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==== How to Obtain a Personakt ==== | ==== How to Obtain a Personakt ==== | ||
Contact the Landsarkivet where your relative died. These archives' contact information can be found on the [ | Contact the Landsarkivet where your relative died. These archives' contact information can be found on the [[Sweden Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]] page. Contacting them by email is a simple route detailing the person for whom you would like to order the record. | ||
If the person is still alive, or lived after 1991, one would need to order the file from the landsarkivet where he or she resided in 1991. This sounds complicated, especially with our modern day thinking. This does not have to be the case, though, as the 1990 Swedish Census has been released and is fully searchable. Even if your relative changed addresses between 1990 and 1991, unless the movement was a great distance that person will likely still be found in the personakt of that landsarkivet. | If the person is still alive, or lived after 1991, one would need to order the file from the landsarkivet where he or she resided in 1991. This sounds complicated, especially with our modern day thinking. This does not have to be the case, though, as the 1990 Swedish Census has been released and is fully searchable. Even if your relative changed addresses between 1990 and 1991, unless the movement was a great distance that person will likely still be found in the personakt of that landsarkivet. | ||
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Be as complete as you can be. | Be as complete as you can be. | ||
There will be a cost for the research involved. In 2011, the cost was approximately $16 after conversion to United States currency. | There will be a cost for the research involved. In 2011, the cost was approximately $16 after conversion to United States currency. | ||
=== Sample:<br> === | === Sample:<br> === | ||