I went to a great workshop yesterday put on by the Swedish company Genline. www.genline.com They have digitized millions of pages of church records and have made them available online. I have a yearly subscription (of course!) and it has by far been the most useful tool that I've used in tracing my Swedish ancestry--back to the early 1700s!
If you have a chance to attend one of their workshops in the future, I recommend going. While I have already found literally thousands of documents for my own family (I've gotten pretty good at it by now!) it was exciting to hear about their new project www.bygdeband.se . Check it out! And it was awesome meeting some Swedish genealogists. :-) Everybody who knows how much I love both genealogy AND Sweden, understands what a thrill that is for me.
My dad came with me and it was fun to share the afternoon with him. We've already been talking about planning a trip to Sweden in a year or two.
About Me
- Michelle
- I grew up in the midwest and was a Spanish major at Bethel college. I then became a dental assistant and loved that job for 6 years. I've been married to my best friend since 1994 and I'm a mom to 4 beautiful children. I'm involved in "extreme parenting", which simply means I have a child with autism that requires a lot of supervision and energy. God has blessed me with this huge task and He has awesome plans for our whole family. In my "spare" time I love to research our family tree, and I've gotten very good at tracking down our Swedish and Norwegian ancestors. I enjoy being a Creative Memories consultant and helping people preserve their memories. I also love to help my husband with ministry as much as I can. My life is never dull!
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