"Being able to show that this is possible, maybe we'll save a few more things," he said. He said he wants people to understand that this is something everyone can do. Kalm said it was wonderful to be able to connect Nelson-Anderson and her family to the long-lost family artifact. I found out some pretty interesting things I didn't know. "My father was about 12 years old when his family came over from Norway. "She would have actually really loved it," she said. She said she wished her aunt Betty, who died in early 2022, was alive to see it because she knew the entire family's history. Nelson-Anderson said she appreciates Kalm's work to reconnect her family with the photo album. "I reached out to Kathy through email," he said. He said Kathy Nelson-Anderson seemed like the best option, as she even lived in the house as a child. Kalm said he used his research skills to find the names and addresses of living people related to the Nelson family. ![]() Former UConn women's basketball star Breanna Stewart honors daughter Ruby with next signature shoe.Stefanie Dolson reunited with former UConn women's basketball teammate Breanna Stewart: 'Just excited'.Former convent in West Hartford now has 292 apartments: 'Everything is brand new'.Guilford historians hope to save 1816 house with direct ties to Black history, slated to be moved.How UConn women's basketball alums made impact Connecticut Sun spoil New York Liberty preseason debut.Average price of recreational cannabis hits new low in Connecticut.West Hartford removes no trespassing signs in town center just days after installation.He said father Fritz emigrated in 1914 from one of the same Norwegian cities mentioned repeatedly on the photographs, Sarpsborg. What broke the case for him, Kalm said, was finding the immigration record for Fritz Nelson, whose son owned the house in the 30s and 40s. "Then, it took me a few days to realize if I found them in the census records, maybe I could go back further." He said they were named the Frankos and were of Polish and Czech descent. Kalm said he used to deed and census records to figure out more about the people who lived in the house before his family. I'll get itchy and I won't be able to put (the work) away. Things like that, it's a new train of thought. "With online search engines you can do a lot. "I said to myself that that wouldn't be that hard," he said. ![]() Kalm said he realized he could look more into it when his sister showed him the deed to the house last spring. At first, he said he thought maybe they were relatives of his he never knew about. When the photo album was found in the summer of 1999, Kalm said, all he knew is that it came with the house and had Victorian-era carte-de-visite format photos dated to the Civil War era with names of photography studios from Norway. "I love finding the facts and doing whatever it takes." He said he once traced his grandfather's lineage all the way back to distant relatives who were Puritan colonists. Kalm, a documentary filmmaker originally from Shelton, said researching genealogy always came naturally to him. She said it was interesting to be able to look back at her relatives, and she was happy he had the research skills to find them Kathy Nelson-Anderson said it was a welcome surprise when Kalm contacted her about a photo album she had never heard of. ![]() That journey culminated last summer and fall, Kalm said, when he untangled the web of historical records and was able to contact a person related to the people in the photographs. When she went to sell the house last year, Kalm said, his sister found the deed, which sent him on a genealogical journey to solve the mystery and put the album back in the hands of the original owners' descendents. Kalm said his sister bought the home from his grandparents in 2000, and the album had sat there for more than 20 years as he wondered who it belonged to.
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