On Saturday 8 February, an all-digital genealogy day will be held for the sixth time – this year with an interesting program with the theme Immigration and emigration.
On Saturday, February 8 from 09:00-16:00, the Genealogiska Föreningen in Sweden is organizing a completely digital genealogy day. It’s free to participate 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, GF
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, Föreningen DIS
10.00-10.45
Emigration from Wallonia and France. From where, why and who?
– Sällskapet Vallonättlingar’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, Släktakademien
11.00-11.45
Integration against all odds? East Jewish children in Sweden 1880-1920.
– Carl Henrik Carlsson, Judiska SF
Blacksmiths’ migrations to and from Finland and Norway.
– Örjan Hedenberg, Föreningen för Smedsläktforskning
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, Sällskapet Vallonättlingar
Labor migration to America and the return migration of Swedish emigrants who contributed a lot to Sweden. The lecture highlights certain groups of Swedes.
– Anna-Lena Hultman, Föreningen DIS
14.00-14.45
Eastern European Jews and their families who immigrated to Scandinavia 1860-1914.
– Claes Ahlneck, Judiska SF
Why they returned – a borderless country. The Swedification of Skåneland. The border areas in Tornedalen.
– Esbjörn Engberg, Claes Kyrk, Släktakademien
15.00-15.45
Find ancestors in Germany using the genealogy portal Archion.
– Harald Müller Bauer, GF (in English)
German blacksmiths to Sweden, the halberd blacksmith Philipus Österreich.
– Christina Weigel, Föreningen för Smedsläktforskning
