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Swedish Research: Tips for Beginners (view source)
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Evaluate what you have already checked. This is a lot easier if you have documented your sources during your research activities. Keep a good research log. List your search objectives i.e. "Find the marriage license application of Magnus Swansson to try and find place of birth in Sweden." List the types of record searched, the time period the record covers AND the time periods searched in that record, which may be very different from the time span it covers as a whole . Note any anomalies in the record such as, "pages 10-13 unreadable - ink spilled," or "edges of index pages burned off," "male indexed only," and so forth. <br> | Evaluate what you have already checked. This is a lot easier if you have documented your sources during your research activities. Keep a good research log. List your search objectives i.e. "Find the marriage license application of Magnus Swansson to try and find place of birth in Sweden." List the types of record searched, the time period the record covers AND the time periods searched in that record, which may be very different from the time span it covers as a whole . Note any anomalies in the record such as, "pages 10-13 unreadable - ink spilled," or "edges of index pages burned off," "male indexed only," and so forth. <br> | ||
Record the film number, fiche number, book number, CD number or Web address of the site where informaiton was obtained, along with book, page, and entry number where applicable. The person following your tracks to get to that same information should need just a few minutes to do that, if you've done a good job of documenting.<br> | |||
=== Think Phonetically === | === Think Phonetically === | ||
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The Å å or two a's together are pronounced with a long english "o" sound. The Ä ä is pronounced like "eh." The Ö ö is pronounced like "oooh." In older usage, the Ä ä might have been replaced by "E e" i.e. Elfsborg County instead of Älvsborg. | The Å å or two a's together are pronounced with a long english "o" sound. The Ä ä is pronounced like "eh." The Ö ö is pronounced like "oooh." In older usage, the Ä ä might have been replaced by "E e" i.e. Elfsborg County instead of Älvsborg. | ||
If a personal or place name begins with one of these letters, they will be alphabetized totally after "Z" in any indexes or alphabetical listings using the Swedish alphabet. | If a personal or place name begins with one of these letters, they will be alphabetized totally after "Z" in any indexes or alphabetical listings using the Swedish alphabet. | ||
The above letters' placement in a personal or place name also affects the pronunciation of what is said and consequently, what is heard. | The above letters' placement in a personal or place name also affects the pronunciation of what is said and consequently, what is heard. | ||