Dear friends
These pages has not been updated for a long time. Now because of changes in service platform some things did not work anymore so I had to update the whole site. Now it is up and running again looking about the same. The site is more like a referens libary.
2023-01-12 Yours /hans
Meeting in Daretorp, Tidaholm Sweden 2011-09-28
Descendents of MARIA KRISTINA (STINA) MODIG 1815 - 1897 and LARS ANDERSSON MODIG 1803- 1855 meet to explore the places were there ancestors lived and worked. Of special interest were all the places Maria Kristina had to move to in the area because her husband died early and she became poor. She had 7 children to take care of. Three of them were represented by Neil Blomberg (Anders Johan), Hans Forsslund (Carl), and Per Elzén (Gustava).
Daretorp home-coming-day august 6, 2011
Daretorp is the parich where our ancestors lived for at least 250 years
I was invited to participate and display an exhibition on our "tribe" mother Maria Kristina Modig localy called Mockle-Maje-Stine.
Daretorp
My (Hans Forsslund's) mother's ancestors on her father's side came from Daretorp in the county of Skaraborg near Tidaholm. They were living in Daretorp, in an area of about 8 times 8 kilometers for over two hundred years till about 1880. This is why I have been interested in getting to know Daretor and the people that are living there now.
Latitud: 58.139629° Longitud 14.020371°
Below an orientation map showing Daretorp and The church. The island Gotland in the baltic sea is where we are living.
Easter walk 2011
Some pictures from our walk near our cottage on the east cost of Gotland. April 24 2011
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Home agin
We are home and we have had a busy time with taking care of Ethiopian teachers as part of Tittis project at Linnéus University. You can read about our visit in Ethiopia at www.bahirdar.se I have had an easier situation but as a retired you always have a lot to do. I have been to Stockholm, Täby to collect furniture and other stuff after my mother. I have also been on tour to our daughter Annika working with their bathroom. The latest news on the genealogy front is that I got in contact with Per Elzén in New Zeland. He is an decendant to Gustava Modig Elzén the youngest child of Lars & Maria Christina Modig, Daretorp Skaraborg SwedenLatest news
Dear friends, relatives
This site hasn't been updated for a while but now we intent do change that.
To begin with I have started a page for all my research documents so they can be updated in one place.
Now 2010-11-30 to December 27 Titti and I will travel to Ethiopia were we will be staying in a town, Bahir Dar in the north part of the country. Titti will work at the university as a professor in journalistic as part of a exchange project she started. Teachers from Bahir Dar university come to teach at the Lineé University in Kalmar and teachers from Kalmar go to Ethiopia.
At the same time I will try to help a fiend and colleague to me with a setting up a small surgery clinic. You can read more about the project at
www.bahirdar.se
We will sometimes check our mail during this time but the Internet activity will be low.
/hans
Våffeldagen
Jungfru Marie bebådelsedag => Vårfrudagen =>Våffeldagen
The day of Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
That day March 25, in Sweden, used to be called "Vårfrudagen (our wifes day)", which was a holiday, after the name of Our Lady of the Blessed Virgin Mary. "Vårfrudagen" has by tradition been reshaped to "våffel" (waffle), which gave rise to the custom of eating waffles on this day. Waffle days is therefore still on March 25, despite the Church's weekend days moved to a Sunday.
Fjärde staruren
24 march 2009, Gotlandic expression fourth 'starur'=starling snowstorm: It should be seven snowstorms after that the bird Starling has arrived before spring is here.