The result of my DNA test has arrived. It was kind of interesting. They claim I'm only 57% Swedish. Most other is Norwegian and Finnish/Baltic with some English. I have researched all lines 250-300 years back and there is no one from Norway or England. Unless they mean that I have a viking heritage, which of course I do.
There were no close matches with other people. Many of them were 4th cousins or further away. Not everyone has posted their family trees so I couldn't figure out how all of them are related. I did look through the trees that were there and could for the most part see where the connections were. Most of the matches are descendants of emigrants. One of my Australian relatives showed up, and also a few of the Nelson descendants in the US.
I spent the weekend at work to do research for other people and to enter my family tree on the DNA website. I got four new requests and was lucky with two of them. I discovered that someone else has already done this research and posted it online. The two remaining will be more difficult, as they relate to Norwegian records and those records are not as extensive as here. Also got a request regarding German ancestors but can't do anything there, since much of the material has been destroyed during wars.
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Thursday, February 20, 2020
Birthday party
Last Monday I had to go directly from home to the storage to let some people in to our part of it. We have been complaining about a specific section of the electric shelving system ever since it was installed in 2012. Now the construction company decided to measure the floor to see if it was really not level. It wasn't. The difference is up to 2 cm per 2 m floor distance. It's quite a lot. The shelves get stuck very often because of the uneven floor and it is incredibly annoying. Now, getting this fixed is a task of its own. We will have to move 3000 meters of books first, before they can try to adjust the floor.
Last week the Historical Society asked for articles to enter in the annual publication. Just like most other times, the deadline was not far away. I was able to write two pages about local folklore and then suggested they should copy a small article published in another journal in 1920. I figured no one would get upset if we stole it 100 years later.
The woman I did research for earlier has contacated her half-sister. She got really surprised and said she had always thought she was an only child. She will do a DNA test to determine if my research came up with the correct father or not.
Last Thursday I went by train and bus to Borås. When I had almost reached Göteborg I realized that I had forgotten to pack some of the clothes. When I arrived I had to go shopping for a top. Had lunch and then continued on to Borås. I stayed with my mother and her boyfriend. The activity level was rather low, we only made some short shopping trips to get presents. On Sunday my niece had the birthday party for her 10th birthday. It was a family affair, all her grandparents were there for instance. My niece was happy about her presents, which included a gold necklace, clothes and ice-skates. The next day I got a ride all the way home by my father, which I was grateful for. The weather is terrible with very high winds and flooding. Train service has been disrupted many times lately.
Last week the Historical Society asked for articles to enter in the annual publication. Just like most other times, the deadline was not far away. I was able to write two pages about local folklore and then suggested they should copy a small article published in another journal in 1920. I figured no one would get upset if we stole it 100 years later.
The woman I did research for earlier has contacated her half-sister. She got really surprised and said she had always thought she was an only child. She will do a DNA test to determine if my research came up with the correct father or not.
Last Thursday I went by train and bus to Borås. When I had almost reached Göteborg I realized that I had forgotten to pack some of the clothes. When I arrived I had to go shopping for a top. Had lunch and then continued on to Borås. I stayed with my mother and her boyfriend. The activity level was rather low, we only made some short shopping trips to get presents. On Sunday my niece had the birthday party for her 10th birthday. It was a family affair, all her grandparents were there for instance. My niece was happy about her presents, which included a gold necklace, clothes and ice-skates. The next day I got a ride all the way home by my father, which I was grateful for. The weather is terrible with very high winds and flooding. Train service has been disrupted many times lately.
Sunday, February 2, 2020
Renovation finished
At work the situation has calmed down and we are working more normal hours. I filled in for a sick colleague at another department one day this past week. They are only two people who register new books and apply barcodes, and the reamaining person was feeling overwhelmed. Those two have to take care of all the books that about nine cataloguers are processing, so they are busy.
My father came back to do some more work in the hall, and he finished it by Thursday. It looks very nice. The floor boards are the same as in the kitchen. I am still in the process of moving back the items. At the same time I try to weed some things to give to charity. There are a bookcase, a glass cabinet and an open wardrobe in the hall.
The past two weekends I have engaged in research. A lot. I was able to come up with a suggestion for the woman who didn't know who her father was. It turns out that this man (now deceased) had a younger daughter. So someone will soon get the surprise of a lifetime.
My father came back to do some more work in the hall, and he finished it by Thursday. It looks very nice. The floor boards are the same as in the kitchen. I am still in the process of moving back the items. At the same time I try to weed some things to give to charity. There are a bookcase, a glass cabinet and an open wardrobe in the hall.
The past two weekends I have engaged in research. A lot. I was able to come up with a suggestion for the woman who didn't know who her father was. It turns out that this man (now deceased) had a younger daughter. So someone will soon get the surprise of a lifetime.
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