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• Emigration information <br> | • Emigration information <br> | ||
This is an alphabetical listing | This is an alphabetical listing by surname first. It should be remembered to look under all possible phonetic spellings and that an individual may appear on more than one entry for different information. | ||
An example of how to do a search in the Scandinavian L.D.S. Mission Index follows: <br> | An example of how to do a search in the Scandinavian L.D.S. Mission Index follows: <br> | ||
Let's say the ancestors name was Paulus Svedin. It was known that he was born in Sweden but | Let's say the ancestors name was Paulus Svedin. It was known that he was born in Sweden but his mother joined the L.D.S. church and moved to Copenhagen to enjoy religious freedom. <br> | ||
Start by going to the F.H.L.Catalog and do a 'Film/Fiche Search'. Type in the microfiche number #6060482. Click on any of the 'Scandinavian LDS Mission Index' links. Click on 'View Film Notes'. Scroll down to the right surname set (Between Struve and Thoresen). Swedin would be between fiche numbers 321 and 330. Paulus Svedin was found on fiche 326 as Paulus Svedin. The index showed:<br> | |||
Start by going to the F.H.L.Catalog and do a 'Film/Fiche Search'. Type in the microfiche number #6060482. Click on any of the 'Scandinavian LDS Mission Index' links. Click on 'View Film Notes'. Scroll down to the right surname set (Between Struve and Thoresen). Swedin would be between fiche numbers 321 and 330. A guide to the microfiche numbers can also be found in the back of volume one of “Passport to Paradise: The Copenhagen ‘Mormon’ Passenger Lists.” <br> | |||
Paulus Svedin was found on fiche 326 as Paulus Svedin. The index showed:<br> | |||
*He was baptized in Carlskrona in 1875.<br> | *He was baptized in Carlskrona in 1875.<br> | ||
*His Birth place is given as 22 Jan 1859 in Carlskrona.<br> | *His Birth place is given as 22 Jan 1859 in Carlskrona.<br> | ||