Ahlgren letters - translations needed

[Karen Kelsey]

I have inherited 40 years of letters written from two sisters, who did not emigrate, to their siblings in America.  These letters are from the Ahlgren family, who were carpenters and seamstresses on the Nasbyholm estate in Gardslov parish, southern Sweden.  I paid to have some of them translated here in the U.S., but I never received any of the finished translations, so I hesitate to send any more money.  The letters begin in 1887 and end in 1925.  Most are readable, but the early letters are in the old-sytle script and use many words that have passed out of style.
   One person I met on this forum has translated one of the letters.  Would anyone else be willing to help me translate these letters?  Or is there any author trying to collect letters to those who emigrated?  If so, I am willing to give you copies of these letters if I could just get them translated.  I am a historian, but I doubt that I could learn the language well enough to translate them, then use them in a letters from the old country document that might be publishable.
   Thank you for any ideas that you might give me.

[Jenny Söderström]

Hi Karen,
 
How many letters are we talking about? I don't have time to translate hundreds of letters, but if you e-mail me 10-20 letters, I'd be happy to translate them for you (for free). I have a lot of old letters myself, written by relatives in the U.S. to their families in Sweden, so I know what a treasure these letters are.
 
Jenny
 
je_s_so@hotmail.com

[Stig Hansson]

Karen
I will be pleased to assist as well with some of your letters and of course for free.
stighansson@hotmail.com

[Per Linder]

Since I have ancestors who lived in Gärdslöv, I would be happy to contribute with summaries of a few as well and of course for free. Regards /Per
linder@internet.lu

[Lars Göran Larsson]

If you need more help I will be glad to assist.
Regards/Lars

[Karen Kelsey]

Thanks to everyone who has replied to my request!  I am very grateful.  Now that I have people who will help translate, I will organize these letters and begin to scan them - to see if they are readable in J-Peg format.  I am unsure how many letters I have - probably around 30 letters that range between 4 pages and 10 pages each.  After I get them scanned, then I will decide who to forward each one to.  Some of the letters have become separated, so some pages may not seem to make sense because they belong to other letters!
  Thanks to all of you!
  Karen Kelsey

[Barbara Wall]

I'd be glad to do a few, too. I'm an American who's lived in Sweden for almost 30 years. I also have correspondence from my grandparents and their friends from the turn of the (20th)century - isn't it a treasure! - Barbara

[Karen Kelsey]

Many people from Rötter have helped me with translations, and the letters are fascinating!  They are a peek into a different era and way of life: they tell about the emptying of the countryside as everyone emigrates or moves away, the move to raising sugar beets and the building of beet factories in the south, the poverty that the rural countryside faced as their wages to pick the crops dropped very low, the hard work that women faced as they were forced to work for the estate, and messengers who were talking about socialism.  I am so happy that these letters are being translated!  Thanks to all of the volunteers who have read them.  I feel like I am touching my ancestors, and also that I am experiencing history!