Personuppgifter
Name: |
Kerstin Maria Elisabeth Jonmyren née Olofsson |
Professional experience (an excerpt)
1990 - |
Professional genealogist specializing in American-Swedish Genealogy.
Founder (1990) of the Swedish Genealogy Company, which is one of the leading professional genealogy firms in Sweden. Career
as a professional genealogist was initiated already in 1985. |
1998 - 2003 |
Administrator, Påryd School District. |
1960 - 1998 |
Teacher, mainly in History. I have been working in several schools all over Sweden. |
1962, 1965 |
Volunteer at the kibbutz Givat Chaim in Israel. |
Education (an excerpt)
1979 |
College of Kalmar, studying Swedish History and World History. |
1962 - 1965 |
University of Gothenburg, majoring in teaching. |
1961 |
University of Uppsala, studying English. |
1960 |
Graduated from Uppsala Högre Allmänna Läroverk (high school). |
Additional information
2002 - |
Member of the board and treasurer of Gotland’s Genealogy Society. |
1995 - |
Elected member of The Society for Preserving the Gotlandian Language |
2002 |
Awarded the genealogy diploma from Sweden’s National Genealogy Society
for ”meritorious contributions for the genealogy movement in Sweden” |
1980 - 1998 |
Chairperson of Kalmar Genealogy Society. I was co-founder of the society in 1980. When I resigned as chairperson in 1998, I
was awarded the position as honorary member of the board. |
1996 |
Boken om Vamlingbo och Sundre was published. I worked as editor, and main author of the book. |
I have also been a regular columnist in the genealogy magazines KLGF-bladet and Oe Folki since their first issues. During
the last decades I have also written articles for several books, magazine, and newspapers on topics like genealogy and
History. These are some examples:
• Svenska Antavlor 4, 1996: Anor från Roslagen och Åland.
• Svenska Antavlor 2, 1995: Släkten Ronquists anor på Gotland.
• Från Gutabygd, 1996: Österby i Fide, en gård och dess öden från 1660-talet.
• Från Gutabygd, 1995: De finländska prästdöttrarna i Öja.
• Släkthistoriskt Forum 3, 1994: Roslagsanor part II
• Släkthistoriskt Forum 2, 1994: Roslagsanor part I
• Från Gutabygd, 1990: Dråpet i Vamlingbo.
• Släkt och Hävd, 1975: Olleifs i Öja, en gammal släktgård.
All my entries in the Royal Swedish Library database.
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