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Lisa Holden
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 02/10/2009 :  18:37:57  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi I am new to this but came here looking for some info concerning my great great great grandad John Nelson who was born at Charles Crown in Sweden 1786. He came to Britain in 1809 as he was in the English Merchant Service in Foreign trade.
I found this info on his natralisation papers but I do not understand what Charles Crown means whether it is a specific region of Sweden....
L Holden

Hopkins
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USA
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Posted - 02/10/2009 :  19:11:03  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
You might have luck with a forum/message board/mailing list that deals specifically with Sweden.
Such as:
http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.scan-balt.sweden/mb.ashx
http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SWE/SWEDEN.html
http://genforum.genealogy.com/sweden/
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~swewgw/
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AntonH
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USA
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Posted - 02/10/2009 :  22:30:30  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Is there a possibility that the reference to Charles Crown is to Charles Crown Prince of Sweden. Check out this wikepedia article.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_August,_Crown_Prince_of_Sweden
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ewersi
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Norway
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Posted - 02/10/2009 :  22:48:31  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi Lisa,
I agree with Hopkins that your possibilities are much higher trying a swedish forum
Charles Crown is the english translation of the name of the swedish town called Karlskrona.
Good luck
Ellen
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Lisa Holden
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 05/10/2009 :  14:14:02  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi Hopkins, lyndal and Ellen,
Thank you all for your help it is much appreciated.
I will definately go down swedish roots sites makes sense.
Also thanks for translation of Charles Crown..Karlskrona....just found out this is main naval base in sweden!
Good luck to you all with your family history finding.....it is fascinating stuff...I am hooked.
Lisa
L Holden
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