I have included below the Source information from Ancestry.com for an individual that I need to study further. A word of caution, the source index refers to page 348, but looking at the actual page, to me it looks like 347. 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. The record below, on the right side, has a Carl Joh. (Edvard?), born May 22, baptized May 30. I believe it says that he was born in Ankarsrums Kruk. I have looked through the Household Examination for Ankarsrums Kruk for 1846-1850 and I can't find him or his parents. CAN SOMEONE HELP ME TO ANOTHER RECORD SO I CAN TRACK THIS GUY FORWARD IN TIME? If I have read this given name correctly, this would be the first Carl Johan born on May 22, 1847 that I have ever found. So, I really need to find this guy and follow his history to a point where I can see if he emigrated to America. The third name (Edvard) means nothing to me. I seems rather unusual to see a third name in these birth records. Sorry for the long explanation. Thanks for the helping hand. Regards, John from Iowa Record Index County: Kalmar Parish: Hallingeberg Record Type: Födde (Birth) Year Range: 1812 - 1851 GID Number: 48.25.41200 Volume: CI:6 Roll/Fiche Number: IJ-1145 Page Number: 348 Source Information Record URL: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll? h=27931135&db=SwedenParishRecords&indiv=try Source Citation: Swedish Church Records Archive; Johanneshov, Sweden; Volume: CI:6; Record Type: Födde (Births); Year: 1812 - 1851; Roll/Fiche: IJ- 1145; Handwritten/Stamped Page Number: 348/0. 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. Learn which counties and parishes included in this collection.

Death records of his father and mother. Post HAL-D-4993 Wass, Gustaf Gift (ålder: 44 År 10 M 04 D) Ankarsrums Bruk Död 12/4 1855 i Hallingeberg (H) Dödsorsak: Bröstsjukdom Anförvanter Andersd., Anna Lovisa -------------- Källa: Hallingeberg C:7, C:8 Post HAL-D-5029 Andersd., Anna Lovisa Enka (ålder: 43 År 05 M 06 D) Ankarsrums Bruk Död 1/12 1855 i Hallingeberg (H) Dödsorsak: Barnsbörd Anförvanter Wass, Gust. -------------- Källa: Hallingeberg C:7, C:8 Siblings: Post HAL-F-7152 Johan Alfrid Född 28/9 1842 i Ankarsrum, Hallingeberg (H) Far Wass, Gustaf Statsdr. Mor Andersson, Anna Lovisa 40 år Ankarsrum -------------- Källa: Hallingeberg C:6 Post HAL-F-7243 Ida Maria Född 22/3 1844 i Ankarsrums Bruk, Hallingeberg (H) Far Wass, Gustaf Dr. Mor Andersson, Anna Lovisa 32 år Ankarsrums Bruk -------------- Källa: Hallingeberg C:6, C:7 Post HAL-F-7592 Clara Mathilda Josephina Född 19/4 1849 i Ankarsrum, Hallingeberg (H) Far Wass, Gustaf Statk. Mor Anderrsd., Anna Lovisa 27 år Ankarsrum -------------- Källa: Hallingeberg C:6, C:7 Post HAL-F-7787 Lovisa Amalia Född 18/3 1852 i Ankarsrum, Hallingeberg (H) Far Wass, Gustaf Arb. Mor Andersson, Anna Lovisa 40 år Ankarsrum -------------- Källa: Hallingeberg C:7, C:8 Post HAL-F-8076 Carl Fredrik Född 27/11 1855 i Ankarsruns Bruk, Hallingeberg (H) Far Wass, Gustaf Afl. Arb. Mor Andersson, Anna Lovisa 43 år Ankarsruns Bruk -------------- Källa: Hallingeberg C:7, C:8