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As you do your Swedish family history research, sometimes you will see a letter associated to a county. In Sweden these letters are called Länsbokstav which is literally translated as “county letter”. The system of assigning a unique letter (or letters) to every county began with automobile registration in 1916 and continued up until 1973. Read more at: [[Swedish County Letters|Swedish County Letters]] <br>See '''previous''' featured articles at: [[Sweden: Previous Featured Articles|Sweden: Previous Featured Articles]] <br> | As you do your Swedish family history research, sometimes you will see a letter associated to a county. In Sweden these letters are called Länsbokstav which is literally translated as “county letter”. The system of assigning a unique letter (or letters) to every county began with automobile registration in 1916 and continued up until 1973. Read more at: [[Swedish County Letters|Swedish County Letters]] <br>See '''previous''' featured articles at: [[Sweden: Previous Featured Articles|Sweden: Previous Featured Articles]] <br> | ||
== What are you looking for? == | |||
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1. [[Finding Birth Information for Swedish Family History Research|Birth Information]] | |||
2. [[Finding Engagement and Marriage Information for Swedish Family History Research|Marriage Information]] | |||
3. [[Finding Death and Burial Information for Swedish Family History Research|Death Information]] | |||
4. [[Finding Records that show Family Structure for Swedish Family History Research|Records showing Family Structure]] | |||
5. [[Finding Migration Information for Swedish Family History Research|Records of Moving and Migration]] | |||
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6. [[Finding a Place of Origin in Sweden|A Place of Origin in Sweden]] | |||
7. People in Major Cities | |||
8. Information about soldiers or sailors | |||
9. Historical Maps | |||
10. Databases that might help<br> | |||
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== Jurisdictions and Records == | |||
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[[Swedish Civil Jurisdictions for Family History Research|Civil Jurisdictions ]] [[Swedish Judicial Jurisdictions for Family History Research|Judicial Jurisdictions]] [[Swedish Military Jurisdictions for Family History Research|Military Jurisdictions]] [[Swedish Church Jurisdictions for Family History Research|Church Jurisdictions]] <br> | |||
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[[Swedish Civil Records for Family History Research|Civil Records]] [[Swedish Judicial Records for Family History Research|Judicial Records]] [[Swedish Army Records for Family History Research| Army]] / [[Swedish Naval Records for Family History Research|Naval]] Records [[Swedish Church Records for Family History Research|Church Records]]<br> | |||
== To County and Parish Pages == | |||
{{Counties and Provinces of Sweden}} | {{Counties and Provinces of Sweden}} | ||
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*Listing of all [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1&countryId=1927041 records collections for Sweden] on FamilySearch.org | *Listing of all [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1&countryId=1927041 records collections for Sweden] on FamilySearch.org | ||
*[[Sweden: Abbreviations in Family History Sources|Abbreviations in Family History Sources]] | *[[Sweden: Abbreviations in Family History Sources|Abbreviations in Family History Sources]] | ||
*[[Sweden: Encyclopedias and Dictionaries|Dictionaries]] | *[[Sweden: Encyclopedias and Dictionaries|Dictionaries]] | ||
Revision as of 19:43, 9 July 2012
Getting started with Sweden research[edit | edit source]
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Featured Content[edit | edit source]
As you do your Swedish family history research, sometimes you will see a letter associated to a county. In Sweden these letters are called Länsbokstav which is literally translated as “county letter”. The system of assigning a unique letter (or letters) to every county began with automobile registration in 1916 and continued up until 1973. Read more at: Swedish County Letters
See previous featured articles at: Sweden: Previous Featured Articles
What are you looking for? [edit | edit source]
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6. A Place of Origin in Sweden
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Jurisdictions and Records [edit | edit source]
Civil Jurisdictions Judicial Jurisdictions Military Jurisdictions Church Jurisdictions
Civil Records Judicial Records Army / Naval Records Church Records
To County and Parish Pages[edit | edit source]
Template:Counties and Provinces of Sweden
To learn more about other jurisdictions in Sweden see Sweden: Jurisdictions
Research Tools[edit | edit source]
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