Kalmar County, Sweden Genealogy

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Guide to Kalmar ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

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History[edit | edit source]

Kalmar County was created with the County organization of 1634, but did not have its current borders until the 1700’s. In many ways the County was divided in two areas a northern and a southern half until the 1970’s. The northern half had Västervik as its capital with Kalmar city as a capital for the southern half. Kalmar County belongs to Småland Province. The county letter for Kalmar is: H

Jurisdictions[edit | edit source]

Districts[edit | edit source]

  • Aspelands härad
  • Handbörds härad
  • Norra Möre härad
  • Sevede härad
  • Stranda härad
  • Södra Möre härad
  • Tjusts härad
  • Tunaläns härad
  • Åkerbo härad
  • Ölands norra mots härad
  • Ölands södra mots härad

Parishes[edit | edit source]

The map below is based on 1890 county/parish boundaries.
Click here to see parishes by number.

ÅsGräsgårdSödra MöcklebySmedbySegerstadVentlingeKastlösaHulterstadStenåsaResmoSandbyMörbylångaVicklebyGårdbyTorslundaAlgutsrumNorra MöcklebyRunstenGlömmingeHögsrumGärdslösaLånglötRäpplingeBorgholmKöpingBredsätraEgbyLötFöraAlbökePersnäsKällaHögbyBödaParish #35GullaboTorsåsParish #38Parish #39ArbyHagbyArbyKarlslundaOskarParish #45LjungbyKalmar MosaiskaKalmar LandsförsamlingSankt SigfridMortorpHossmoKalmar CityKläckebergaKristvallaÅbyDörbyFörlösaBäckeboRyssbyÅlemMönsteråsFliserydKråksmålaLångemålaFagerhultFågelforsHögsbyDöderhultOskarshamns mosaiskaVirserumTvetaParish #69MisterhultKristdalaMörlundaJäredaLönnebergaParish #77TunaHjortedPelarneVimmerby StadsförsamlingRumskullaSödra ViDjursdalaVimmerby LandsförsamlingFrödingeParish #86VästrumVästervikGladhammarBlackstadLockneviOdensviTörnsfallGamlebyHallingebergDalhemParish #99LoftahammarÖstra EdTryserumYxnerumHannäsVästra EdUknaGärdserumKalmar map.png

Resources[edit | edit source]

Biographies[edit | edit source]

Business and Occupations[edit | edit source]

Census[edit | edit source]

Church Records[edit | edit source]

Household Examination Records[edit | edit source]

Civil Registration[edit | edit source]

Court Records[edit | edit source]

Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]

Land and Property[edit | edit source]

Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]

Military Records[edit | edit source]

Nobility[edit | edit source]

Probate Records[edit | edit source]

Public Records[edit | edit source]

Taxation[edit | edit source]

Repositories[edit | edit source]

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Archives[edit | edit source]

Regionarkivet i Kalmar län
Mailing address:
Box 601
391 26 Kalmar
Sweden
Telephone: 010-358 86 00
Email: regionarkivet@regionkalmar.se
Website

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Regional biblioteket i Kalmar
Library locations

Societies[edit | edit source]

Kalmar Läns Genealogiska Förening
Address:
Ståthållaregatan 52 A I källaren, Kalmar
Sweden
Telephone: +46 73 329 32 00
Email: kalmargenealogiska@gmail.com
Website

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