Thanks
Sources and credits
Records first, recollections credited. Every picture in the book carries its source in its caption.
How the book was researched
Original records come first: Swedish parish books, the register of emigrants at Trondheim, ships’ lists, censuses, homestead files, naturalization papers and newspapers, read on the page image wherever possible. Family recollections are attributed in the notes to the person who remembered them. Where a link between generations is probable rather than proven, the book says so.
Archives and libraries
Records and pictures in the book come from these archives, libraries and services. Thank you to each of them.
- Riksarkivet, the Swedish National Archives
- Jamtli, the museum of Jämtland
- Library and Archives Canada
- Saskatchewan Archives
- Montana Historical Society
- Washington State Archives
- Library of Congress
- Arkivverket, the Norwegian national archives
- FamilySearch
- Alberta Genealogical Society
- Ancestry
- Newspapers.com
- Find a Grave contributors
Thank you also to Great Aunt Viola McReynolds, whose typed family history came first, and to the family members in America and Sweden who shared their recollections, research, papers and photographs.
Pictures on this website
- Cover photograph, “Grandma Nord’s old home,” Västerkälen, Jämtland: family collection.
- Maps and charts: drawn for the book. Map data from Natural Earth, in the public domain; lakes and rivers of the Krokom district © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Type
The book and this site are set in Source Serif 4 and Source Sans 3, by Adobe, under the SIL Open Font License.