A recently launched website on my Degerstrom family genealogy has been launched along with a matching blog and family tree page. This website documents one branch of the Degerstrom family name from Maine with the help from my father, Jim Degerstrom, his brother Ed Degerstrom, and Leif Persson in Stockholm, Sweden.

The Degerstrom Genealogy website features the Swedish branch and history of the Degerstrom family from Maine. The other branches are covered in Degerstrom.org, known as the Degerstrom International Family Page including Peder, Petter, Gabriel, Carl, Fredrik, Jacob and Per Degerstrom. Myself and my father are descendants of our root ancestor Peder Danielsson born in Ranea, Sweden in 1560.

Genealogy is a great way to see the history of your family and understand where you come from. Some great genealogy websites include RootsWeb, My Heritage, US Gen Web Project, FamilySearch, and also very useful for research would be The 50 Most Popular Genealogy Websites for 2009 and Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet.