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Date: Saturday, October 1, 2022 9:30 a.m. MT Program: “Fika on Zoom” Presenter: Kjell Andersson, SGSC Member and Research Chair If you have ever wanted to attend a Fika session, this is your chance to see how it goes. We got a close look at how Kjell finds things for SGSC members in Swedish Records. We …
The Swedish Genealogical Society of Colorado announces two presentations on the Viking Age by Archeologist and Professor Neil Price of Uppsala University in Sweden. SGSC will extend its regular meeting for these presentations and host a reception so that attendees can meet Professor Price. Neil Price is an archaeologist specializing in the study of Viking …
Date: Saturday, September 3, 2022 9:30 a.m. MT Bethany Lutheran Church4500 E. Hampden Avenue, Cherry Hills Village, CO A Zoom option is also available. Program: “Unexpected Delights from the 1950s Census: Mapping Family and Old Neighbors and Telling Their Stories” Presenter: Ron Floberg Ron amazed us with his mapping technique of the 1950 census and how it …
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SGSC meets first Saturday of the month (September through May) at Bethany Lutheran Church at 4500 E Hampden Avenue, Cherry Hills Village, Colorado (near Hampden and I-25). Meetings are generally two hours long and include committee reports and one or two presentations. Meetings are for members only, but please contact hej.sgsc@gmail.com for a guest pass! …
Date: Saturday, May 7, 2022 9:30 a.m. MT Bethany Lutheran Church4500 E. Hampden Avenue, Cherry Hills Village, CO A Zoom option is also available. Program: “When Swedes Go Bad: The Rise and Fall of Sven Peter Person” Presenter: Susan Warrington Sven immigrated to the U.S. in 1898, when he was twenty-one years old, and settled in southern …
Date: Saturday, April 9, 2022 9:30 a.m. MT Bethany Lutheran Church4500 E. Hampden Avenue, Cherry Hills Village, CO A Zoom option is also available. Program: “Finding the Lost Persson Brothers” Presenter: Karen Rademacher Karen’s great-great-grandfather, Christian Pearson of Saunders County, Nebraska, was said to have had two brothers who came from Sweden and settled in Minnesota. …
Date: March 5, 2022 9:30 a.m. MT Zoom hybrid meeting at Bethany Lutheran Church4500 E. Hampden Avenue, Cherry Hills Village, CO Title: The Quest for Susanne Lundblad’s Swedish Emigrants Who Settled in Colorado Presenter: Bev Harbourt, Past SGSC Director A woman in Sweden sent a request to the SGSC e-mail regarding siblings of her paternal grandfather’s father …
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Date: January 8, 2022 9:30 a.m. MT Zoom hybrid meeting at Bethany Lutheran Church Title: They Weren’t All Miners – Researching Swedish Immigrants in Summit County, CO Presenter: Jean Larson Adams, SGSC Communications Chair In the Breckenridge CO area, the first gold claim was filed in 1859. The following years 1860 to 1920 saw fortunes …
Date: January 8, 2022 9:30 a.m. MT via Zoom Title: Thinking of Visiting Sweden in 2022? Presenter: Ron Floberg and Cherry Lofstrom, SGSC Members If you are planning to visit family and hometowns or farms of your Swedish ancestry, some pre- trip planning will optimize your time there for what will surely be a trip …
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Date: December 4, 2021 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.No Zoom for this meeting; in-person only Titles: Annual Julbord Celebration Where: Bethany Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall4500 East Hampden Avenue The Swedish Genealogical Society of Colorado welcomed members and guests to a celebration of our shared heritage at the annual Swedish Genealogical Society Julbord. Members share in a …
