SWEDEN ANCESTRAL LOCATIONS

The Lindstrom ancestry was associated with Kalmar Län (county). Kalmar Castle was the site of the formation of the Kalmar Union of 1397, a union of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmar_Castle The Royal Kalmar Regiment was based at Hultsfred. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmar_regemente

The Beckman ancestry was associated with nearby Kronobergs Län. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronoberg_County While researching ancestry in 2002, our initial base was in Växjö, in Kronobergs Län, where there is an Emigrant House research facility. The Johnson and Pierson ancestry was associated with villages near Kristianstad, in Skäne (Scania) province. This Scania region gave rise to the name Scandinavia. At one time it belonged to Denmark, so we may have some Danish ancestry. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scania

Johnson and Pierson ancestry will be covered in a separate blog. We’ll start now with Beckman ancestry, about which less is known to me than about my Lindstrom kin.