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
The e-mail adress to the podcast is annakarinsgenealogicalpodcast (at) gmail.com Comments[0] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
Sat, 8 September 2007 Today I speak a bit about when I attended the Yearly conference of the Swedish Federation of Genealogical Societies in Halmstad Aug 24-26 Among the exibitors were The Swedish Emigrant Institute. The Kinship Center in Karlstad Arkiv Digital Ancestry.com has launched a site in swedish Ancestry.com I also interwie the CEO of Genline Peter Wallenskog about the company and their new service Familjeband.se If you want to comment of fthe show please e-mail me at annakarinsgenealogicalpodcast@gmail.com Comments[1] |
Wed, 15 August 2007  In this episode I will firstly speak about the search for the three uncles of my stepgrandfather from the parish of Rök in the provinc of Östergötland Secondly I will teach you how to prepare a simple swedish summer lunch Pickled herring with popatoes You nead Pickled herring soured cream (gräddfil) freshly newly picked potatoes chive (gräslök) This year the Swedish Federation of Genealogical Societies will have its yearly conference in the city of Halmstad in the province of Halland. The city of Halmstad celebrates its 700 years annivesery. Halland is a small province but it had a big immigration to USA in the late 19th century. Shortly some intresting features will be launched on the subject of swedish genealogy Genline (on of the companies that provide swedish churchrecords online) will be launching a new feature called familjeband.se It will be a new service wich will make it possible to upload ones Family Three online a similar service called bygdeband.se for researchers in local history will also be launched . The services will be launced and introducedat the Conference in Halmstad and I will try to attend and se what it is all about. Another company ArkivDigital will launch its own service of swedish churchrecords online called ADOnline I would also like to promote another podcast about genealogy the Genealogemspodcast hosted by Lisa Cooke in California The podcast gives valuable tips about how tog et the most out of your genealogy. It has 2 websites Genealogygemspodcast.com and Genealogygemspodcast.tv As I have no clue how many people are listening to my podcast I will urge you all who listens to the podcast to write me an e-mail and tell where you live and how you heard about the podcast and what you would like to hear in future episodes. the podcast e-mail is annakarinsgenealogicalpodcast@gmail.com Comments[4] |
Thu, 21 June 2007  This is my first podcast in a while. it is a bit shorter than usuual.I speak about swedish holidays and traditions during summertime mostly about swedish midsummer celebrations. You are welcome to post comments or e-mail me at akschander@gmail.com Here is some good links Short summary about swedish traditions Comments[5] |
Thu, 22 March 2007 In this podcast I firstly speak about DIS-computer Genealogy Society of Sweden and their database DISBYT They also have a Newspaper in english in PDF format Rooted in Sweden Secondly I speak a bit about life of the common soldier in sweden during the 19th century I mention The Central soldiers Register The Swedish Military Archive in Stockholm A good site about swedish Military history is Rune Ströms Site If you would like some news and tips about contemporary Sweden I think you should listen to The Polarbearpodcast In it Andy in Helsingborg,Sweden talks in english about Sweden. As usual any comments about my podcast is welcome my e-mail adress is akschander@gmail.com Comments[3] |
Wed, 7 March 2007 In this podcast I first speak about What to do when one begins researching a swedish ancestor (begin at home !). Secondly I speak about the regional archives in Sweden (landsarkiven). they keep among other things the original swedish church records when they gets older. Here are the webbadresses to the regional arhives . The Swedsih National archives and the regional archives has got a new website togeter Statens arkiv.se The Regional Archive in Lund The City Archive in Malmö (only in swedish) The Regional Archive in Vadstena The Regional Archive in Göteborg The Regional Archive in Visby The Regional Archive in the county of Värmland The Regional Archive in Uppsala The City archive in Stockholm (only in swedish) The Regional Archive in Östersund The Regional Archive in Härnösand I am also thinking about how often I will publish the podcast once a week is putting a bit to much workload one me. I think I will begin to publsih the podcast every second or third week what do you think? Any commments and suggestions about the podcast are welcome the e-mail is akschander@gmail.com Comments[3] |
Sun, 25 February 2007 In todays podcast I speak firstly about some websites of interest for you with ancestors in the southern part of Sweden. The Demographical Database for Southern Sweden The Scanaian Genealogy Federation Kristdala The website of the town of Kristdala in Småland. Secondly I will speak about some swedish-american churches founded by swedish immigrants to the USA. Augustana Heritage Association Contains history about the churches of the Augustana Synod Article in Wikipedia about the Evangelical Covenant church Evangelical Covenant church Official Website of the Evangelical Covenant church. Article in Wikipedia about the Baptist General conference Baptist General conference Official website for the Baptist General conference. Microfilmed records of many swedish-american churches are kept at the Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center and at The Swedish Emigrant Institute You are welcom to post any comments here or e-mail me at: annakarinsgenealogicalpodcast@gmail.com Comments[11] |
Sat, 17 February 2007  In this podcast i speak about swedish surnames and family names before1900 a good article about them can be found at the Swedish Federation of Genealogical societies website at http://www.genealogi.se/roots/ I also speak about some websites of interest for people with ancestors from the nothern part of Sweden. The House of Genealogy in Leksand http://www.genhouse-sweden.com/sidor/indexe.html The Kinship Center in Karlstad http://www.emigrantregistret.s.se/frameset-en.htm Ragunda Emigrant -& Genealogical Center http://www.emigrant-z.com/index1.html The Demographical Database in Jörn http://www.ddb.umu.se/index_eng.html The Heritage Society in Karskoga http://web.telia.com/~u58606249/index.htm The podcast also contains a bit of live folk music played by Viola Ek from Furuby and also a comic monologue in "swenglish" by the actor Arvid Paulson (from the Cylinder and Digitazition Preservation Project at the library of the university of California in Santa Barbara) You are welcome to leave a comment or mail me at akschander@gmail.com Comments[4] |
Sun, 11 February 2007 In this podcast I speak about some useful websites for anyone searching for swedish ancestors. they are The Federation of Swedish Genealogical Societies The Swenson Swedish Immigrant Research Center The Swedish Emigrant Institute Genline Swedish Archival Information in Ramsele SVAR I also speak about swedish churchrecords like baptismal,marriage and death records as well as about houshold examination rolls. You are welcome to leave a comment here or to mail me at annakarinsgenealocicalpodcast@gmail.com Comments[5] |
Sun, 4 February 2007 In this my first real podcast I speak a little about what the podcast will be about. As well as a little about myself and about some swedish letters Å, Ä and Ö and their use in swedish. The music "Bleking" (a tune recorded ca 1914) and "Du gamla du fria" (the Swedish National Anthem) in the podcast comes from"Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project " at the library of University of California in Santa Barbara http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/ .The music comes from old recordings on wax cylinders (phonograph). You are wellcome to mail me any suggestions and comments to akschander@gmail.com Comments[3] |
Sat, 27 January 2007 This is my 4th testpodcast in it I am speaking a little about the sudden winter in my hometown Växjö¶ and about the great wave of immigration from sweden to USA. Following the years of crop failure in sweden 1867-1868. Comments[3] |
Tue, 23 January 2007 My name is Anna-Karin Schander and I live in Växjö in Sweden. I am trying to publish a little podcast in english about mainly swedish-american genealogy. It will contain both information about swedish genealogy and history and records and what happened to the swedes who immigrated mainly to USA(but also to other countries). and what happened to them and what records they left. This is my little 3rd testpodcast. In it I speak a little about how I recorded the podcast as well as a little about swedish immigration to USA in the 1840thies and 1850thies I also mention a few immigrant pioners from that time. any feedback or comments are welcome. Direct download: Anna-Karins_Genealogicalpodcast20070120.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:16 PM Comments[1] |
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Anna-Karins Genealogical Podcast A podcast about swedish and swedish-American genealogy
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