Researching an Orphan in Sweden Case Study: Difference between revisions

Carolina was followed in household examinations (going forward in time) from Viksjö parish until they moved to Stigsjö parish in 1831. There was no moving-in record for Stigsjö to say where to look in the Stigsjö household examination, so the entire household examination was searched page by page. Then they moved to Ljustorp parish in 1845. The moving-in record in Ljustorp says they moved to a village [[Image:Res Orph in Sw Case Study 2.png|thumb|right|380x102px|Carolina Aspling as wife in Household Examination 1841 - 1849]]called Wester Frötuna. She was found in the Ljustorp household examinations in Wester Frötuna. They stayed there on each household examination until she died in 1849. The entry for Carolina in the Ljustorp death records was looked at. This completes searching each household examination from the time of their second child until Carolina passed away.  

Then each household examination was searched from 1830 going back in time towards her birth. The household examination of Viksjö that includes 1830 did not say where the family moved in from. The previous one did not show them in Westanå, and there is no moving-in record for Viksjö at that time. Further there is no [[Swedish Moving Certificates (Flyttningsattest)|moving certificate]] for the family, showing where they came from prior to 1830. Since the couple is married, and of childbearing years, a search was done in the [[Sweden Birth and Christening Records|birth and christening records]] of the parishes that are immediately next to the parish of Viksjö. During that search, a birth entry was found in the parish of Ljustorp for a boy Mathias who was born to Johan Matsson and Carolina Aspling in 1827. This showed the parents were living in the village of Gällwik at the time of the birth. The next step was to look up the family in the household examination records of Ljustorp that include the birth year of 1827. This was found in the section for Gällwik, and it showed the family (including a reference of moving to Viksjö in 1829.) This household examination also showed a marriage year of 1827, which was verified in the Ljustorp [[Sweden Engagement and Marriage Records|marriage records]]. At the time of the marriage both the groom and the bride were from the village of Tuna in Ljustorp parish. A search continued from one household examination to another going back in time. Before the marriage Carolina was listed as a Piga (female servant) until she was about 16 years old. The household examinations prior to that show her as a Barnhus Flicka (orphan girl.) One of the household exams showed that she arrived in Ljustorp parish in 1807.