl M Lundberg, born 1811-06-18 döderhult. - wife Anna Brita Karlsdotter, born 1813-04-19 Misterhlt. - 5 children born 1840-1849, including Carl Henning born 1847-05-22. They move 1850 to number 90, on page 319, and then 1854 to number 89(?). ---- It looks like this Carl Henning could be in Swedish Census 1880, there is this man: Lundberg, Carl Hemming Sjöman [sailor] b. 1847 in Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland) Man, single Småland Oskarshamn (Kalmar län, Småland) ----------------------- In 1890 he is a missing person: Lundberg, Karl Hemming Sjöm. [sailor] f. 1847 i Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland) Ogift man, ensam i familjen Qvarstående obefintlige sedan åren 1881 - 1890: Oskarshamn (Kalmar län, Småland) -------------------------------- But since ha was a sailor he could have gone missing long before 1880, and be kept in the parish books for many years before being removed. The sailor Carl Hemming Lundberg born 1847-05-24(?) Döderhult, is found on the missing persons page, having been moved there 1889 from page 490. AD Oskarshamn AI:10 (1884-1892) Image 304 / page 949 (AID: v23696.b304.s949, NAD: SE/VALA/00293). He is recorded at number 256 in AD Oskarshamn AI:9 (1882-1892) Image 176 / page 490 (AID: v23695.b176.s490, NAD: SE/VALA/00293) I he previous HFL, he is recorded at number 256 with his mother, Lundgren's widow Anna Christina Carlsdotter born 1813-04-19 Misterhult, widowed 1869-08-11, and some siblings, in AD Oskarshamn AI:6 (1875-1882) Image 121 / page 382 (AID: v23692.b121.s382, NAD: SE/VALA/00293). // Bo Johansson John Bloom wrote 2012-11-13 16:15: > > I have included below the Source information from Ancestry.com for an > individual that I need to study further. . > > REPEATING THIS PART OF EXPLANATION FOR SEARCH > > As I have posted on a few previous requests, I am looking for my namesake > and great grandfather, Carl John Bloom. I know only limited things about > him: He was born in Sweden. His birthday was 22 May 1847. He was a "stone > cutter" by trade. He came to the United States at age 22. I have a copy > of his declaration to become an American citizen on 15 October 1872. I have > one letter between his wife and her mother (still in Sweden at that time) > that referred to him as "Blom". > > In my search, I have now looked at over 1,000 parish birth records in > Jonkoping, Ostergotland, Stockholm and Gavleborg. I am now searching > Kalmar. I have several reasons for prioritizing those counties, but I have > really no idea about his county of residence. I assume two things in my > search: > > #1. His birth date, written in a bible that he gave to his wife, is > accurate. > #2. He would not have changed his given name, so I look primarily for Carl > Johan or close similarities, but I do not assume that his father's surname > was Bloom or Blom on the birth record. > > UNIQUE NEW SITUATION > > The record below, on the right side, has a Carl Hening, born May 22, > baptized May 24. I believe it says that he was born in Doderhult ??k. I > believe it says that his father was Carl M? Lundberg and his mother was > Anna Britta Karlsdotter I am having quite a problem reading the Doderhult > HE 1843-60 register (page 811-812 for "L") or even finding the Parish index > of villages and farms. CAN SOMEONE HELP ME TO ANOTHER RECORD SO I CAN > TRACK THIS GUY FORWARD IN TIME? > > My great grandfather's 3rd son (all children born in America) was named > Eskal Henning, so I thought maybe this combination of Carl & Henning & > birthdate was good reason to look hard for this person.. So, I really > would like to find this guy and follow his history to a point where I can > see if he emigrated to America. > > Thanks again for any assistance you might offer. > > Regards, John from Iowa > > Record Index > County: Kalmar > Parish: Döderhult > Record Type: Födde (Birth) > Year Range: 1843 - 1860 > GID Number: 17.29.58600 > Volume: C:5 > Roll/Fiche Number: IJ-1085 > Page Number: 111 > Source Information > Record URL: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll? > h=2345383&db=SwedenParishRecords&indiv=try > Source Citation: Swedish Church Records Archive; > Johanneshov, Sweden; Volume: C:5; Record Type: Födde > (Births); Year: 1843 - 1860; Roll/Fiche: IJ- > 1085; Handwritten/Stamped Page Number: 0/111. > Ancestry.com. Sweden, Church > Records, 1500-1941 [database on-line]. > Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. > Original data: Swedish Church Records Archive. Johanneshov, > Sweden: Genline AB.