I'm trying to trace a Lindstrom line for my niece, and am just striking out with every strategy I try. This is what I know: Olof Lindstrom was born in Värmlands county, Sweden on 7 Oct 1863 (according to family Bible), and came to the US in spring of 1889. I pick up the trail just fine in the US, but I cannot find any trace of the family in Sweden. One other clue, he had a brother named Markus born 1860, but I am missing the very important info of what Parish or town they came from.
I'm using the Riksarkivet site, and the "person" search in nearly worthless, the only hits I get are for the supposed census that are almost all taken AFTER he has left, and none of the ones from 1880 seem to be him. The Värmlands county section contains over 800,000 images, and I looked through several thousand pages by targeting other Lindstrom hits, but no luck yet. Is there any other name index, or anything else that I'm missing here. I would appreciate any help, suggestions, or look-up if they are indexed on a pay site. All I need is parish and I'll be off and running. Thank-you for any help.