MCCHC_E6-01 (open access)

MCCHC_E6-01

Historical compilation for the Melvin Evangelical Free Church in McCulloch County, Texas. This report includes a photograph and illustration of the church followed by a short history of the church from its creation around 1910 until its reopening in 1993.
Date: 1993-11?
Creator: Malmstrom, Virginia
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Journey from Sweden to America (open access)

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
System: The Portal to Texas History
Minutes of Sweden Presbyterian Church (open access)

Minutes of Sweden Presbyterian Church

Minutes recorded from meetings within the Sweden Presbyterian Church. The meetings are dated and described as to what occurred during the meeting; at the bottom of the meeting descriptions are signatures from church officials.
Date: 1905/1910
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Genealogical Record, Ancestors, Relatives, Descendants (open access)

Genealogical Record, Ancestors, Relatives, Descendants

Genealogical record showing the family histories of the Steelhammer and another family of descendants from Friedrick Johann Otte. This record contains pedigree charts, and histories of individual family members; each individual is named in the index. Also included are various photographs of some of the family members.
Date: 1964
Creator: Steelhammer, Ernest Ray
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Autobiography of David Dahlberg] (open access)

[Autobiography of David Dahlberg]

Autobiography of David Dahlberg written for a high school English class assignment. His work covers his ancestral and family histories as well as his life from his birth up to 1944.
Date: November 8, 1944
Creator: Dahlberg, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freda: The Story of a Family of immigrants Who Left Småland, Sweden and Settled in Texas Around the End of the Nineteenth Century (open access)

Freda: The Story of a Family of immigrants Who Left Småland, Sweden and Settled in Texas Around the End of the Nineteenth Century

Book discussing the life and times of Lillie Elfreda Young (Freda Young). The book contains chapters on her brothers and sisters as well as a few mentions of Swedish recipes. Index begins on page 165.
Date: 1999
Creator: Dunn, Charlotte V. Lund, 1935-
System: The Portal to Texas History
Minutes of the Session of Sweden Rochelle, Texas Presbyterian Church (open access)

Minutes of the Session of Sweden Rochelle, Texas Presbyterian Church

Minutes of session for the Presbyterian Church Sweden Rochelle, Texas. Each recorded meeting has a date, members in attendance, and a description of the matters that were discussed or jobs completed. The first few pages contain rules for minute taking and a disclosure from "the Book of Discipline."
Date: 1926-08-10/1977-07-10
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Early Swedish Settlers (open access)

Early Swedish Settlers

Historical survey of the history of Swedish communities in McCulloch County, especially the East Sweden area and Soldiers Waterhole historic marker. This report contains compiled stories, correspondence, and tables.
Date: 1971/1972
Creator: McCulloch County Historical Survey Committee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Minutes of the Session of the Presbyterian Church of East Sweden, Texas (open access)

Minutes of the Session of the Presbyterian Church of East Sweden, Texas

Minutes of session recorded by the officials at the Presbyterian Church in East Sweden, Texas. This book contains the dates of each meeting, who was in attendance, and what occurred during the meeting.
Date: 1905/1926
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Otto (open access)

Otto

Book discussing the life and times of Otto Henry Lund who came to America from Denmark. This book covers his journeys through Texas and his farming days and his marriage to Freda Young. Index begins on page 226.
Date: 1998
Creator: Dunn, Charlotte V. Lund, 1935-
System: The Portal to Texas History
Svenskarne I Texas I Ord Och Bild, 1838-1918: Volume 1 (open access)

Svenskarne I Texas I Ord Och Bild, 1838-1918: Volume 1

Compilation of photos with biographical and historical information about people in Texas of Swedish descent.
Date: 1919
Creator: Severin, Ernest, 1871-; Scott, Alf. L. (Alfred L.), 1862-; Westerberg, T. J. (Thor Julius), 1874- & Öjerholm, J. M. (John Melcher), 1858-
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farmer's Pocket Ledger (open access)

Farmer's Pocket Ledger

Book entitled "Farmer's Pocket Ledger" which contains general information about measurements conversions, John Deere products, and helpful tips, for example cistern capacities based on their dimensions. Pages 21 through 52 are a notebook with pages for each month's receipts and expenditures, crop records for current and past years, egg records, and stock breeding records. Some of the month's receipts and expenditures have been filled in by Lundgren.
Date: 1935?
Creator: Deere & Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Documents Related to the Reunion of the West Sweden Church Confirmation Classes, 1930] (open access)

[Documents Related to the Reunion of the West Sweden Church Confirmation Classes, 1930]

Notebook containing organizational information for a reunion of the confirmation classes of the West Sweden Church, held August 31, 1930, and letters from the invited alumni.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hanson, Harry; Hanson, Ruth; Dahlberg, Alice; Dahlberg, Leonard & Rose, Mrs. R. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metodist Episkopal-Kyrkans Psalmbok (open access)

Metodist Episkopal-Kyrkans Psalmbok

Psalm book listing lyrics to various Methodist-Episcopal religious songs in Swedish.
Date: 1884
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Svenskarne I Texas I Ord Och Bild, 1838-1918: Volume 2 (open access)

Svenskarne I Texas I Ord Och Bild, 1838-1918: Volume 2

Compilation of photos with biographical and historical information about people in Texas of Swedish descent.
Date: 1919
Creator: Severin, Ernest, 1871-; Scott, Alf. L. (Alfred L.), 1862-; Westerberg, T. J. (Thor Julius), 1874- & Öjerholm, J. M. (John Melcher), 1858-
System: The Portal to Texas History