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Correction from Sweden
I'd like to correct you on a note regarding the article Why Sweden. I
have been employed by the House of Genealogy here in Sweden, however I
am no longer connected with the project regarding the registration of
the Swedish immigrants in America. I am now working on a project which
involves learning the technique and creating models to see if we are
able to register old documents into the computer.
These documents are currently either on microfilm or in the churchbooks which currently are being used for our test. Our hope, however, is that we will be able to be of service to other organizations or places that would like to preserve old documents into the computer.
This project will continue until the end of 1999, at which point we can determine whether or not we have succeeded in learning the technique and whether or not we can provide our services to other organizations around Sweden, concerning the preservation of old documents.
The House of Genealogy continues to provide services regarding genealogy research and we have had an increase of interest from overseas since Per-Hakan Forss visited Boston and New York recently. If you are interested in reading about our services, you may like to read about it on our website. It's: www.genhouse-sweden.com.
As a former resident of Concord, it gives me pleasure in knowing that so many people in Sweden and other parts of the world are interested in my hometown, Concord. My hope is that Concord will preserve the historic monuments for the next generation so they may, in turn, be able to work much the same way that we are doing our work.
As for why Swedish people are so fascinated by our town could remain a mystery, but I take pride in knowing that Christina Magnusson, one of Sweden's princesses attended Concord Acadamy. And did anyone know that the shape of the Coca Cola bottle was created by a Swedish-American?
I send my best to all in Concord.
Sincerely, Andreas Ulanowsky
Sweden and Thoreau
I just read your article about why so many Swedes visit the Concord Homepage. It was interesting. I'm one of your regular visitors and the reason is that your homepage was a result of searching for Thoreau! H D Thoreau is one of my absolute favourites and I have read him over and over again and always find something new in his writings.
I wonder if you Americans understand how importent and modern he is and how "Swedee" he is? I feel as if he is an ancestor. We have so much in common and as you know Scandinavians and expecially we Swedes are deeply connected to the nature and Thoreau put our feelings and thoughts in word. And what words! If he have been living in our time he would surely won the Nobel Prize! At least in my opinion.
I started my romance with Thoreau at age 14 and it still lasts and I'm 56 today...My eldest son visited USA this summer with his American- Swedish wife and even they visited Walden Pond and Concord -- to make me happy...They took wonderful pictures there and bought "Walden" in English for me 'cause they knew how happy it will make me to get some memories from there. My dream is to visit these "sacred" places Thoreau lived and visited.
But as you know it's a question of money -- SO all Webpages about Thoreau, Concord, Cape Cod , his friends are like pearls on a string for me. I get at least a kind of contact with HIM through your Homepages and all the others I have found. Thanks for the 'Net and all these golden mines.
If someone in "the Thoreau area" would like to contact me, please do!
Greetings and thanks for a fantastic homepage.
Ingrid Wikberg, iwikberg@hotmail.com,
Sweden
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Short Notes
Just found your site. Its GREAT. I would like to read the
Business & Death Notice sections if possible.
However, given what you're looking for, you might be thinking we're part of a newspaper. We're not. This is a community Website, done primarily by a resident of Concord as a gift. We do not have an affiliation with a newspaper nor with the municipal offices of Concord.
Re: Virtual Toilets. Old North Bridge Greens Up -- good news in the toilet realm. The Old Manse has installed a Carousel Composting Toilet System, which will help keep the river clean. Also, Buttrick Mansion will soon be replacing its flush toilets with composting toilets. Carol, Sustainable Technologies, Concord |
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