I have been cleaning out my craft room, and digging up things I put aside for later. Recipes, knitting patterns, books, yarn...
That's when I 'dug out' a tiny booklet. I suspected it was something to do with farming, but couldn't read it. Sadly, I don't have a clue where it came from. But, I suspected it was German... Only reason I suspected that, is that it was with some items that was in with my Grandparents' stuff. I don't read German, and was mildly curious about it. But didn't know anyone close that spoke German, and so it ended there, and I stored the booklet away.
It turns out, Google has a translation feature, and the lightbulb clicked on, I could at least get an idea what it was about. So I pulled up the translation app, and typed in a phrase. Nothing. Huh...
And again. Again, and, yet once more! Plus, I could not figure out how to make an umlaut to put on the page. I can FIND it, but just can't get it on screen. But nothing I did would translate! Weird!
Then I noticed a little note Google puts, "Swedish detected". SWEDISH!?!!??? Ooooooookay... I switched the translation to Swedish. Bingo! It is an almanac from 1924. I haven't worked out much more, but it has sun rise and sun set around Stockholm, popular boys and girls names, and a bunch of other things I haven't worked on yet. I noticed smudges on the front cover. I wished they had been a bit clearer, they are 3 crowns, which could have given me a better clue I was barking up the wrong tree.
So, this is a look at it. I truly wish that I knew who in the family it's related to, because written in English, is several dates of births, and when family birthdays are. But I don't recognize one name! I am wondering how it came to us, but without Grandparents around, I can't ask them, and I don't know who might have an idea why we'd end up with Swedish stuff, especially one with family history. I suspect my one Grandma, who was into genealogy big time, might have had something to do with it, but since it was just given to me in a pile o'scrap, I don't know if I will find out.
But, at least I can find out what it says!
* ( I can't believe it's not German!)
4 comments:
That could be a good mystery to look into. Perhaps, with the help of social media, you might get someone to translate it. Finding out why your grandmother held onto it might be fun to find out.
How fascinating! If you start doing a family tree, you might find that Swedish connection and the dates might start to make sense.
Meanwhile, it is a cool find.
Found out one minor thing, Mom said Grandma sometimes bought these for reaserch on/in genealogy... But, could be anything! Shrug...
Cat
I know through marriage, there is Norwegian in our family, but no Swedes that I can remember. Does not mean there isn't, just that I don't know of any...
Cat
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