On Saturday, February 8, an all-digital genealogy day will be held for the sixth time—this year with an interesting program on the theme of immigration and emigration.
On Saturday, February 8, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., the Genealogical Society of Sweden is organizing a completely digital genealogy day. Participation is free, and you can follow the broadcasts from your own living room. Here you can find the registration
The event is a collaboration between six nationwide genealogy associations in Sweden. The day offers twelve live sessions and over 30 pre-recorded lectures and films.
Among the topics covered are blacksmiths’ movements between Finland and Norway, emigration from Wallonia and France, and the immigration history of Eastern European Jews. There will also be lectures on labor migration to America and return migration to Sweden.
PROGRAM
09.00-09.45
Research in amazing Europe. Focus on research outside the Nordic region. Myths about European genealogy. General tips on where to look for information to get started. Examples from England, Germany, and the Netherlands.
– Olof Cronberg, CEO
Tips on how to use Disgen to register and present emigrants.
Lena describes how to handle foreign places in Disgen's place register and gives them coordinates, as well as how to handle foreign sources.
– Lena Ringbrant Ekelund, DIS Association
10.00-10.45
Emigration from Wallonia and France. From where, why, and who?
– The Vallonättlingar Society's research group
Why people moved – different driving forces. Religious wars – 17th century immigration from Germany. Escape from Russian military service – from ranch to museum in the USA.
– Eva Edberg, Gunilla Axelsson, Roine Hernbrand, Marianne Jonasson, Genealogy Academy
11.00-11.45
Integration against all odds? East Jewish children in Sweden 1880-1920.
– Carl Henrik Carlsson, Jewish SF
Blacksmiths’ migrations to and from Finland and Norway.
– Örjan Hedenberg, Association for Blacksmith Genealogy Research
12.00-13.00 LUNCH
13.00-13.45
The first immigrants from Wallonia and France. Who were they and where did they go?
– Stig Geber, The Walloon Descendants Society
Labor migration to America and the return migration of Swedish emigrants who contributed greatly to Sweden. The lecture highlights certain groups of Swedes.
– Anna-Lena Hultman, DIS Association
14.00-14.45
Eastern European Jews and their families who immigrated to Scandinavia between 1860 and 1914.
– Claes Ahlneck, Jewish SF
Why they returned – a borderless country. The Swedishization of Skåneland. The border areas in Tornedalen.
– Esbjörn Engberg, Claes Kyrk, Genealogical Academy
15.00-15.45
Find ancestors in Germany using the genealogy portal Archion.
– Harald Müller Bauer, CEO (in English)
German blacksmiths to Sweden, the halberd blacksmith Philipus Österreich.
– Christina Weigel, Association for Blacksmith Genealogy Research
