Ekengren Genealogy

Hello Cousin,

Welcome to my genealogy vault.  If you talk to me about genealogy, this is where I send you.  I have been working on this research for about 10 years and I have tried to keep detailed research notes.  Please email me for details on any families you are interested in.

Hope you find something you like,

Neal Ekengren

General Stuff

Check out the definitive list of genealogy advice.  And the #1 piece of advice is:
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Just in case you missed them, the big Kahunas of genealogy links IMHO are:
Ancestry has the most extensive online databases available.
WorldGenWeb provides indexes to all the world regional GenWeb sites.  Dig Really Deep here.
Cyndi's has the definitive Link List of web sites.

Database/GEDCOM Stuff

Choose from the TreeMap of my immediate ancestors. 
Choose from the Surname Index that provides links to all the people in my genealogy database. 
You'll find about 6,000 people here.

Ekengren Stuff

Read the Karl Victor Ekengren History of a Swedish immigrant on my father's side.
Includes personal accounts of the U.S. Civil War and a photograph portrait-tree.

När karlskogaborna fick Amerikafeber - A relevant story about the immigration that I really need to have translated. 

Karlskogaemigrationen - A great site on Swedish emmigrations from Karlskoga, Sweden (in Swedish)

Ekengren emigrants from Göteborg to America 1870-1930.

Join the Ekengren World Surname Project and get listed as an active Ekengren genealogist.

Stalcup Stuff

Read the Johan Anderson Stalcop History of a Swedish immigrant on my mothers side.
Includes personal accounts of the Long Finn revolt in New Sweden and the origins of the Stalcop surname.

Memorial Stone for William Stalcup died 1819 in Tennessee. The stone provides history back to our Swedish ancestor. Click on the image for blow-up (250K). Provided by Meri Arnett-Kremian.

Marriage Records for Greene County, Indiana 1850-1920. Includes all Stalcups and Osborns. Provided by Meri Arnett-Kremian.

Continue with the Elias Stalcop History where brothers and sisters attract!
Includes personal accounts of early Minnesota histories.

Join the Ekengren World Surname Project and get listed as an active Ekengren genealogist.

Great Stalcop research links:
Swedish Colonial Society has a great story on the History of New Sweden in America and a collection of just the very best Swedish genealogy/historical links.

Stalcup Family Pages:
 Stalcup Family  Page 
 Greene Co.,IN Stalcup Page
    

Baker Stuff

Read the Isaac Baker History of a cross-country pioneer family on my mothers side.
Includes personal accounts of early Pennsylvania and Minnesota histories.