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== Record Finder Table for Sweden ==
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 ==
This Record Finder table links to the Sweden topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
===Vital Events ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Sweden Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Sweden Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Sweden Census|Census]]
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Sweden Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Sweden Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[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===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Sweden Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Sweden Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Sweden Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[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
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Sweden Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Sweden Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[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
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Sweden Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Sweden Societies|Societies]]
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Sweden Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[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
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Nobility
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Sweden Nobility|Nobility]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Sweden Biography|Biography]]
*[[Sweden Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Sweden Heraldry|Heraldry]]
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Sweden Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[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
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Sweden Social Life and Customs|Social Life & Customs]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Sweden History|History]]
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Sweden Military Records|Military records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|}
 
===Reading the Records===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
 
|-
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Sweden Language and Languages|Languages]]
*[[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
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[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
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Sweden Naming Customs|Naming Customs]]
*[[Sweden Social Life and Customs|Social Life & Customs]]
|-
| align="left" |Writing for records
|
|}
 
==Counties==
{|
|[[File:Dark_thin_font_green_pin_Version_4.png]]
|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.'''
|}
 
{{columns-list|3|
*[[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]]
}}
 
 
[[Category:Sweden Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record_Finder]]

Latest revision as of 17:04, 29 February 2024


Sweden Wiki Topics
Flag of Sweden
Sweden Beginning Research
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Sweden Background
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Record Finder Table for Sweden[edit | edit source]

The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.

Order of Records[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

This Record Finder table links to the Sweden topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.

Vital Events[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Birth date and place
Marriage place and date
Death date, place, and burial

Maiden Names and Family Members[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Maiden name
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
Living relatives

Immigration and Country of Origin[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Immigration date
Country and town of origin

Residences and Locations[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Residence

Personal Details and Affiliations[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Nobility
Occupation
Religion
Social activities
Physical description

Reading the Records[edit | edit source]

Vocabulary
Handwriting
Online Classes
Naming patterns
Writing for records

Counties[edit | edit source]

Dark thin font green pin Version 4.png 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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