John Lofblade, my great grandfather, emigrated to Michigan from Sweden in 1880 at age 25. Nothing is known about his family back home. His church records tell us he was from "Tarp, W. Norland", which would be the county Vasternorrland, I would imagine. The village name has not yet been verified. Anyone else familiar with this name or region?
He changed his surname to "Leaf" about the time of his naturalization.