In the post "Seeing Double", from August 2024, my theme was finding photos from the Swedish Roots website that looked like my relatives or people I know. But at the same time, being fascinated by clothing styles from those days, I started a file called "Dressed Alike", thinking it would make good blog material. To …
Swedish American Missionaries in China Rev. Emil and Edla Johnson with son, Daniel, December 1924. No, my grandparents weren't missionaries in China. But in 1924, my grandpa, Emil, who had been ordained in 1922, was pastoring a Lutheran church in Dallas, Texas. Keep reading to find out what a post about Swedish missionaries has to …
I've never been much of a hat person, but. . . I've been saving photos from the Swedish Roots website, and I've categorized a lot of them so I can use them for blog posts. If you've read "The Higher the Hair", "Pull Up a Chair", "These Boots", or even "Mad About Plaid", you'll know …
. . .the closer to God? This lady was identified on the Swedish Roots website as Louise Eklundh, 1854-1879. "The higher the hair, the closer to God" is a quote that has been attributed to Dolly Parton, though I couldn't find anything online to confirm that she was actually the first to coin the phrase. …
Victorian and Edwardian wedding photography and more. I don't know who the people in these photos are, but they were taken in Sweden, and they are somehow connected to my family history. I remember when I first saw them, I was surprised that the brides were wearing black. But after a bit of research, I …
. . .were made for tying (or buttoning) . . . I've been looking at vintage photos on the Swedish Roots website and other sites such as Pinterest, this time taking special notice of the shoes on little kids. Since my stepchildren were 15 and 17 years old when I "got them" in 1992, I've …
It's one thing when the photos are from your own family. You may have tons of them. You may even put them up in your house as vintage decor. You may know who they were, or you may not. You may learn about them from a variety of sources. You might even visit the "old …
Falling down another rabbit hole on Ancestry.com. Okay, I get that I might never find Frank Johnson. But since he would have been my first cousin, once removed, I think I have a right to at least look for him. Screenshot from Ancestry.com These kids, on the other hand, were my first cousins, twice removed. …
It's in the genes. . . Awhile back, I decided to look for family resemblances on this really cool website, to which I was introduced by my Swedish blogging friend Thérèse. In my post "Swedish Roots", I showed a picture of a relative (or family friend?) named JP Svensson along with an unknown person from …
Or is it Tartan? In looking through the fabulous vintage photos on the Swedish Roots website, one thing that caught my eye was the abundance of different plaids, mainly in women and children's clothes. Of course, one of the first things I had to do was look up "plaids in Victorian/Edwardian times", and I found …
Nana's Whimsical World 