This is the one year anniversery of the podcast.I have got the podcast a new e-mail adress it isannakarinsgenealogicalpodcast@gmail.com.I am also planning to give the podcast its own website and possibly a blog or newsletter.Any suggestions for improvments are welcome I would love to hearfrom you what you think of the podcasts first year, what it has meant to youor what can be improved writ to me or record a voice message as an mp3 file and send to me.Today I will speak about the Swedish National Anthem "Du gamla du fria"rougly translated. "Thou Ancient Thou free"The text  was written in 1844 by Richard Dybeck and the melody comes from an old folktune from the province of VÃstmanland.Here is the text in swedishDu gamla du fria du fjÃllhÃga nordDu tysta du glÃdjerika skÃnaJag hÃlsar dig vÃnaste land uppà jordDin skog din himmel dina Ãngder grÃnaDin skog din himmel dina Ãngder grÃnaDu tronar pà minnen frÃn fornstora dar dà Ãrat ditt namn flÃg Ãver jorden.Jag vet att du Ãr och du blir vad du var.Ja, Jag vill leva jag vill dà i nordenJa, Jag vill leva jag vill dà i norden.Here comes a rough english translationThou ancient,thou free thou mountainious NorthThou quiet,thou joyful beauty!I greet thee,most beautiful land upon earth.Thy sun Thy sky thy meadows greenThy sun Thy sky thy meadows greenthou throne upon memories of great olden days,when honoured thy name flew over the world.I know that thou art and wilt be as thou wert,Yes I want to live I want to die in the northYes I want to live I want to die in the norththe song is here sung by a singer named Arvid Asplund in anold recording from 1905 on a wax cylinder it comes from theCylinder Preservation and Digitization Project at the University of California in Santa BarbaraAncestry.com has lately put up some swedish sourcesthe two largest is called Swedish Emigration records 1783-1951and it contains among other things some passanger lits.the other group are VÃrmland,Sweden Parish records 1661-1895.it contains scanned images of churchrecords from the province of VÃrmlandI have taken a look at both groups the podcasts new e-mail isannakarinsgenealogicalpodcast@gmail.com

Welcome to the first episode of Anna-karins Genealogical podcast 2008In this podcast I will interview Yngve Turesson the librarian atThe Swedish Emigrant Institute Founded in 1965 the Swedish Emigrant Institute in VÃxjà is a museum and archivewith materials and exibitions about the swedish emigration to otherparts of the world (mainly USA and Canada).In its collections are microfiled churchrecords,interviews,letters,books and databases and much more.If you want to find out about your swedish ancestor you can write themat Swedish Emigrant InstituteBox 201SE-35104 VÃxjÃSwedenor contact them either at their website athttp://www.utvandrarnashus.se/eng/Their e-mail adress and contactform are at their website.it also contains information about their researchfee If you want to comment this show or give any suggestionsplease e-mail me atakschander@gmail.com

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