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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

HathiTrust Digital Library

HathiTrust is a partnership of research institutions and libraries that are working to preserve the cultural record. The HathiTrust Digital Library contains many public collections of books, serials, and other materials, including an Ancestry and Genealogy collection and the Kean University New Jersey History Project.

http://www.hathitrust.org/

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Chellberg Farm

A farm that is part of my family's history is now part of a national park! My great-great-grandmother's brother Alfred Borg married Emily Charlotte Kjellberg on September 29, 1897 in Porter County, Indiana. After their marriage, Alfred and Emily lived at the Chellberg Farm (which had been purchased by Emily's parents in 1869) until 1901. The farm is now part of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, which is managed by the National Park Service.

Links:
Chellberg Family Story (Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, U.S. National Park Service)
Chellberg Farm (Wikipedia)
Chellberg Farm (Virtual Tourist)