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The Journey from Sweden to America

Booklet discussing the history of the Blomstrom family from their time in Sweden to their arrival in America. It includes photographs and illustrations of the family, as well as the coat of arms for Laurentz Blomstom; also included are genealogy lists and family histories.

Date: 2005~

Creator: Blomstrom, Helen Spiers

Item Type: Book

[Letter from Ray Thornton to Mr. Hurd, September 20, 2006]

Typed letter from Ray Thornton to Mr. Hurd, discussing their time spent together at the East Sweden Cemetery on Labor Day. At this event, Hurd shared what he knew with Thornton about the Hurd and Engdahl families of East Sweden.

Date: September 20, 2006

Creator: Thornton, Ray

Item Type: Letter

[Photograph of a Church Interior]

Photograph of the interior of the East Sweden Presbyterian Church. Pews are visible on the left and right. The center of the image shows a podium on a small stage, along with a piano. The walls are decorated with vertical-striped wallpaper above a wooden trim.

Date: 2006

Creator: Bobby, Hurd

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of the East Sweden Presbyterian Church]

Photograph of an exterior view of a church, a single-story building surrounded by small hedges. The windows are all shaped with an arc at the top. The church's entrance has a THC historical marker next to it.

Date: 2006

Creator: Hurd, Bobby

Item Type: Photograph

[Summary of Passenger Information for the S.S. ADRIATIC]

A summary of all passenger information gleaned by Cecil R. Nelin during his search, showing that there were 549 passengers aboard the S.S. ADRIATIC, with 33 of them being lodged in saloons, or cabins, and the other 516 (including his father, Carl J. Nelin) in steerage.

Date: 2000

Creator: Marcott, Ruth Nelin

Item Type: Text