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Sweden Death and Burial Records (view source)
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'''Gravregister''' <br>The purpose of the graveregister is to keep track of who is buried, and where they are buried in the church yard. Traditionally “the place” to be buried is the churchyard. Yet the churchyard has a limited space to the property, which has been used for centuries. The solution is to reuse burial plots. This practice is still done today. A burial plot is reused after about 20 years unless someone has paid for perpetual upkeep. When the change is made, the previous gravestone is replaced with the new one. With this said, it’s not unusual that very few old grave stones have survived. The Federation of Swedish Genealogical Societies (Sveriges Släktforskarförbund) has created a database called Gravstens – Sök with information from about 35,000 gravestones from around the country. <br> | '''Gravregister''' <br>The purpose of the graveregister is to keep track of who is buried, and where they are buried in the church yard. Traditionally “the place” to be buried is the churchyard. Yet the churchyard has a limited space to the property, which has been used for centuries. The solution is to reuse burial plots. This practice is still done today. A burial plot is reused after about 20 years unless someone has paid for perpetual upkeep. When the change is made, the previous gravestone is replaced with the new one. With this said, it’s not unusual that very few old grave stones have survived. The Federation of Swedish Genealogical Societies (Sveriges Släktforskarförbund) has created a database called Gravstens – Sök with information from about 35,000 gravestones from around the country. <br> | ||
=== Where can you find Swedish Death and Burial Records? === | |||
You can access Death and Burial Records through the [[Family History Library|Family History Library,]] or at<br>[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|FamilySearch Centers,]] in [https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog FamilySearch,] [http://www.svar.ra.se/ SVAR], [http://www.arkivdigital.se/ Arkiv Digital], [http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com], along with the [http://www.statensarkiv.se/ National and Regional Archives] in Sweden.<br> | |||
=== Databases Associated to Death and Burial Records === | === Databases Associated to Death and Burial Records === | ||