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Discovering the cause of death can be an interesting fact to your ancestors’ life story. The oldest death and burial record is from Helga Trefaldighets parish in Uppsala county beginning in 1608. Wikipedia Community. <u>Dödbok</u>. Wiki-Rötter, February 2011<br> | Discovering the cause of death can be an interesting fact to your ancestors’ life story. The oldest death and burial record is from Helga Trefaldighets parish in Uppsala county beginning in 1608. Wikipedia Community. <u>Dödbok</u>. Wiki-Rötter, February 2011<br> | ||
=== Other Records Associated to Death and Burial === | |||
'''Personaliebok''' <br> Some death records are called a personaliebok (or they may be in addition to the death and burial records.) In these books you will find a longer description written about the deceased similar to a modern obituary. If personalie books were kept for the place your ancestors are from, you may find more information about the deceased's life, occupation, marriage (-s) and children. <br> | '''Personaliebok''' <br> Some death records are called a personaliebok (or they may be in addition to the death and burial records.) In these books you will find a longer description written about the deceased similar to a modern obituary. If personalie books were kept for the place your ancestors are from, you may find more information about the deceased's life, occupation, marriage (-s) and children. <br> | ||
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'''Gravregister''' <br> The purpose of the graveregister is to keep track of who is buried, and where are they buried in the church yard. Traditionally “the place” to be buried is the churchyard. Yet the churchyard has a limited space to the property, which has been used for centuries. The solution is to reuse burial plots. This practice is still done today. A burial plot is reused after about 20 years unless someone has paid for perpetual upkeep. When the change is made, the previous gravestone is replaced with the new one. With this said, it’s not unusual that very few old grave stones have survived. The Federation of Swedish Genealogical Societies (Sveriges Släktforskarförbund) has been created a database called Gravstens – Sök with information from about 35,000 gravestones from around the country. <br> | '''Gravregister''' <br> The purpose of the graveregister is to keep track of who is buried, and where are they buried in the church yard. Traditionally “the place” to be buried is the churchyard. Yet the churchyard has a limited space to the property, which has been used for centuries. The solution is to reuse burial plots. This practice is still done today. A burial plot is reused after about 20 years unless someone has paid for perpetual upkeep. When the change is made, the previous gravestone is replaced with the new one. With this said, it’s not unusual that very few old grave stones have survived. The Federation of Swedish Genealogical Societies (Sveriges Släktforskarförbund) has been created a database called Gravstens – Sök with information from about 35,000 gravestones from around the country. <br> | ||
=== Databases Associated to Death and Burial Records === | === Databases Associated to Death and Burial Records === | ||
*'''The Swedish Death Index 1901-2009, Sveriges Dödbok 1901-2009''' <br> | *'''The Swedish Death Index 1901-2009, Sveriges Dödbok 1901-2009''' <br> | ||