About the Authors

Margaret Tifft Janis has been interested in family history for as long as she can remember. Following a fast-paced career and a major health scare, her life finally slowed down enough to start researching her family history in 2012. This is a brief recounting of her life before Tengens.net.

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Mary Tifft Froelicher’s mother died when she was just over two. She always gravitated to her mother’s Swedish parents who ignited her interest in her Swedish ancestry. Following a career as a public health nurse and later a home health nurse, she spends much of her time researching and writing about her Swedish roots.

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