Category Archives: Olson

Marriage record reveals grandparents names

Posted on January 6, 2011 by

It’s always exciting to get new information, especially from a primary source, after hitting a brick wall for so long.  I just received a scanned image of my paternal grandparent’s marriage record in Boston, MA from October 6, 1914 that … Continue reading →

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Opening Doors to the Past and Present

Posted on December 15, 2010 by

“Growing up, I was the only one around that didn’t have any grandparents.  They were in Sweden and we never  really talked about them.”  So my father said, when I asked him for some information about his grandparents, all from … Continue reading →

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Five Generations

Posted on December 27, 2009 by

For Christmas my Mom gave me a wonderful gift -  a 5 generations photo of my great-grandmother, grandmother, mother, me, and my son.

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