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(Added a resource which lists the names of all 24,000+ small populated places in Sweden in proximity to each other. The order of the listing mimics census takers routes. You might move it to another page, but I thought it really works with gazetteers. Incredible resource from a math study. Crazy.) |
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*[https://www.skatteverket.se/folkbokforing/sverigesforsamlingargenomtiderna/forteckning.4.18e1b10334ebe8bc80003999.html Sveriges församinligar genom tiderna (Swedish Parishes throughout Time)] | *[https://www.skatteverket.se/folkbokforing/sverigesforsamlingargenomtiderna/forteckning.4.18e1b10334ebe8bc80003999.html Sveriges församinligar genom tiderna (Swedish Parishes throughout Time)] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Swedish_Parish_Pages Swedish Parishes] Swedish Place Names on the Swedish Parish Pages in the FamilySearch Wiki. (Type the name of the parish you are working in the search field, then click on the magnifying glass, from the hits list choose the parish you are working in.) | *[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Swedish_Parish_Pages Swedish Parishes] Swedish Place Names on the Swedish Parish Pages in the FamilySearch Wiki. (Type the name of the parish you are working in the search field, then click on the magnifying glass, from the hits list choose the parish you are working in.) | ||
*[https://ortnamnsregistret.isof.se/place-names Ortnamnsregistret] The Institute for Language and Folklore (Institutet för språk och folkminnen or Isof) is a Swedish government authority that has identified, and collected knowledge about Sweden’s place names, language and culture. | *[https://ortnamnsregistret.isof.se/place-names Ortnamnsregistret] The Institute for Language and Folklore (Institutet för språk och folkminnen or Isof) is a Swedish government authority that has identified, and collected knowledge about Sweden’s place names, language and culture. | ||
*[https://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/tsp/sweden/index.html Tour of Sweden]. Listing of All Small Places in Sweden by proximity to each other. This resource will help you to recognize the "farm" names of small places, one of the key data points for uniquely identifying a Swedish person. | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/252480 Geografiskt-statistiskt handlexikon öfver Sverige] Carl Martin Rosenberg, Geografiskt-statistiskt handlexikon öfver Sverige, Stockholm, Sweden : A.V. Carlsons förlag, 1882-1883, volumes 1 and 2 | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/252480 Geografiskt-statistiskt handlexikon öfver Sverige]. Carl Martin Rosenberg, Geografiskt-statistiskt handlexikon öfver Sverige, Stockholm, Sweden : A.V. Carlsons förlag, 1882-1883, volumes 1 and 2. This gazetteer is excellent for showing the spellings of Swedish place names prior to the spelling reform which took place in 1906. Some of the main points in the 1906 spelling reform to keep in mind in searching for a place name are: | ||
:*f, fv, fw, hv, and hw as signs of the V-sound were replaced by V. | |||
This gazetteer is excellent for showing the spellings of Swedish place names prior to the spelling reform which took place in 1906. Some of the main points in the 1906 spelling reform to keep in mind in searching for a place name are: | :*DT was changed to T or TT | ||
:*C was in most places replaced by K and is used today mostly to make a double K, which is written CK. | |||
*f, fv, fw, hv, and hw as signs of the V-sound were replaced by V. | |||
*DT was changed to T or TT | |||
*C was in most places replaced by K and is used today mostly to make a double K, which is written CK. | |||
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