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This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:


== Record Finder Table for Sweden ==
Step 1. '''In column 1''', find your goal.
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


== List of Topics ==
Step 2. '''In column 2''', find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
This Record Finder table links to the Sweden topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
 
===Vital Events ===
Step 3. '''In column 3''', find additional records that may be useful.  
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
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| align="left" | Birth date and place
| Age
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Sweden Church Records| Church Records]], [[Sweden Civil Registration|Civil Registration (after 1860)]]  
*[[Sweden Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Sweden Census|Census]]
*[[Sweden Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Sweden Census|Census]]
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| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| Birth date  and birthplace
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Sweden Church Records| Church Records]], [[Sweden Civil Registration|Civil Registration (after 1860)]]
*[[Sweden Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Sweden Census|Census]]
*[[Sweden Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| Boundaries (parish, district, or county)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Sweden Maps|Maps]], [[Historical Maps of Sweden|Historical Maps]]
*[[Sweden Church Records|Church Records]]
| —
*[[Sweden Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Sweden Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*Cemeteries
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Death information
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Sweden Church Records| Church Records]], [[Sweden Civil Registration|Civil Registration (after 1860)]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Sweden Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| Emigration information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Sweden Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
*[[Sweden Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Sweden Societies|Societies]]
*[[Sweden Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| Historical background
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Sweden History|History]]  
*[[Sweden Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Sweden Social Life and Customs|Social Life and Customs]], [[Sweden Societies|Societies]]
*[[Sweden Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Sweden Census|Census]]
*[[Sweden Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Swedish Judicial Records for Family History Research|Court Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| Language helps
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Sweden Language and Languages|Language helps]]
*[[Sweden Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
| —
*[[Sweden Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Living relatives
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Sweden Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Sweden Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| Maiden name
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Sweden Church Records| Church Records]]
*[[Sweden Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| —
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| Marriage information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Sweden Church Records| Church Records]], [[Sweden Civil Registration|Civil Registration (after 1860)]]  
*[[Sweden Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| —
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Sweden Societies|Societies]]
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
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|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Naming customs
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Sweden Names, Personal|Names, Personal]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Sweden Social Life and Customs|Social Life and Customs]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| Noble families
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Sweden Nobility|Nobility]]  
*[[Sweden Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Sweden Biography|Biography]], [[Sweden Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Sweden Heraldry|Heraldry]]
*[[Sweden Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Sweden Census|Census]]
*[[Sweden Probate Records|Probate]]
*[[Sweden Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*Directories
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=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Occupation
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Sweden Church Records| Church Records]], [[Sweden Civil Registration|Civil Registration (after 1860)]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| —
|-
|-
| align="left" | Nobility
| Parents, children, and other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Sweden Church Records| Church Records]], [[Sweden Civil Registration|Civil Registration (after 1860)]]  
*[[Sweden Nobility|Nobility]]  
| [[Sweden Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Swedish Judicial Records for Family History Research|Court Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Sweden Biography|Biography]]
*[[Sweden Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Sweden Heraldry|Heraldry]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Sweden Military Records|Military Records]]  
*[[Sweden Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Sweden Biography|Biography]], [[Sweden Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
*[[Sweden Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Sweden Census|Census]]
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Sweden Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Sweden History|History]]
*[[Sweden Religious Records|Religious Records]]
*[[Sweden Religious Tolerance|Religions]]
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Sweden Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]  
*[[Sweden Social Life and Customs|Social Life & Customs]]
| [[Sweden Maps|Maps]], [[Sweden Encyclopedias and Dictionaries|Encyclopedias and Dictionaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Sweden History|History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| Places of residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Sweden Church Records| Church Records]], [[Sweden Civil Registration|Civil Registration (after 1860)]]
*[[Sweden Military Records|Military records]]
| [[Sweden Census|Census]], [[Sweden Probate Records|Probate]], [[Sweden Land and Property|Land and Property]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
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===Reading the Records===
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|-
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Sweden Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Sweden Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Sweden Societies|Societies]]
*[[Sweden Language and Languages|Languages]]
| [[Sweden History|History]], [[Sweden Biography|Biography]], [[Sweden Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
*[[Latin in Swedish Genealogical Records]]
*[[Swedish Genealogical Word List]]
*[[Sweden: Encyclopedias and Dictionaries|Dictionaries]]
*[[Moveable Feast Day Calendar for: Sweden|Feast Day Calendar (Moveable)]]
*[[Fixed and Moveable Feast Days for: Sweden|Feast Day Lists (Fixed and Moveable)]]
*[[Swedish Parish Register and Household Exam Roll Headings]]
*[[Translation Tools for Swedish Research|Translation Tools]]
|-
|-
| align="left" |Handwriting<br> Online Classes
| Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Sweden Archives and Libraries|Archives & Libraries]]
*[[Sweden Handwriting]]
| —
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL0wFoBaCXs Reading Gothic Handwriting for Swedish Genealogy, Lesson 1] 
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1yNb4BOIec Spelling and Phonetics for Swedish Genealogy, Lesson 2] — Names, dates, and key genealogical words
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBN4XbXosGU Reading Gothic Handwriting for Swedish Genealogy: Put It All Together, Lesson 3]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/scandinavian-handwriting Scandinavian Handwriting]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/scandinavian-handwriting-part-3 Scandinavian Handwriting, part 3] - No part 2 available
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge7vsmb0ngQ  Birth and Christening Records for Swedish Genealogy]
*Instructions, document examples, and translations are given for [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMIUyk19Q5Q '''Reading Swedish Birth and Christening Records 1717'''], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VszQTkluERk '''1752'''], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZgh-3v2Vhw '''1771'''], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcLdSHQjyu0 '''1792'''], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP8xTy-IAPE '''1803'''], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcXgfbDIfpM '''1834'''], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLS0zRxvbss '''1854'''], and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj1bdkhi8ng '''1894'''].
|-
|-
| align="left" | Naming patterns
| Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Sweden Church Records|Church Records]], [[Sweden Religious Records|Religious Records]]
*[[Sweden Naming Customs|Naming Customs]]
| [[Sweden Religious Tolerance|Religions]]
*[[Sweden Social Life and Customs|Social Life & Customs]]
|-
|-
| align="left" |Writing for records
| Social activities
|
| [[Sweden Social Life and Customs|Social Life and Customs]]
|}
| —
 
==Counties==
{|
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|The topic articles listed above give general background, record contents details, and research methods. '''More specific help is available in topic articles for each County, including links to actual records.'''
|}
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*[[Blekinge County, Sweden Genealogy|Blekinge]]
*[[Kopparberg County, Sweden Genealogy|Dalarna]]
*[[Göteborg och Bohus County, Sweden Genealogy|Göteborg och Bohus]]
*[[Gotland County, Sweden Genealogy|Gotland]]
*[[Gävleborg County, Sweden Genealogy|Gävleborg]]
*[[Halland County, Sweden Genealogy|Halland]]
*[[Jämtland County, Sweden Genealogy|Jämtland]]
*[[Jönköping County, Sweden Genealogy|Jönköping]]
*[[Kalmar County, Sweden Genealogy|Kalmar]]
*[[Kopparberg County, Sweden Genealogy|Kopparberg]]
*[[Kristianstad County, Sweden Genealogy|Kristianstad]]
*[[Kronoberg County, Sweden Genealogy|Kronoberg]]
*[[Malmöhus County, Sweden Genealogy|Malmöhus]]
*[[Norrbotten County, Sweden Genealogy|Norrbotten]]
*Skåne: see Kristianstad and Malmöhus
*[[Skaraborg County, Sweden Genealogy|Skaraborg]]
*[[Stockholm County, Sweden Genealogy|Stockholm]]
*[[Södermanland County, Sweden Genealogy|Södermanland]]
*[[Uppsala County, Sweden Genealogy|Uppsala]]
*[[Värmland County, Sweden Genealogy|Värmland]]
*[[Västerbotten County, Sweden Genealogy|Västerbotten]]
*[[Västernorrland County, Sweden Genealogy|Västernorrland]]
*[[Västmanland County, Sweden Genealogy|Västmanland]]
*Västra Götaland: see Göteborg och Bohus, Skaraborg, and Älvsborg
*[[Älvsborg County, Sweden Genealogy|Älvsborg]]
*[[Örebro County, Sweden Genealogy|Örebro]]
*[[Östergötland County, Sweden Genealogy|Östergötland]]
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Revision as of 19:39, 25 September 2020

Sweden Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
Sweden Background
Local Research Resources

This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:

Step 1. In column 1, find your goal.

Step 2. In column 2, find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.

Step 3. In column 3, find additional records that may be useful.

What you are looking for: Try these records first: Other useful records:
Age Church Records, Civil Registration (after 1860) Census
Birth date and birthplace Church Records, Civil Registration (after 1860) Census
Boundaries (parish, district, or county) Maps, Historical Maps —
Death information Church Records, Civil Registration (after 1860) Probate Records
Emigration information Emigration and Immigration Societies
Historical background History Social Life and Customs, Societies
Language helps Language helps —
Living relatives Genealogies Biography
Maiden name Church Records —
Marriage information Church Records, Civil Registration (after 1860) —
Naming customs Names, Personal Social Life and Customs
Noble families Nobility Biography, Periodicals, Heraldry
Occupation Church Records, Civil Registration (after 1860) —
Parents, children, and other family members Church Records, Civil Registration (after 1860) Probate Records, Court Records
Physical description Military Records Biography, Genealogy
Place-finding aids Gazetteers Maps, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Places of residence Church Records, Civil Registration (after 1860) Census, Probate, Land and Property
Previous research (compiled genealogy) Genealogy, Periodicals, Societies History, Biography, Archives and Libraries
Record-finding aids Archives & Libraries —
Religion Church Records, Religious Records Religions
Social activities Social Life and Customs —
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