Tue, 18 August 2009 In this episode I feature 4 interviews I made last year at the Genealogy Days in Malmö aug 30-sept 1th
At the yearly conference of Swedish Federation of Genealogical Societies.
1.Interview with Erik Gustafsson from Swedish American Center (former Kinship center) in
Karlstad. He speaks about EMIWEB The website with indexes of Swedish Emigrants .
2.Interview with genealogist Anna-LenaHultman about The DVD
The Swedish Death Index 1947-2006
and her own research center Konkordiahuset (The Konkordia house)
3.Interview with Claes Westling from the regional archive in Vadstena and the system of regional archives
4.Interview with Anders Nordström at SVAR .About their digitization of and putting archival records online.
I also have a blogAnna-Karins Genealogical Blog
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Tue, 14 April 2009 In this episode I have 2 interviews i made at the Genealogy Days in Malmö 2008 aug 30-sept 1 . the First is with Lorna Nelson from the Old Mill Museum in Lindsborg Kansas.She speaks about the museum and about the first Swedes in the Lindsborg area.The second interview is with Peter Wallenskog of Genline. He speaks about two of Genlines new features Familjeband (Family ties) and Bygdeband (Ties to places). You are also welcome to take a look at my blog Anna-Karins Genealogical Blog If you want to send me any comment please e-mail me at annakarinsgenealogicalpodcast@gmail.com Comments[2] |
Wed, 27 August 2008 In this podcast I speak a bit about the yearly Minnesota Day held the second sunday in August (this year August 10) at the Swedish Emigrant institute. the Minnesota Day is held as a celebration to swedish imigration to USA especially to Minnesota and also to other parts of the world. It features among other things the giving og the award "Swedish -American of the Year" this year it was Barbro Osher. Before the celebration I managed to make 2 interviews. firstly with Ted Rosvall the chairman of the Swedish Federation of Genealogical societies He speaks about the Federation and its website and their yearly conference "The Genealogy Days"in the city of Malmö. aug 29-31 his travels to USA and its work and also what things he think is important for anyone with swedish ancestors should know. He also mentions the Federations website in english. and the CD-ROM The swedish Death book 1947-2006. the CD-ROM is available in the Federations webshop wich is all in swedish but you can ask questions over mail info@genealogi.se . the other interview is with the noted Swedish_american scholar H Arnold Barton he talks about his own swedish ancestors and about some of the books he has written. We will also hear The "Minnesota Day song" performed by the Växjö Male Choir. Lastly I speak about my new genealogical blog Anna-Karins Genealogical Blog. The blog is losely connected to the podcast and in it I write about swedish genealogy and history and subjects close to that and also a little about my own family research. I also launch a new possibility to mail me and ask qustions I will then try to answer in the podcast the e-mail to the podcast is as usual annakarinsgenealogicalpodcast@gmail.com Comments[2] |
Fri, 8 August 2008 I have started a new Genealogy blog losely connected to this podcast it is called Anna-Karin's Genealogical blog Welcome to take a look at it ! Category: general -- posted at: 3:05 AM Comments[0] |
Sat, 26 July 2008 This is the first podcast episode since I came back from my trip to USA. I had a great time visiting Minnesota, The Southern Californian Genealogical Jamboree in Burbank California and Washington state. In this Podcast Episode I have 2 interwiews. The first is made at the Genealogical Jamboree in Burbank and it is with Genline's american representative Kathy Meade and she tells about Genlines services to American and Canadian customers. The Second Interwiew is with Martin Sandberg and he is telling about Kindo a new London based social networking site for families (and to some extent family researchers) to keep in touch. Here are the website mentioned in the podcast. Genline Kindo If you have any comment to the podcast you are welcome to either write a comment here or write me an e-mail at annakarinsgenealogicalpodcast@gmail.com Comments[4] |
Sun, 18 May 2008 In this podcast I tell abit about my planned trip to USA this summer. I hope to be present at the Southern California Genealocical Jamboree in Burbank ,California June27-june29th. I speak about a good book about Swedish genealogy Your Swedish Roots. I have an iterview with Aron Axelsson the former chairman of the The Genealogical Society of Kronoberg /The Genealogical Federation of Kronoberg It is part of my first little videoproduction "The Day of Familyresearch " it is also available at rootstelevision in the rootstube section. Aron Axelssons e-mail is aronax@telia.com There will be a Swedish Genealogical workshop at the Swedish embassy in Washington may 301th -June 1st. were there will be the possiblility to meat with swedish genealogists for short consultations. there will be a Emigration Conference in Mellerud in the province of Dalsland aug 15-16. If you want to know more about the Homecomming Year in Dalsland click here. During the work on this episode i got the news that the Swedish Emigrant Institute here in Växjö is in dagne rof being forced to merge with our local county Museum. I have written about it on this blog may 16 you can also read about it on the Swedish Federation of Genealogical societies english webpage there are also the Institutes former director Ulf Beiboms article about the supposed merger and links to a petition aginst the planned merger. This podcast has been nominated to the Swedish Podradioprize I have written about it in an earlier post on this blog in wich I also give instructions on how to vote for the podcast in the diffewrent categories. Comments[1] |
Sun, 18 May 2008 Anna-karins Genealogical Podcast has been nominated in the contest "Svenska Podradio priset"= the Swedish Podradio prize" the podcast is nominated in some different categories the contest is held by a swedish company called Daytona. If you would want to vote for my podcast please follow this link Svenska Podradiopriset 2008 when you click the link you will come to the contest page in swedish a bit down on the page are the different categories in witch you can vote for your favorite podcast. Anna-karins Genealogical podcast is nominated in the following categories. Bästa teknik och Vetenskap= Best tecnical and sciense (podcast) Bästa amatörkanal = best amateur channel (podcast) bästa originalkanal = best original channel (podcast) bästa svenska kanal = best swedish channel (podcast) you mark the podcast you want to vote for a bit under that on the page you will se the text Din e-mail adress = your e-mail adress you put your name in the box below the text and then go to the button below marked rösta= vote you press the button shortly afterwards you will resieve an e-mail with swedish text wich asks you to click the link in the mail to confirm your vote you click the link and then your voting is done. If you like my podcast please vote for it. Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:20 AM Comments[5] |
Fri, 16 May 2008 Hello everybody During the
work with my next podcast episode the information have researched me that The “Swedish
Emigrant institute “ here in växö the
museum and research institution about the Swedish emigration to USA and other parts of the world. Is in danger of
being forced to merge with The Smålands Museum “ (our local county museum) It would
probably BE THE END OF THE Swedish Emigrant Institutes time as an independent
museum and research institute and the museums exhibitions would be in danger of
closing or be substansially reduced. Its research department would also be in
danger closing and with that the possibility for people witch Swedish ancestors to write or
visit it and with the help of its material to find out where their Swedish ancestors
came from. The institute
has extensive collections of microfilmed Swedish-american church records-swedish-american
newspapers Swedish-american society archives as well as collections of
individual emigrants letters back to Sweden and an extensive library with books
about Swedish immigrations to other
parts of the world. In my podcast of jan
25th I had an interview with the Swedish emigrant Institue’s
librarian Yngve Turesson (please listen to
it if you want) The Swedish
emigrant Institute has suffered from some turbulence in later years as well as
economical problems and the politicians in
Växjö want to merge it with the local county Museum and has
taken away all economical backing to both the museums until they agree to the merge. Both Museums
are well woth looking at and while I
think that a cooperation between them would be a good idea . I think that a
total merger could be a disastrous for the Swedish Emigrant Institutes future
. Here are
the URL of the Swedish Emigrant institutes webpage in English http://www.utvandrarnashus.se/eng/ on the Swedish
version of the website its current head has written about the institutes
present situation (unfortunately they have not put up the text on the English version). The website
of the Smålands Museum is here http://www.smalandsmuseum.se/engelska/eng_frameset.htm There is a
petition to the politicans (Bo Frank and
Kristina Alsén) aginst the merge here
are some instructions oin how to sign as wellas an approximate translation of
the petition Go tto the
folloving URL http://www.namninsamling.com/site/get.asp?Emigrant then you will
see Swedish text witch I says in Swedish aproximatley wha ti have translated into below To Bo Frank, Kristina Alsér Shall the
Swedish Emigrant Institute (SEI) be
incorporated in a local historical Center under a with The Museum of Småland
common head and board of
directors .The consequence for the Swedish Emigrant Institute would be that it
would abdicate from its role as a national and international research institute
and it would become a archival depot under The Museum of Småland wich goes against its statutes and aginst the ideas of The Swedish Emigrant
Institutes founder Gunnar Helén and against four decades successful work on both sides of the Atlantic.
What reactions would this create on the Swedish level, i on the Swedish-American
level, among researchers and in Knut and Alice Wallenberg’s foundation witch
have during the years donated 20 million Swedish kronor to the Swedish emigrant
Institute and motivated its generosity with the Swedish Emigrant Institutes national
and international role Is the Institute witch since its foundation in 1968 has drawn more
than one million visitors to The house of Emigrants (the building in witch the
Swedish Emigrant institute resides) and witch according to guidebooks in English
is of the biggest tourist attractions in the city of Växjö not worth more. Let the
Swedish –emigrant Institute remain as an independent unit. Instead of subject it
to budget cuts let it expand ! With kind
regards Under it
you will see the word “undertecknade” if
you click that you will see those who have signed the petition Somewhere further
belowthe petions text you will se a text “Skriv på
listan” it means sign the petition if you click there you will come to a page on wich it says “emigrantinstitutet,
Ny underskrift” it means the emigrant
Institute new signer Under that
you will se bowses with the word ”förnamn “witch means firs tname “Efternamn” wich means last name
“E-postadress” wich means e-mail address “Postort” witch basically means were you
live and “kommentat” wich means comment
. When you
have signed your name e-mail and place of residence you click on the button parked “Spara” wich means save You would
then recive a confirmation e-mail
called something like “bekräftelse av tillage på namninsamling” It will say
something like Hej (your name)
= Hello (your name) Klicka på länken nedan för att aktivera din inskrivning = click on the link below to activate your signature Then follows
the link you should click to activate your signature Then follows Med vänlig
hällsning = with kind regards Namninsamling.com = witch is the name of the site that managed
the petition ------------------ If you want to sign the petion I hope you will be
able to follow my instructions Category: general -- posted at: 6:02 AM Comments[10] |
Mon, 25 February 2008 This is the one year anniversery of the podcast. I have got the podcast a new e-mail adress it is annakarinsgenealogicalpodcast@gmail.com. I am also planning to give the podcast its own website and possibly a blog or newsletter. Any suggestions for improvments are welcome I would love to hear from you what you think of the podcasts first year, what it has meant to you or what can be improved writ to me or record a voice message as an mp3 file and send to me. Today I will speak about the Swedish National Anthem "Du gamla du fria" rougly translated. "Thou Ancient Thou free" The text was written in 1844 by Richard Dybeck and the melody comes from an old folktune from the province of Västmanland. Here is the text in swedish Du gamla du fria du fjällhöga nord Du tysta du glädjerika sköna Jag hälsar dig vänaste land uppå jord Din skog din himmel dina ängder gröna Din skog din himmel dina ängder gröna Du tronar på minnen från fornstora dar då ärat ditt namn flög över jorden. Jag vet att du är och du blir vad du var. Ja, Jag vill leva jag vill dö i norden Ja, Jag vill leva jag vill dö i norden. Here comes a rough english translation Thou ancient,thou free thou mountainious North Thou quiet,thou joyful beauty! I greet thee,most beautiful land upon earth. Thy sun Thy sky thy meadows green Thy sun Thy sky thy meadows green thou throne upon memories of great olden days, when honoured thy name flew over the world. I know that thou art and wilt be as thou wert, Yes I want to live I want to die in the north Yes I want to live I want to die in the north the song is here sung by a singer named Arvid Asplund in an old recording from 1905 on a wax cylinder it comes from the Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project at the University of California in Santa Barbara Ancestry.com has lately put up some swedish sources the two largest is called Swedish Emigration records 1783-1951 and it contains among other things some passanger lits. the other group are Värmland,Sweden Parish records 1661-1895. it contains scanned images of churchrecords from the province of Värmland I have taken a look at both groups the podcasts new e-mail is annakarinsgenealogicalpodcast@gmail.com Comments[7] |
Sat, 26 January 2008 Welcome to the first episode of Anna-karins Genealogical podcast 2008 In this podcast I will interview Yngve Turesson the librarian at The Swedish Emigrant Institute Founded in 1965 the Swedish Emigrant Institute in Växjö is a museum and archive with materials and exibitions about the swedish emigration to otherparts of the world (mainly USA and Canada). In its collections are microfiled churchrecords,interviews,letters,books and databases and much more. If you want to find out about your swedish ancestor you can write them at Swedish Emigrant Institute Box 201 SE-35104 Växjö Sweden or contact them either at their website at http://www.utvandrarnashus.se/eng/ Their e-mail adress and contactform are at their website. it also contains information about their researchfee If you want to comment this show or give any suggestions please e-mail me at annakarinsgenealogicalpodcast@gmail.com Comments[7] |
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