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Beyond Parish Registers:A Case Study (view source)
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Following is a case study which used a combination of information found in Swedish births, marriages and deaths, Household examination rolls or communion records, catechism records and tax lists to extend a family tree branch 3 generations beyond the parish registers. | Following is a case study which used a combination of information found in Swedish births, marriages and deaths, Household examination rolls or communion records, catechism records and tax lists to extend a family tree branch 3 generations beyond the parish registers. | ||
'''This case study is meant to be a teaching tool.''' For that purpose, links to actual images found in the records have been put into the file. By following through the links, and looking at the images, it is hoped the user will be able to better read the records, and understand how the information found helped move the family tree along. [[Image:Sweden 220px-Uppsala Cathedral.jpg| | '''This case study is meant to be a teaching tool.''' For that purpose, links to actual images found in the records have been put into the file. By following through the links, and looking at the images, it is hoped the user will be able to better read the records, and understand how the information found helped move the family tree along. [[Image:Sweden 220px-Uppsala Cathedral.jpg|right|220x165px]][[Image:Asmund Jonsson Family Tree.jpg|thumb|center]] | ||
*''Asmund Jönsson ''was born 11 Sep 1718 in Barsebäck parish, Malmohus County, Sweden to Jöns Jönsson and his wife Elena Asmundsdotter. Asmund fathered 11 children and died in Barsebäck on 4 Feb 1768, age 50. | *''Asmund Jönsson ''was born 11 Sep 1718 in Barsebäck parish, Malmohus County, Sweden to Jöns Jönsson and his wife Elena Asmundsdotter. Asmund fathered 11 children and died in Barsebäck on 4 Feb 1768, age 50. | ||
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Searches in the death records of Barsebäck parish continued, looking for Jöns Jönsson, Asmund's father. He died 20 Mar 1768, at age 83 = born '''about 1685'''. | Searches in the death records of Barsebäck parish continued, looking for Jöns Jönsson, Asmund's father. He died 20 Mar 1768, at age 83 = born '''about 1685'''. | ||
Unfortunately, a new minister had moved into Barsebäck parish by that time, and birth places were no longer being listed in the death records. The presumption had to be made at that point that Jöns Jönsson had at least resided in the area of Västra Karaby parish for a short while in order to have met his wife Elena, even if he wasn't born there. | Unfortunately, a new minister had moved into Barsebäck parish by that time, and birth places were no longer being listed in the death records. The presumption had to be made at that point that Jöns Jönsson had at least resided in the area of Västra Karaby parish for a short while in order to have met his wife Elena, even if he wasn't born there. | ||
==== ⇒Second research step - look for the marriage of Jöns Jönsson & Elena Asmundsdotter in her birth parish, Västra Karaby ==== | ==== ⇒Second research step - look for the marriage of Jöns Jönsson & Elena Asmundsdotter in her birth parish, Västra Karaby ==== | ||