Annika Höstmad
- Family History Research
- Family History Research
- Family History Research
Discover Your Swedish Heritage with Expert Genealogy Services
With fifteen years of experience in Swedish genealogy, I have been serving international clients since 2020.
My professional work in genealogy was sparked by a DNA test, which highlighted the challenges faced by my international matches when researching their family in Sweden, given the country's unique history and records. Therefore, my services typically include translations of all records and explanations of key Swedish concepts.
Based in Gothenburg—the departure port for 80% of Swedish migrants in the nineteenth century—the traces of emigration are ever-present. I work at Postgatan, where many emigrants spent their last days or weeks before departing for a new life.
Research Services
I offer custom research services, including:
- Translations of genealogy records and family history related documents.
- Record pick-up, which can be combined with translations.
- In-depth investigations into the lives of your migrant ancestors, including translated records and contextual information such as photographs, maps and geographical coordinates of ancestral homes.
We had gone as far back in our family tree as my amateur skills would allow as we do not speak or read Swedish. We wanted to know more about our ancestor who had emigrated from Sweden to the US in 1887.
Annika was a great communicator as the project progressed and the final report was well researched and organized. We were thrilled to get so much information about our ancestor and his life (family, work, travels, etc.). It was shared in a way that we could in turn download and print and/or share with others in the family which we appreciated!
Can't thank her enough for working with us on this valuable project! We look forward to working with Annika on other projects as we explore our Swedish lineage. I recommend her to anyone needing professional assistance to discover their Swedish roots.
K.Grahn
Find a Swede was so helpful! I had come to a brick wall with my great, great grandfather in Sweden. Find a Swede was able to find him, and find both his parents.
I was given a report on their lives from birth to death, complete with translations and copies of all the records. It really brought them alive to me. It also led to more discoveries on that side of the family too. I never would have been able to do it on my own.
I will definitely use Find a Swede again in the future and recommend them to anyone researching their Swedish ancestors.
Susan T.
- 21st Century
- 20th Century
- 19th Century
- 18th Century
Swedish, English, some German and French.