Reg assignment #8

Religion C 261 – Sister Kelly Summers

Assignment #7 - Census Assignment
U.S, Canada & British Isles

1 - Search for one of your ancestors in every census during your ancestor’s lifetime. Begin with the most recent census and work back in time. Find census records for ancestor as a parent and move back in time and find census records for your ancestor as a child living with parents. Keep a research log, recording your searches and results. Show me “nil” results if you are unable to find your ancestor during one of the census years.

2 - Print out a digital copy of each census found. Label each printout with source information.

3 – Enter the census information into your RootsMagic program.
Instructions:
For an Individual “Add a fact”
Select “census”
Add the complete date and place
Under “Census Details” add a “Note”
In the “Note” transcribe the census and include source citation information.

Assignment Submission:
1 – Updated Family Group Sheet – with census note information printed
2 – Census Images with source citation information
3 – Research Log
4 – Written analysis of census findings

Sample Census Citations:
Source: 1850 U.S. Census – Liberty Township, Henry County, Indiana
Author: NARA Series M432 Roll 136
Publication: Subscription database: , accessed Oct 2007
Detail: Page 47, Dwelling 275, Family 283.

I looked for the 1890 Census records but shortly discovered that these records were destroyed by a warehouse fire. After that I began to search for the 1880 records I used the family search, but the only available census record was for a Carl Carlquist who was over twenty five years older than my ancestor. Even if he had lied about his age I doubt that he would have lied about a twenty five year difference when he was still in his early twenties. The 1880 census was taken in only a few areas of Utah, and I believe from what I discovered that Carl was not in that census. I did find, however, while I was searching his us passport application. It appears to be the passport Carl used for his mission, because I know that he arrived in the US the first time in 1877 to marry Hulda and the stamped date reads 12 March 1910. I know we were only supposed to print off Census records, but I could not resist and I printed off Carl’s passport as well.
Carl married Hulda in 1877 right after he moved to the United States. Before living in the United States he lived in Sweden. I wanted to find records of his life in Sweden. Come to find out Sweden did not do the census as the United States did, and I have to find the right Parish. I started to look through a few of the available records and realized that I need to read Swedish to understand what is being said, or have someone translate. It was a little frustrating to not find any primary record of Carl living in Sweden. I read through a few pages of his bibliography and learned that he refused to be baptized by the local Swedish clergy. I knew that his LDS Baptism was in Sweden and so I tried to find if there was a document from that.

Date Source Comments Results Time
16 July 2011 http://www.censusfinder.com/utah.htm I learned a lot about the actual census from here. This is the website that I was able to type in Carl’s name the search engine found all of the census records The 1890 census was burned in a fire, and not all of the places in Utah took a 1880 census 10 min.
16 July
2011 new.familysearch.org This is not the right family search website for the census records I did not find what I wanted 4 min.
16 July
2011 www.familysearch.org Looked through the countries and census search engine available Did not find census records of correct Carlquist, and searched through a few foreign records 20 min.
16 July
2011 Search.ancestry.com This is the website that the census finder took me to, and I printed off all of the papers I turned in from there 1930, 1920, 1910, and 1900 census and us passport application found here 20 min.
16 July 2011 https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Sweden Census were not done in Sweden but a (husförhörslängd)
I need to know what parish Carl was from and then I need to learn how to read Swedish because I cannot understand the records available 10 min.

Reg assignment #7

Religion C 261 - Sister Kelly Summers

Assignment #7 - Locality – 40 pts

Select one locality where your ancestor lived. Report important information about your chosen locality, including history and significant dates. If you are researching someplace outside the U.S. locate the Blue Reference binders at the BYU FHL (These are also in pdf format on the HBLL Family History Library website: http://www.lib.byu.edu/sites/familyhistory/).

The following resources are available for U.S. research:

The Handy Book for Genealogists – county map, genealogical & historical societies and trail maps are in the back of the book.

Ancestry’s Red Book – county map, genealogical & historical societies.

USGenWeb.com

All Countries use:

Wiki.FamilySearch.org

Other Resources:
Google.com
Cyndislist.com
WorldGenWeb.com

Include printout of relevant pages (timelines)
Print out a map of the area

1 - Submit a written summary of what you learned about the locality including history or geographic conditions that would influence the locality. Briefly describe the history of the state and county or province and country you have chosen. Include such information as when it became a state, and when the specific county was formed. Or in the case of a country, dates of independence, etc. Include a list of possible resources such as 2 genealogical or historical societies with URL or address in the area. Include a state/county map. (This report should be no more than 2 pages in length).

2 – Submit a Research Log
At first I thought a timeline would show me what was going on in Sweden during 1857, the year Carl Carlquist was born. The timelines were too much of the “Long” term history of Sweden but not the time for the family that I have been researching. On the website www.facts-about.org.uk I found several timelines for various countries. First I looked at the Swedish timeline and then followed the suggestion from the website to look at the Vikings time line, because the Vikings were Scandinavian. The Viking Timeline was from 793 to 1050. Although there was not much information on the actual lifestyle of the Vikings I could not help but to think if my ancestors were Vikings, and if not what did they think of Vikings. In 1397 the union of Kalmar united Denmark, Sweden and Norway under a single monarchy, but in 1523 Gustav the first re-established Swedish rule.
Then I thought that I would change my search to “Sweden 1857”, or “Sweden lifestyle in 1857”. This was a difficult search, because most of the information that came up had nothing to do with Sweden but with other parts of the world. I read an entire article called “3 Lucky Swedes”. It was about 3 Swedish men who left the poverty in Sweden to join the Alaskan Gold Rush. I thought that this would be a good article to read because the men in this article were born during the same time as Carl. My hope was that their lifestyle, and chlanges would be similar this his own. John Brynteson had a minimal education, which was more than most could calaim in those days. This bite of information interested me, and I read through a few pages of my own family history and discovered that Carl was mostly self-taught.
John Brynteson (one of the men from the article) grew up on a family farm. I wanted to know what Carl’s family did for a living. The family legend goes that Carl was an illegitimate son to the king, because he looked so much like the king and he was born illegitimately. I don’t know if he was the son of the king, but I do know his mother’s full name. In my perfect plan I could follow his mother’s family line.
I thought that if I could find the city that they were from I could do a little research to know if it was a rural or town style community. I tried to find the city that Carl was born in… there were three options. I thought that this would not hinder my work, but when I tried to match the contemporary cities with the historic cities I had a hard time. The map proportions were off, and I cannot read Swedish.
The second man in the article was named Jafet Lindeberg. His family was a family of farmers, fisherman, and nomadic reindeer herders. I had never even thought of a reindeer herder being a possible occupation for my ancestors. He also worked as a miner. Jafet Lindeberg was considered highly educated by a private teacher (from the sound of the story) but the focus of his education was language. I thought about how little science and mathematics were taught at that time, and wondered if Carl knew more than basic mathematics.
Erik O. Lindblom was the third man in the article. His father was a schoolteacher, but after his father’s death his mother became a beggar. I realized that Erik O. Lindblom would have had a similar childhood as Carl’s. I am sure that without the support of a husband his mother had to beg to feed Carl. Eventually she did marry, but her husband died leaving her to support Carl, and two other children. I tried to find out if Carl’s mother had any family support. In his early, early, early years Carl lived with another family, but I am not sure if the family he lived with was actually a relatives.
I think that the most helpful information was reading about the lives of the “2 Lucky Swedes”. This was helpful because it gave me ideas about what Sweden was like for other people who were living at the same time as my ancestors. After reading about their life experiences I was able to create a crude image of what my ancestor’s life experiences would have been like. It also sharpened my curiosity because I want to know more about the actual lives of my ancestors and not simply their names and dates.