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Scandinavian Research

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Free On-line Classes


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1-hour Free Online Class offered through BYU Independent Study


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B.

Reading Scandinavian Gothic Handwritten Records Lesson 1: Scandinavian Gothic Letters


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C.

https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/reading-scandinavian-gothichandwritten-records-lesson-2-names-words-and-dates/257

Reading Scandinavian Gothic Handwritten Records Lesson 3: Handwritten Records


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II.

https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/reading-scandinavian-gothichandwritten-records-lesson-1-scandinavian-gothic-letters/255

Reading Scandinavian Gothic Handwritten Records Lesson 2: Names, Words, and Dates
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D.

https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/scandinavian-research/127

https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/reading-scandinavian-gothichandwritten-records-lesson-3-handwritten-records/256

Wiki Pages: Help on how to do genealogy for each specific county or region. VERY HELPFUL!!
A.

https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Scandinavia

B.

https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Norway_Genealogy

C.

https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Iceland_Genealogy

D.

https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Denmark_Genealogy

E.

https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Finland_Genealogy

F.

https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Sweden_Genealogy

Swedish Research
I.

Types of Records
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Birth and Baptismal Records: Fdelse- och dopbcker

B.

Engagement and Marriage: Lysnings- och vigselbcker

C.

Death and Burials: Dd- och begravningsbcker

D.

Household Examination (Running Census): Husfrhrslngder-Pre1895, Frsamlingsbok


after 1895

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Moving In and Moving Out: In- och utflyttningslngder

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Among others

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Where to access parish records


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B.

C.

FamilySearch.org
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Historical Records Collections- Sweden

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https://familysearch.org/search/collection/location/1927041

Ancestry.com
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Ancestry Swedish Church Records 1500-1941

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http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2225

Arkivdigital.com
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III.

http://www.arkivdigital.net/ or at a Family History Center for free.

Useful Swedish Terms

Swedish

English

Swedish

English

year

frldrar

parents

barn

child

hustru

wife

begravning

burials

at

bonde

free farmer

lysning

banns,
engagement

dd

death

piga

unmarried female

dpte, dop

christening

torp

farmer

drng

unmarried male/farm
laborer

vigde, gift

marriage

fdde,

birth

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Helpful Links
A.

List of Parishes from Sweden Wiki Page


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B.

Standard Heading Examples from Sweden Wiki Page


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C.

https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/4/40/Swedenish_Par_Reg_and_Exa
m_headings.pdf

Swedish Parish Maps- Note this is a 1992 map


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D.

https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Sweden:_Parish_Listing

http://www.gis.scb.se/atlas/RikIndAtlas1992/index_en.htm

Swedish names of diseases in early times


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http://www.algonet.se/~hogman/sjukdomsnamn_eng.htm

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