Genealogy - tracing your origin

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Genealogy is the study of family ties. My interest in family
history began several years back, when I found some letters,
written early in this century to my grandfather's sister.The 
sender was someone in the USA. It turned out that the
brother of my great grandfather emigrated with his family
from Sweden to the States around the year 1910.

It turned out that these people remained in the US. They eventually
moved to California, most likely in the 1940's. All traces end in 1969,
when their son died at a San Francisco hospital. This is the last piece
of information we have of their whereabouts. My primary interest today
is to find out if I have any living relatives in America.

In case you have ever heard these names, please contact me by 
 
Alfred and Elin lived for years in North Platte, NE.

Donald received a heart transplant at Palo Alto VA Hospital in June of 1969, and died a few weeks after as a result of a rejection reaction. In those days, a heart transplant was a very unusual operation. His fiancee at the time was one Shawnee Pavlik, of Palo Alto, CA.

In addition to these findings, I have traced my ancestry
back to the 1780's in Sweden. The church records are
excellent for the most part, but did they ever have sirly
handwriting in those days! It turns out my surname was
born out of a misspelling, and it should have been Hagelbeck
rather than Hallbeck. Alas, I do not intend to correct
150-year old mistakes - I like my name thanks ;-)
I will put out more information here as soon as I can collect it.
 
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