One of my most passionate interests is family history/genealogy. I was born and grew up in Chicago and surrounding suburbs. The same Chicago where all four of my immigrant grandparents settled in the early years of the twentieth century. I am half Swedish (my fathers side) and half Norwegian (my mothers side). Until I began my family history journey I never realized the importance Chicago had for the Scandinavian immigrants of the early 20th century. Ranae's Swedish Chicago Heritage is about my research, thoughts and memories of my Scandinavian family. This has been such an informative, fulfilling and fun journey I took to blogging to document and share my past, present and hopefully lots of future discoveries.
The photographs and information about my family that I have posted, of course, may be copied by other family members for their personal use so that our family history is passed on. They may not be taken for any commercial use. I will not post stories or photos of living family members without their explicit consent. I would love to hear what you think about my blog. Likes? Dislikes? Comments? Corrections? Are you family? Perhaps you have more stories, information, photos you could share? Please use the comment box at the bottom of this blog.
just so you know...........Ranae's Swedish Chicago Heritage is on a free Google sponsored blogsite. You will not see any form of sponsored or paid advertising. If I blog about a genealogical product, book, event or speaker it is because I personally found it enjoyable or useful and thought I would share. The opinion is only mine and I was not compensated for it. I make every effort to link to appropriate sites and give credit where due.
and finally............As we all are, I am the sum total of my upbringing, culture, education, gender, generation, occupation, faith, life experiences etc. etc. etc. In other words my family history is interpreted, and this blog is written from my perspective alone. No offense is intended, nor am I "wrong" or are you "wrong", if we each remember or interpret the same family event differently. Hey, start your own blog!
Thanks!
