INTRODUCTION

This blog centers on the ancestry of Frances Christine Lindstrom Muffley, mother of Gary Muffley. Her ancestry was entirely Swedish: Her father was Albert Lindstrom and her mother Emma Johnson. All four of Frances’ grandparents immigrated to Illinois from Sweden: Carl Gustaf Jönsson Lindstrom (born 1844); his wife Amelia (Emily) Sophia Carlsdotter Beckman (b. 1851); Nels Johnson (b. 1855); and his wife Christina Pierson (b. 1857). More is known about the Lindstrom side, because of considerable research efforts by several people. The present blog will necessarily be quite limited in scope. For those who subscribe to Ancesty.com, my Lindstrom-Johnson tree is at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/22002831/person/1167537615 Related Picasa photos are at https://picasaweb.google.com/GaryAVL/SwedishAncestry#

I dedicate this blog to my mother; and to my first wife Anne, who died in 2002 in Sweden while we were researching my Swedish ancestry.