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From: DiOrDd <>
Subject: Re: [Sweden] Hansson to Anderson
Date: 2 Sep 2000 22:47:40 -0700


I'm very interested in all you listers who have discovered complete name changes in your ancestry. . . What I'm most curious about is this: How did you ever discover this change? I'm very interested in hearing those stories. You see, I have hit a dead end in my research for the August Pearson/Pehrson/Persson family in Sandhem, Skaraborg, Sweden and suspect that it is possible the family may not be Pearson at all. . but something completely different.

So, if you would, relate the story of your discovery and perhaps point me in a new direction?!?!



On Fri, 01 September 2000, "Stephen Carlile" wrote:

>
> I believe I found my Anderson family roots in Sweden. Unfortunately, my 2nd
> great grandfather appears to have been born Sven Petter Hansson, not
> Andersson. His children, who in Sweden would be Svenssons, also adopted the
> Anderson name when in the U.S. I understand that some Swedes adopted
> different names from time to time, but thought they usually went for a less
> common name than Anderson.
>
> I am writing this query because I just read a message board where someone
> searching her Gustafsson Swedish family also claims that her family switched
> to Anderson. Can anyone tell me if this is more common than I think? Has
> anyone else run across this phenomena, and do you have a clue as to why
> someone would switch to a common name as opposed to the less common?

Take Care,
Di


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