Records of John-olof Persson on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of John-olof Persson in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

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DNA

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John-olof Persson and the Persson Genealogy

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Persson Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Persson family tree.

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Persson Genealogy Databases

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Persson Forums

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Miscellaneous Persson Databases

Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on John-olof Persson. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.

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Some Famous People called John-olof Persson

John-Olof Persson

John-Olof Persson (1938–1989), often called "John-Olle", was a Swedish politician. He was a member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, and Mayor of Stockholm 1973-1976 and 1979-1986.

From 1983 to 1986, Persson was the president of the Swedish Association of Local Authorities (Svenska Kommunförbundet), an association that existed from 1969 to 2007 (now the Swedish Association of Regions) to interact with the Riksdag of Sweden.

Persson died in an airplane accident in Oskarshamn, Sweden in 1989.

Category:1938 birthsCategory:1989 deathsCategory:Mayors of StockholmCategory:Swedish Social Democratic Party politiciansCategory:Municipal commissioners of SwedenCategory:Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Sweden

Source: John-Olof Persson, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Persson

Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.

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