Titel: SV: Needing help in Börstil
Skrivet av: Hans Olof Johansson skrivet 2019-03-07, 11:56
Diane,
It wasn't intentional, but I may have misled you. Matts Mattsson wasn't "working for the Crown" - as far as I know. But Söderö-Kulla is listed in the household examination books as a "kronoboställe" ("crown abode"). Usually these were farms of various sizes housing soldiers, officers, priests etc. In thic case, though, Matts Mattsson's title is "arrendator" ("leaseholder"), which should mean that he paid a lease for living there and cultivating the soil.
As for payment - no, I do this for fun. And sometimes, as in this case, because I may pick up something interesting about my own ancestors, while searching for facts about others. My paternal grandfather, who was born in 1873, lived in Börstil and Harg in the 1880s and 1890s and may well have met some of your ancestors.
By the way, have you had any contact with your relatives in Sweden? If you're lucky, they may have kept personal memorabilia like letters from America.