His father was the above Julius Edholm. I believe this because family story is that Marta took Julius to Court to give her son Herman the EDHOLM surname and the Court ruled in favor of that. I live in Colorado, USA and have no idea how to find such Swedish records from Ragunda. Can anyone provide me with any documentation related to this issue?
I found an interesting note in Ragunda AIIa:4, page 162:
Ragunda kyrkoarkiv, Församlingsböcker, SE/ÖLA/11087/A II a/4 (1905-1923), bildid: F0012558_00180 https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/F0012558_00180?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0#?cv=179&z=3990.4798%2C1693.5637%2C2320.3812%2C1275.5065 f. volontären Julius Emanuel Edholm enl. utslag vid Ragunda tingslags häradsrätt den 10 Sept. 1903 dömd till barnets far. C.W. d. 2/8 07.
Court records can be found in Ragunda tingslags häradsrätt (NAD: SE/ÖLA/10828). You need to locate the correct volume, which I think in this case would be AI:219 (1903). However it has not yet been digitized, and is not available on the internet.
Repository: Landsarkivet i Östersund (ÖLA) https://riksarkivet.se/ostersund Archive: 10828 Ragunda tingslags häradsrätt 1621 – 1950 Series: A I Domböcker. Volume: AI:219 (1903) NAD: SE/ÖLA/10828/A I/219
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