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Today ~ August 31, 2014 A very  HAPPY BIRTHDAY   to : The husband of my third cousin, a  "Living Duesler." My second cousin once removed, a  "Living Janinis." My second cousin, a "Living Olson." My third cousin, a  "Living Olsen ." The second cousin of my stepfather, a "Living McDonald." MARRIED on   August 31 My second cousin once removed, a  "Living Nolan."  (m. Unknown) My second cousin, a  "Living Spurlin." (m. Barnum) Thanks for stopping by! Wishing you success in all of your genealogical treasure hunts! Copyright © 2014 Cheryl Palmer All Rights Reserved

Today ~ August 30, 2014 A very  HAPPY BIRTHDAY   to : My second cousin once removed, a  "Living Madsen." My third cousin once removed, a  "Living Nolan." The husband of my third cousin, a  "Living Dixon ." My third cousin, a "Living Olsen." My third cousin once removed, a  "Living Jensson." MARRIED on   August 30 My second cousin, a  "Living Olson ."  (m. Forward) My second cousin once removed, a  "Living Jensson." (m. Kallstrom) IN LOVING MEMORY   May They Rest in Peace Born on   August 30, 1884 The daughter of my second great grandfather, Josephine Gustavsen .  She would have been 130 years old today. Died on   August 30, 1831 The mother of the father in law of the second cousin of my stepfather, Elizabeth Neihart .   Died on   August 30 The husband of my second cousin, a Gerberding . Died on   August 30 My second cousin once removed, a Forgey. Thanks for stopping by! Wish

Today ~ August 29, 2014 A very  HAPPY BIRTHDAY   to : My second cousin twice removed, a  "Living Peterson." IN LOVING MEMORY   May He Rest in Peace Born on   August 29 The husband of my third cousin, a Larsen .  He would have been less than 100 years old today. Thanks for stopping by! Wishing you success in all of your genealogical treasure hunts! Copyright © 2014 Cheryl Palmer All Rights Reserved

I haven't blogged much about my husband's side of the family, yet anyway. You may or may not know my husband was born in Costa Rica, raised in the United States. His siblings and their families are all in Costa Rica except for one older brother who lives about a half hour ride from us, and now one of the nephews. 2013~Stockholm. I'm in a happy place! Blue skys and blue water… One of my husband's younger brothers has three children, two sons and a daughter. We last saw his youngest son when he was about 16. He now lives in Sweden, is married, and has two children of his own.  We have never met his wife or children. Heck, I think he has at least doubled in age since our last visit with him.  I was in contact with our nephew, Sander, as soon as we knew we were going to Sweden. Sander works at a major hotel in Stockholm. I wanted to get reservations at his hotel while we were there. This was much tougher to do than I expected,  but more about that later in anoth

Today ~ August 28, 2014 A very  HAPPY BIRTHDAY   to : My second cousin, a  "Living Batterson." MARRIED on   August 28 The son of the stepdaughter of my second cousin once removed, a  "Living Weddle."  (m. Uhl) IN LOVING MEMORY   May They Rest in Peace Born on   August 28 My second cousin, an Olson .  He would have been less than 100 years old today. Born on   August 28, 1907 The brother in law of my step grandfather, Marion Davenport.   He would have been 107 years old today. Thanks for stopping by! Wishing you success in all of your genealogical treasure hunts!  Copyright © 2014 Cheryl Palmer All Rights Reserved

Thanks for stopping by!  Wishing you success in all of your genealogical treasure hunts!  Copyright © 2014 Cheryl Palmer All Rights Reserved

Today ~ August 27, 2014 A very  HAPPY BIRTHDAY   to : The husband of my second cousin, a  "Living Dobbeck." My third cousin once removed, a  "Living Schinnell ." MARRIED on   August 27, 1894 My great grand aunt, Kersti Jonsen.  (m. Bakken) My second cousin once removed, a Forgey. (m. Prall) The first cousin once removed of my stepfather, a Farrell. (m. Straub) IN LOVING MEMORY   May They Rest in Peace Born on August 27 My second cousin once removed, a Steen. He would have been 105 years old today. Born on  August 27 My second cousin once removed, a  Warner .   He would have been less than 100 years old today. Born on  August 27 The second cousin of my stepfather, a Fleming. He would have been less than 100 years old today. Died on   August 27, 1879 The wife of my second great grandfather,  Brita Sophia Logdahl .    Thanks for stopping by! Wishing you success in all of your genealogical treasure hunts! Copyright © 2014

Today ~ August 26, 2014 A very  HAPPY BIRTHDAY   to : My fourth cousin once removed, a  "Living Johnson." My third cousin, a  "Living Olson ." IN LOVING MEMORY   May They Rest in Peace Born on   August 26 My second cousin twice removed, a Talaasen .  She would have been less 100 years old today. Died on   August 26, 1898 The wife of the great grand uncle of my stepfather, Margaret Reddington .  Thanks for stopping by! Wishing you success in all of your genealogical treasure hunts! Copyright © 2014 Cheryl Palmer All Rights Reserved

When I started this blog I never thought I would still be writing in it six years later, but here I am! Although finding time is tough, and I do not get to post as much as I used to, I am hoping that will be changing very soon! I have so much to share. Thank you all for following and your support! Wow, 6 years!   Happy Blogiversary to me! Thanks for stopping by!  Wishing you success in all of your genealogical treasure hunts!  Copyright © 2014 Cheryl Palmer All Rights Reserved

Today ~ August 25, 2014 A very  HAPPY BIRTHDAY   to : My third cousin once removed, a  "Living Hicks." My third cousin, a  "Living Olsen ." My third cousin, a  "Living Brown ." MARRIED on   August 25 My uncle, a  "Living Lundberg."  (m. Main) IN LOVING MEMORY   May They Rest in Peace Born on   August 25, 1821 My second great grand aunt, Ingeborg Torgalsdatter .  She would have been 193 years old today. Died on   August 25 The second cousin once removed, a Ness . Died on   August 25 The first cousin twice removed, a  Jenson . Thanks for stopping by! Wishing you success in all of your genealogical treasure hunts! Copyright © 2014 Cheryl Palmer All Rights Reserved

Today ~ August 24, 2014 A very  HAPPY BIRTHDAY   to : My first cousin once removed, a  "Living Westby." MARRIED on   August 24 My third cousin, a  "Living Daignault."  (m. Unknown) My first cousin once removed, a  "Living Burr."  (m. Hendren) IN LOVING MEMORY   May They Rest in Peace Born on   August 24, 1849 The father in law of the first cousin once removed of my stepfather, Sebastian Umscheid .   He would have been 165 years old today. Thanks for stopping by! Wishing you success in all of your genealogical treasure hunts! Copyright © 2014 Cheryl Palmer All Rights Reserved

If you remember, I shared the last post of us at the Vasa Museum. The sign below shares how they plan on making the museum even better than it already is~ Below you will see a hatch opening in the ship as well as how tall the ship still is above that area. It is totally impossible to get one picture of this ship, it is much to large.  In fact, the museum itself was actually built around the ship because it is so large. Again, a side view of the upper part of the ship at the back end. The ship has to be at least three times this height all together, making it totally easy to understand why the ship sunk on it's first voyage. It was extremely top heavy. There was much more to read and see in the museum, but I decided to just share a couple other items with you. The cannons I thought were very interesting, especially the wood structures holding them. Here are a  couple of signs, thankfully in English, about the cannon and the ship. As b

Today ~ August 23, 2014 A very  HAPPY BIRTHDAY   to : My first cousin once removed, a  "Living Driver." My third cousin, a  "Living Olsen." My second cousin once removed, a  "Living Harding ." IN LOVING MEMORY   May They Rest in Peace Born on   August 23, 1900 My first cousin twice removed, Tea Torgalsdatter .  She would have been 114 years old today. Born on   August 23, 1891 The wife of the first cousin once removed of my stepfather, Nellie Beatrice Berdine. She would have been 123 years old today. Born on   August 23, 1856 My great grand uncle, Torgal Torgalsen Vestby .   He would have been 160 years old today. Died on   August 13 The second cousin once removed, a Drennan . Died on   August 13, 1732 My fifth great grandmother, Margita Olsdatter. Thanks for stopping by! Wishing you success in all of your genealogical treasure hunts! Copyright © 2014 Cheryl Palmer All Rights Reserved

Today ~ August 22, 2014 A very  HAPPY BIRTHDAY   to : My second cousin once removed, a  "Living Hofeld." MARRIED on   August 22 My fourth cousin, a  "Living Nordby."  (m. Grant) IN LOVING MEMORY   May They Rest in Peace Died on   August 22 The mother in law of my aunt, a Giombetti. Thanks for stopping by! Wishing you success in all of your genealogical treasure hunts!  Copyright © 2014 Cheryl Palmer All Rights Reserved

Today ~ August 21, 2014 A very  HAPPY BIRTHDAY   to : My second cousin once removed, a  "Living Hofeld." The husband of my second cousin, a "Living Doll." MARRIED on   August 21 My fourth cousin once removed, Coffelt. (m. Grant) My third cousin, a Strand . (m. Dormanen ) IN LOVING MEMORY   May They Rest in Peace Born on   August 21, 1664 My seventh great grandfather, Lok Anders Mattsson .  He would have been 350 years old today. Born on   August 21, 1902 My second cousin once removed, Theodor Bakken .  He would have been 112 years old today. Born on   August 21, 1904 The wife of the third cousin once removed,   Anna Lokheim.  She would have been 110 years old today. Thanks for stopping by! Wishing you success in all of your genealogical treasure hunts! Copyright © 2014 Cheryl Palmer All Rights Reserved

Today ~ August 20, 2014 A very  HAPPY BIRTHDAY   to : My third cousin, a  "Living Forgey." Stepson of my second cousin once removed, a  "Living Nordby." Stepdaughter of my second cousin once removed, a  "Living Nordby." IN LOVING MEMORY   May They Rest in Peace Born on   August 20, 1818 My second great grand aunt, Helene Torgalsdatter .   She would have been 196 years old today. Born on   August 20 My second cousin twice removed, a Nolan. She would have been less than 100 years old today. Died on   August 20 The mother in law of the second cousin of my stepfather, a Cunningham.  Died on   August 20, 1949 The husband of the aunt of my step grandfather,   Patrick John Farrell .  Died on   August 20, 1867 The father in law of the husband of the first cousin twice removed of my stepfather, Patrick Sheridan. Thanks for stopping by! Wishing you success in all of your genealogical treasure hunts! Copyright © 2014 Chery

Today ~ August 19, 2014 A very  HAPPY BIRTHDAY   to : My third cousin, a  "Living Warner." My fourth cousin, a  "Living McDonald." IN LOVING MEMORY   May He Rest in Peace Died on   August 19 My third cousin, a Jenson .  Died on   August 19 The second cousin of my stepfather, a Bennett. Thanks for stopping by! Wishing you success in all of your genealogical treasure hunts! Copyright © 2014 Cheryl Palmer All Rights Reserved

Today ~ August 18, 2014 A very  HAPPY BIRTHDAY   to : My third cousin, a  "Living Olsen." The husband of my second cousin once removed, a  "Living Stitt." The husband of my second cousin twice removed, a  "Living McCaleb." My step aunt, a "Living Fleming." MARRIED on   August 18 My third cousin, a  Daignault. (m. Arnold) My fourth cousin once removed, a  Filler. (m . Maine ) My second cousin once removed, a Williams . (m. Gnatt ) IN LOVING MEMORY   May They Rest in Peace Born on   August 18, 1829 My second great grand aunt, Margareta Andersdatter .   She would have been 185 years old today. Born on   August 18 My first cousin once removed of my stepfather, a Howard Roy Straughn.   He would have been 108 years old today. Born on   August 18, 1889 The husband of my second cousin twice removed, Ottinus Hjalmer Henriksen.  He would have been 125 years old today. Born on   August 18, 1906 My  grandmother, Madie Jessi