Hans Högman's

Genealogy and History

Site

Contents: • My genealogy is in the form of descendant charts and affects the Swedish provinces Medelpad, Ångermanland and Södermanland. I have a list of places and families I am doing research on. I also have some local history events from the Sundsvall area that might have influenced my ancestors in these parts. There is also an article about Genealogy in Sweden. • Information about Swedish History and especially Swedish Military History. The latter is where I have a great deal of material about the Allotment System (the old system of organizing and financing the Swedish Armed Forces). Not all of the pages are translated into English yet. But the table of contents will give you an idea about the content of my pages. Pages in Swedish are marked with the Swedish flag.

Table of Contents

The Genealogy pages are about my genealogy research. The History pages are about Swedish history and the Military pages about Swedish military history.

Genealogy

• About me • Appointed as “Eldsjäl” of the Year 2017, a Genealogical Award • Involved in BBCs “Who Do You Think You Are” 2019 • Some facts about Sweden Updated: 2016-12-17 • Genealogy in Sweden Updated: 2017-04-23 • How to type Swedish characters Updated: 2016-12-15 • Places and families I'm doing research on. • My ancestors (families Högman/Nordlander and Strindberg/Pettersson (Medelpad/Ångermanland)) • My wife Britt's ancestors (families Karlsson/Sundin and Andersson/Sundqvist (Södermanland)) • About numbering of ancestors. • Explanations of Swedish genealogy terms and abbreviations, Updated: 2021-09-08 • Swedish/English dictionary, genealogy terms Updated: 2018-06-08 • • Genealogy associations I'm a member of • Genealogy links • Guest book • Can I copy material from this site? • How to navigate on my website

My Ancestors

Families

My ancestors, below, are mainly from the county of Västernorrland (Y) mid Sweden. • My ancestors on my father's father's side are the Högman family from Utansjö, Högsjö (Y) and Ljustorp (Y). Updated: 2016-12-16 • On my father's mother's side I have the Nordlander family from Östergraninge, Graninge (Y). Updated: 2016-12-17 • On my mother's father's side I have the Strindberg family from Sollefteå Bruk, Sollefteå (Y). Updated: 2016-12-18 • On my mother's mother's side the Pettersson family from Gransjö, Helgum (Y). Updated: 2016-12-19

Descendant Charts

Descendant charts are family charts beginning with an ancestor back in times, a progenitor, and shows all descendants down to present times. • Descendant Chart, Anders Olof Högman (father's father's side), Ljustorp/Högsjö (Y) • Descendant Chart, Nils Nordlander (father's mother's side), Graninge fs (Y) • Descendant Chart, Adam Strindberg (mother's father's side), Sollefteå (Y) • Descendant Chart, Lars Abraham Pettersson (mother's mother's side), Helgum (Y) • Descendant Chart, Lars Petter Frölander (father's father's father's brother), Ljustorp (Y) • My relatives in Argentina Updated: 2021-07-06 • My Swedish emigrants to the USA Updated: 2016-12-19

Ancestor Charts

Ancestor charts are family charts beginning with a person in present times and show ancestors back in times. • Ancestor Chart, my father's father Karl Högman, Högsjö (Y) • Ancestor Chart, my father's mother Gerda Högman (mn. Nordlander), Högsjö (Y) • Ancestor Chart, my mother's father Albert Strindberg, Sollefteå (Y) • Ancestor Chart, my mother's mother Anna Strindberg (mn. Pettersson), Sollefteå(Y) • Ancestor Chart, the clergyman family Hornaeus, Ytterlännas (Y). Updated: 2018-08-08 • Family tree: Families Högman, Nordlander, Strindberg and Pettersson (opens in a new window!) Updated: 2020-04-23

Others

• Some owner's marks of my ancestors in Ljustorp and Hässjö (Y) • The witch trial in Torsåker (Y) 1675 and the clergyman Hornaues. • The noble family Mackey • An adultery case in Ljustorp 1773, clergyman Lars Leufstadius • A Bridge Tender Family on Göta Canal, Updated: 2019-12-24

Photo Galleries

• Photo Gallery the Högman family (Y) • Photo Gallery the Nordlander family (Y) • Photo Gallery the Strindberg family (Y) • Photo Gallery the Pettersson family (Y) When doing genealogy research, you also get interested in the times they lived in, especially from a local history perspective. On my father's father's side my ancestors originate from Ljustorp, northwest of the city of Sundsvall. Here are some local historic events from that area: • Local history of the city of Sundsvall and the province of Medelpad • The county of Västernorrland (Y)

Others

• The noble family Ribbing Updated: 1998-04-13 Top of page

My wife Britt’s Ancestors

Families

Britt's ancestors are from the county of Södermanland (D). • Britt's ancestors on her father's father's side are the Karlsson family from Djupvik, Toresund (D). • On her father's mother's side Britt has the Sundin family from Lilla Borgen, Länna (D). • On her mother's father's side Britt has the Andersson family from Räfsnäs, Toresund (D). • On her mother's mother's side she has the Sundqvist family from Toresund (D).

Descendant Charts

Descendant charts are family charts beginning with an ancestor back in times, a progenitor, and shows all descendants down to present times. • Descendant chart, Britt's father's father Edwin Karlsson, Toresunds fs (D) • Descendant chart, Gottfrid Sundin (Britt's father's mother's side), Länna (D) • Descendant chart, Britt's mother's father Viktor Andersson, Toresunds fs (D) • Descendant chart, Carl Erik Sundqvist (Britt's mother's mother's side), Toresunds fs (D) • Williamsro, Mariefred • Britt's army ancestors in Södermanland Updated: 2006-02-09

Ancestor Charts

Ancestor charts are family charts beginning with a person in present times and show ancestors back in times. • Ancestor chart, Britt's father's father Edwin Karlsson, Toresund (D) • Ancestor chart, Britt's father's mother, Viktoria Karlsson, Länna (D) • Ancestor chart, Britt's mother's father, Viktor Andersson, Toresund (D) • Ancestor chart, Britt's mother's mother, Klara Andersson, Toresund (D) • Family tree: Families Karlsson, Sundin, Andersson and Sundqvist (opens in a new window!) Updated: 2020-04-23

Photo Galleries

• Photo Gallery the Karlsson family (D) • Photo Gallery the Sundin family (D) • Photo Gallery the Andersson/Sundqvist families (D) At the large landed estates in Mälardalen (central Sweden) it was very common to find a "statare" (agricultural laborer receiving allowance (payment) in kind). If you have ancestors in these parts, it's very likely that you will come across an ancestor that has been statare. More about Statare. Click on places and families at the top of the page to get more information about the places and families I'm researching.

Genealogy Associations

Genealogy association that I'm a member of: • DIS, and DIS-Öst • Midälva Geneologiska Förening, Sundsvall • Ådalens Släktforskarförening, Kramfors • Sveriges Släktforskarförbund • Sollentuna släktforskare

Numbering of Ancestors

In order to keep track of your ancestors in a Family chart you have to number them. There are many different systems to number ancestors but the most commonly used is the Hager's system. Each generation after the start person gets a generation number in Roman digits. The father and mother to the start person are generation I. The next generation, grand parents are generation II, and the next generation III etc. Each person in respective generations will be numbered with Arab digits. You start with the father and then the mother etc. Father is I-1, Mother I-2, FF II-1, FM II-2, MF II-3, MM II-4, FFF III-1, FFM III-2, FMF III-3, FMM III-4, MFF III-5, MFM III-6, MMF III-7, MMM III-8 etc. This is the system I use.

Can I copy material from this

site?

Is it OK to copy material (text or images) from this page or from any other page on this website and publish it on your own homepage? The answer is NO! However, it is OK to have a link to my pages. Top of page