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====Extracts from Church Books<br>[''Utdrag ur Ministerialböcker'']====
====Extracts from Church Books [''Utdrag ur Ministerialböcker'']====
Research use: These records are a primary source of birth, marriage, and death information in Sweden in lieu of the original records. They identify names of parents and also provide place of residence.
Beginning in 1860 records of births, marriages, and deaths were extracted from all the parish church books in the province. These were compiled yearly and sent to the Central Bureau of Statistics [''Statistiska Centralbyrån'']. They are a primary source of birth, marriage, and death information in Sweden in lieu of the original records. They identify names of parents and also provide place of residence. As they are extracts from the parish registers the information they contain is not as complete as the original parish register entry.  


Record type: These are provincial records of births, marriages, and deaths extracted from all the parish church books in the province. These were compiled yearly and sent to the Central Bureau of Statistics [''Statistiska Centralbyrån''].
These records generally contain the following information:<br>
'''Births [''Födelseböcker'']'''
* Names of person
* Date of birth
* Legitimacy
* Names of parents
* Father's occupation and residence
* Sometimes age of mother, number of siblings and parents’ year of marriage.  


Time period: 1860 to 1991.
'''Marriages [''Vigsellböcker'']'''
* Names of bride and groom
* Their ages
* Places of residence
* Date of marriage
* Sometimes names of parents


Contents: Births [''Födelseböcker''] – names of persons born, dates of birth, legitimacy, names of parents, father's occupation and residence; sometimes age of mother, number of siblings and parents’ year of marriage. Marriages [''Vigsellböcker''] – names of bride and groom, their ages and places of residence, date of marriage; sometimes names of parents. Deaths [''Dödsböcker''] – names of the deceased, their dates of death, ages, place of residence at time of death, occupations, cause of death.
'''Deaths [''Dödsböcker'']'''
 
* Name of the deceased
Location: National Archives [''Riksarkivet'']. They were transferred from the Central Bureau of Statistics [''Statistiska Centralbyrån''] in 1992.
* Date of death
 
* Age
Percentage in Family History Library: 1860 to 1920 - 100%.
* Place of residence at time of death
 
* Occupation
Population coverage: Theoretically 100%.
* Cause of death.
 
Reliability: Excellent.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Sweden,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-1998.</ref>


=== Missing Records  ===
=== Missing Records  ===