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Remember, we began the study by trying to find the birth place of Elena Asmundsdotter. She was the mother of the direct ancestor, Asmund Jönsson, who was born in Barsebäck parish. Elena died in Barsebäck parish - but she wasn't born there. To this point, the huge clue found in her death record in Barsebäck parish, plus information found in the church registers of Västra Karaby parish, plus the tax list information has given a good outline of her ancestry. However, we wanted to find more to now fill in the outline. | Remember, we began the study by trying to find the birth place of Elena Asmundsdotter. She was the mother of the direct ancestor, Asmund Jönsson, who was born in Barsebäck parish. Elena died in Barsebäck parish - but she wasn't born there. To this point, the huge clue found in her death record in Barsebäck parish, plus information found in the church registers of Västra Karaby parish, plus the tax list information has given a good outline of her ancestry. However, we wanted to find more to now fill in the outline. | ||
The catechism records were those next searched. These are found in the Family History Library Catalog under the name of the parish - Church Records { | The catechism records were those next searched. These are found in the Family History Library Catalog under the name of the parish - Church Records {PULL IN LI NK} | ||
These types of records do not exist for all areas of Sweden, but, as will be seen, they can be of great value. They appear to be the foreunner of the ''Husförhörslängder'' (Clerical surveys). Since their purpose was to list the names of, or at least indicate there were young people of confirmation age in training, not every person in the household will be named or marked.<br> | These types of records do not exist for all areas of Sweden, but, as will be seen, they can be of great value. They appear to be the foreunner of the ''Husförhörslängder'' (Clerical surveys). Since their purpose was to list the names of, or at least indicate there were young people of confirmation age in training, not every person in the household will be named or marked.<br> | ||