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15 October 2007 - Good morning. It's good to see you, my friend. I hope everything is going well with you. I just made a fresh pot of coffee, so come on in and have a cup with me. Hmm. Doesn't that aroma smell good!! We sure have gotten some rain the last few days, with some lightning and thunder, and wind. I love a morning like this, however -- cool, dark and cloudy. I would have liked to stay in bed a lot longer today, but there are always things to be done. But do come on in, have a seat, and let me show you some of the things that I am interested in. We can continue visiting as we sip our coffee. I am going to postdate some of my blogs so they will appear closer to the top of the page, or to wherever I would prefer them to be seen. When I do this, I will indicate the date they were actually written somewhere in the text, as I am doing here. In all likelihood this post will remain located as the top post until whenever I decide to change it again.

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Genealogy

At the top is a family picture taken in 1943. Dad, Mom, and Clifford are in front, with Evelyn, Alton, Ella, Lois, and Glenn standing. This was taken when Alton was home on furlough from the Marine Corps and was preparing to go overseas. The second picture is that of my grandparents Alexander and Kristina Johansson in Sweden, taken in 1933. My father's brother-in-law Emil Johansson and brother Edvard Alexandersson (arms folded) are standing. I had the privilege and opportunity to visit in Sweden and Norway on several occasions, the first time in summer 1969. At that time I was in the U.S. Navy and stationed on the submarine tender USS Simon Lake at Holy Loch, Scotland. I visited at the birthplace of my father, and later at the birthplace of my mother's grandparents in Norway. During this trip I met my Aunt Sabina Johansson, my uncle Edvard Alexandersson, my first cousins and many more relatives that I never knew before. That got me very interested in my heritage and genealogy, and I since have spent countless hours of my life devoted to this hobby. My grandparents and Aunt Sabina's husband Emil were not living at the time that I visited.