Historic Ryssby Church Web Site

Ryssby Cemetery

Ryssby Interior
 

The Ryssby Cemetery was dedicated on the same day as the Church -  Midsummer Sunday, June 24, 1882.  A new book titled "The Ryssby Swedish Cemetery Book",  has been written and compiled by the Longmont Genealogical Society about the Swedish cemetery.

 

The book contains pictures of all of the gravestones in the cemetery as well as a compilation of the obituaries that were printed in various newspapers for most of the persons buried at Ryssby.

 

Also included in the book are several histories written about the Ryssby Church.

One of the histories "Ryssby: The Country Church" was written by David P. Nelson.  It tells the story of the immigrants from Ryssby, Sweden, including David Nelson's ancestors who settled in the Ryssby area Southwest  of Longmont and built a little stone church.

 

Ryssby Swedish Cemetery Book Cover

 

This book can be purchased in many formats by visiting the following web site:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~colgs/ryssbybook.htm

The Ryssby Committee of the First Evangelical Lutheran Church oversees the care and maintenance of the cemetery.  Plots are available for purchase.  Please visit the Contact page for more information.