WikiProject: Swedish Place Names: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 12:36, 17 June 2022

Goal

The Swedish Place Names WikiProject is focused on building great "place name lists" on every Swedish parish page in the FamilySearch Wiki (2,922 pages as of March 2011.)

Purpose

Too often we see place names written in a Swedish record that we can't interpret. This might be due to a older style of handwriting, bleeding text, or damage to a record. Yet figuring out a place name is vital to documentation and strategy. Although there are multiple databases of Swedish place names, most of them are on C.d. that a person has to purchase (See Swedish Gazetteers.) The purpose of the Swedish Place Names WikiProject is to create a similar resource readily available and for free through the FamilySearch Wiki.

Participation with this WikiProject

Anyone can help with the writing of place name on the parish pages. The Swedish User Group is working through the counties systematically. Participants help by looking up a household examination index from about 1840 (through SVAR, Genline (now available through Ancestry.com), Arkiv Digital, or from microfilm) and then type the names of the places onto the parish page in the FamilySearch Wiki. To see a good example of a well developed place list on a parish page see: Fridlevstad, or Björnlunda parish, Sweden

Steps

1. Sign into the FamilySearch Wiki

2. Go to the parish page you want to work on.
This can be done by browsing through the county click-able map on the Sweden Portal Page to the county, and then the parish. Or a person can type the name of the parish in the search field and click on the magnifying glass.

3. Once you are on the parish page, click on the little edit box symbol (looks like a little box with a pencil in it) to the side of the words Place names.

4. Place your pointer on the blank space under the words Place Names and click once. If you are signed in you will see a blinking cursor appear.

5. Type the place names in alphabetical order with a comma between each one. Spell the place names exactly as you see them in the place index. Use your best judgement when there is some redundancy. Write them in correct Swedish alphabetical order, using the correct Swedish letters of Å, Ä, and Ö. To learn more about the alphabetical order and how to type in these letters see the article Sweden: Type the letters Å, Ä, and Ö.

6. Scroll down to the References section and add your source citation. We are doing this by typing in the name of the parish, the word Husförhörslängd with the span of years that you used as your source, followed by the word Ortregister. For example: Björnlunda, Husförhörslängd 1846-1850, Ortregister. If there was no ortregister and you created the list by typing the names at the top of each page in the Husförhör, then leave the word Ortregister off.

7. Click "Save Page" when you are done.

Tips

Once you click on "Edit" a timer begins a count down of about 20 minutes. If the count down times out before you click "Save Page" you will loose your work. To avoid loosing your work:

- Click "Save Page" occasionally

- Copy your work to the clipboard before saving

- Work offline in a program like Word and then paste it into the parish page.

Participating Swedish User Group Members

Project Leaders: LarsonW and MorrisGF

DuboisM

HaslamA

Helene23

LarsonW

MorrisGF

MorrisUB

Jenqw

Progress Chart

Counties	Participants	Status of Completion
Blekinge	LarsonW	Complete
Gotland	DuboisM	Complete
Gävleborg	DuboisM	Complete
Göteborg och Bohus	LarsonW	Complete
Halland	MorrisUB	In Progress
Jämtland	DuboisM, HaslamA	Complete
Jönköping	DuboisM	Complete
Kalmar	LarsonW, Helene23	Complete
Kopparberg	DuboisM	Complete
Kristianstad	MorrisUB	Complete
Kronoberg	DuboisM	In Progress
Malmöhus	MorrisUB	Complete
Norrbotten	DuboisM	Complete
Skaraborg	LarsonW	Complete
Stockholm	DuboisM, MorrisGF	Complete
Södermanland	LarsonW	Complete
Uppsala	LarsonW, MorrisGF	Complete
Värmland	HaslamA	Complete
Västerbotten	DuboisM	Complete
Västernorrland	MorrisUB	Complete
Västmanland	LarsonW	Complete
Älvsborg	HaslamA	Complete
Örebro	ChristensenCJ, LarsonW	Complete
Östergötland	MorrisGF, LarsonW	In Progress

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 === Participation with this WikiProject  ===
-Anyone can help with the writing of place name on the parish pages. The Swedish User Group is working through the counties systematically. Participants help by looking up a household examination index from about 1840 (through [http://www.svar.ra.se/ SVAR], [http://www.genline.com/ Genline]&nbsp;(now available through [http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com]), [http://www.arkivdigital.se/ Arkiv Digital], or from microfilm) and then type the names of the places onto the parish page in the FamilySearch Wiki. To see a good example of a well developed place list on a parish page see: [[Fridlevstad parish, Sweden|Fridlevstad]], or&nbsp;[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Bj%C3%B6rnlunda_parish,_Sweden Björnlunda parish, Sweden].<br>
+Anyone can help with the writing of place name on the parish pages. The Swedish User Group is working through the counties systematically. Participants help by looking up a household examination index from about 1840 (through [https://riksarkivet.se/ SVAR], [http://www.genline.com/ Genline]&nbsp;(now available through [http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com]), [http://www.arkivdigital.se/ Arkiv Digital], or from microfilm) and then type the names of the places onto the parish page in the FamilySearch Wiki. To see a good example of a well developed place list on a parish page see: [[Fridlevstad parish, Sweden Genealogy|Fridlevstad]], or&nbsp;[[Björnlunda parish, Sweden]]<br>
 === Steps  ===
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 ! Status of Completion<br>
 |-
-| [[Blekinge County, Sweden|Blekinge]]<br>
+| [[Blekinge County, Sweden Genealogy|Blekinge]]<br>
 | [[User:LarsonW|LarsonW]]<br>
 | Complete
 |-
-| [[Gotland County, Sweden|Gotland]]<br>
+| [[Gotland County, Sweden Genealogy|Gotland]]<br>
 | [[User:DuboisM|DuboisM]]
 | Complete
 |-
-| [[Gävleborg County, Sweden|Gävleborg]]<br>
+| [[Gävleborg County, Sweden Genealogy|Gävleborg]]<br>
 | [[User:DuboisM|DuboisM]]
 | Complete
 |-
-| [[Göteborg och Bohus County, Sweden|Göteborg och Bohus]]<br>
+| [[Göteborg och Bohus County, Sweden Genealogy|Göteborg och Bohus]]<br>
-|
+| [[User:LarsonW|LarsonW]]<br>
-|
+| Complete
 |-
-| [[Halland County, Sweden|Halland]]<br>
+| [[Halland County, Sweden Genealogy|Halland]]<br>
 | [[User:MorrisUB|MorrisUB]] <br>
 | In Progress
 |-
-| [[Jämtland County, Sweden|Jämtland]]<br>
+| [[Jämtland County, Sweden Genealogy|Jämtland]]<br>
 | [[User:DuboisM|DuboisM]], [[User:HaslamA|HaslamA]]
 | Complete
 |-
-| [[Jönköping County, Sweden|Jönköping]]<br>
+| [[Jönköping County, Sweden Genealogy|Jönköping]]<br>
 | [[User:DuboisM|DuboisM]]
 | Complete
 |-
-| [[Kalmar County, Sweden|Kalmar]]<br>
+| [[Kalmar County, Sweden Genealogy|Kalmar]]<br>
 | [[User:LarsonW|LarsonW]], Helene23
 | Complete
 |-
-| [[Kopparberg County, Sweden|Kopparberg]]<br>
+| [[Kopparberg County, Sweden Genealogy|Kopparberg]]<br>
 | [[User:DuboisM|DuboisM]]
 | Complete<br>
 |-
-| [[Kristianstad County, Sweden|Kristianstad]]<br>
+| [[Kristianstad County, Sweden Genealogy|Kristianstad]]<br>
 | [[User:MorrisUB|MorrisUB]]
 | Complete<br>
 |-
-| [[Kronoberg County, Sweden|Kronoberg]]<br>
+| [[Kronoberg County, Sweden Genealogy|Kronoberg]]<br>
 | [[User:DuboisM|DuboisM]]
 | In Progress<br>
 |-
-| [[Malmöhus County, Sweden|Malmöhus]]<br>
+| [[Malmöhus County, Sweden Genealogy|Malmöhus]]<br>
 | [[User:MorrisUB|MorrisUB]]
 | Complete<br>
 |-
-| [[Norrbotten County, Sweden|Norrbotten]]<br>
+| [[Norrbotten County, Sweden Genealogy|Norrbotten]]<br>
 | [[User:DuboisM|DuboisM]]
 | Complete
 |-
-| [[Skaraborg County, Sweden|Skaraborg]]<br>
+| [[Skaraborg County, Sweden Genealogy|Skaraborg]]<br>
 | [[User:LarsonW|LarsonW]]
 | Complete
 |-
-| [[Stockholm County, Sweden|Stockholm]]<br>
+| [[Stockholm County, Sweden Genealogy|Stockholm]]<br>
 | [[User:DuboisM|DuboisM]], [[User:MorrisGF|MorrisGF]]
-| In Progress<br>
+| Complete
 |-
-| [[Södermanland County, Sweden|Södermanland]]<br>
+| [[Södermanland County, Sweden Genealogy|Södermanland]]<br>
 | [[User:LarsonW|LarsonW]]
 | Complete<br>
 |-
-| [[Uppsala County, Sweden|Uppsala]]<br>
+| [[Uppsala County, Sweden Genealogy|Uppsala]]<br>
 | [[User:LarsonW|LarsonW]], [[User:MorrisGF|MorrisGF]]
 | Complete<br>
 |-
-| [[Värmland County, Sweden|Värmland]]<br>
+| [[Värmland County, Sweden Genealogy|Värmland]]<br>
 | [[User:HaslamA|HaslamA]]
 | Complete<br>
 |-
-| [[Västerbotten County, Sweden|Västerbotten]]<br>
+| [[Västerbotten County, Sweden Genealogy|Västerbotten]]<br>
 | [[User:DuboisM|DuboisM]]
 | Complete
 |-
-| [[Västernorrland County, Sweden|Västernorrland]]<br>
+| [[Västernorrland County, Sweden Genealogy|Västernorrland]]<br>
 | [[User:MorrisUB|MorrisUB]]
 | Complete<br>
 |-
-| [[Västmanland County, Sweden|Västmanland]]<br>
+| [[Västmanland County, Sweden Genealogy|Västmanland]]<br>
 | [[User:LarsonW|LarsonW]]<br>
 | Complete<br>
 |-
-| [[Älvsborg County, Sweden|Älvsborg]]<br>
+| [[Älvsborg County, Sweden Genealogy|Älvsborg]]<br>
 | [[User:HaslamA|HaslamA]]
 | Complete
 |-
-| [[Örebro County, Sweden|Örebro]]<br>
+| [[Örebro County, Sweden Genealogy|Örebro]]<br>
 | [[User:ChristensenCJ|ChristensenCJ]], [[User:LarsonW|LarsonW]]
 | Complete
 |-
-| [[Östergötland County, Sweden|Östergötland]]<br>
+| [[Östergötland County, Sweden Genealogy|Östergötland]]<br>
-|
+| [[User:MorrisGF|MorrisGF]], [[User:LarsonW|LarsonW]]
-|
+| In Progress
 |}
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