In September of 2007, I was contacted by a relative from Aland!  Her name is Maria, and her grandmother, Thyra Adele Oberg, was my grandfather  Karl's sister. This connection was amde via a message board, and what followed lead to my abillity  to confirm a large chunk of the information contained on this website, as well as some additions  made to it.

WELCOME!
 This website used to concentrate mostly on the Swedish side of my family's  heritage. But after stumbling into a previously unknown relative from my  mother's side, I am now able to include that branch of my tree back to about  1600, in Normandy, France.

In 1916, my grandfather, Karl Fritjof Oberg, came to the US from Aland (then changing his name to  Frederick Carl Oberg). Although I do not know the specific reason for my grandfather's decision to  emmigrate to the US, I do know that the Germans bombed the harbor in Aland in 1916 by use of a  zeppelin (might be a good time to move! LOL!!)
 In 1921, the League of Nations determined that the Aland Islands would become  part of Finland, but that the inhabitants would be allowed and encouraged to  maintain their Swedish heritage and language (today about 97% of the  population speaks Swedish). Aland can be found in the Baltic Sea located between  Sweden and Finland.

A special 'Thank You!' must go out to the two people responsible for finding  most of the information included in this website: First, to my new found  cousin, Mary Govoni, who I 'bumped into' on the internet. She was able to  answer many questions for me that had gone unanswered for years. And secondly,  to Karin Mansen from the Alands landskapsarkiv, for taking the time to  research my family history in Aland. Thank you to both of you!!!

To learn more about Aland, Finland, visit the Aland Museum website at:  http://www.aland-museum.aland.fi/english.html
 To see photos from Aland (including the church where many of the Obergs were  christened!), check out the following:
 http://www.muuka.com/finnishpumpkin/index.html

CHECK IT OUT: We went to Aland in Aug 2006! Here are some picture links: Aland: http://tinyurl.com/yuy5o9
 Geta specific: http://tinyurl.com/yp5mtk
 Old Uppsala (Sweden): http://tinyurl.com/2ugs3b
 Stockholm: http://tinyurl.com/yvmt4f
 Oberg and Westerlund headstones in Aland: http://tinyurl.com/2b2cet