TBWAIN - AKA Jeff Svare's Blog

Or, "My Mother's Mother's Father's Mother's Mother's Mother's Parents (or something like that)" A significant portion of the research I have published focuses on the ancestry and descendants of Hans Hansen (1800-1828). Of course, without his wife, Else Hansdatter (1821-1899), he wouldn't have had any descendants. I'm assuming at this point you know who these people are, but if you don't, take a look at this link for the details. Else's parents were Hans Olsen and Imbjør Jacobsdatter of Teigen nordre farm. If you've looked at the two ahnentafel charts I've posted, you will notice that there is a difference of opinion as to who Else's grandparents were. I believe that the Ole Magne Svare's conclusions are correct, and that Berg's are in error. On Ole Magne Svare's chart, Else is number 3, her parents are numbers 6 and 7, and their parents are number 12, 13, 14, and 15. None of these lines are continued past this g...

And stepping up to the plate.... With all the different voices crying out to be heard, I felt it was time to add my voice to the chaotic cacophony and wax prosaic, eloquent, and tedious about what I wanted to. So this is it. I'm planning on using this site as a place to post some of the genealogical research notes I've made, share my wisdom and insight on things that are important to me (like Minnesota Twins baseball), things I'm interested in (computers, Star Trek, sci-fi, things that catch my fancy), and maybe even to vent a little about current events. Why should the talking heads and radio jocks have all the fun? I'm as qualified as many of them to express my opinion on something. Well, I guess that's enough warm up tosses. And with that little baseball reference, I might as well admit up front that I'm one of those people who find baseball to be an almost religious experience. There's nothing quite like a good ball game to make everything seem bette...