SRIO Blog
- Who is Miss Ruth Nystrom of Arleta?By David Anderson (photo credit Jane Åmark-Vikman) People who know me know I have an interest in Mount St. Helens and collect old postcards illustrating the mountain and surrounding area. I could give a dissertation on postal history and variations in cards using this image of the mountain since I have several in my collection. However, what prompted me to… Continue reading Who is Miss Ruth Nystrom of Arleta?
- The Princess Sophia Tragedy and a Portland Swedish-American Connection, Part 1by David Anderson Genealogical research is a lot like being a Turnstone, a smaller shorebird that, as its name implies, turns stones and other flotsam in coastal areas as it looks for food in winter. What do Turnstones have to do with genealogy? They tell us that if we at first don’t succeed in finding what we are looking for,… Continue reading The Princess Sophia Tragedy and a Portland Swedish-American Connection, Part 1
- Looking back on ScanFair 2023…and witchesby Rhonda Erlandson It’s Hej så länge to another Portland Scan Fair! Now we find ourselves only hours away from our own Christmas family gatherings. As a child, Christmas Eve at my Swedish immigrant grandparents’ home was the highlight of the year with only Midsommar coming in a close second place. In my young mind, the revelry, sights & smells… Continue reading Looking back on ScanFair 2023…and witches
- Leonard Sjöberg’s Oregon StoryBy Nancy Benson More than 1.2 million Swedes immigrated to America between 1850 and 1930 driven by threatening economic conditions. One of those millions, LEONARD SJÖBERG, came because he grew up in the squalor of a poor slipper maker’s family that moved yearly to new parishes; faced a mother dying of stomach cancer; and court ordered placements of him with… Continue reading Leonard Sjöberg’s Oregon Story
- Get to know the SRIO Board – Ann Baudin StullerANN BAUDIN STULLERNominated for Scandinavian of the Year, 2022 Written by Rhonda Erlandson Ann Baudin Stuller currently serves as Secretary for Swedish Roots in Oregon and is one of two dedicated genealogists on the organization’s Board of Directors. SRIO is very pleased to nominate Ann Baudin Stuller for this year’s Scandinavian of the Year. This annual award will be presented… Continue reading Get to know the SRIO Board – Ann Baudin Stuller