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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

Searching for:	Best Records to Search:	Alternative Records:
Birth date and place	Church Records Civil Registration	Census
Marriage place and date	Church Records Civil Registration
Death date, place, and burial	Church Records Civil Registration	Probate Records Cemeteries

Maiden Names and Family Members

Searching for:	Best Records to Search:	Alternative Records:
Maiden name	Church Records Civil Registration
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members	Church Records Civil Registration	Census Probate Records Court Records
Living relatives	Genealogies Directories

Immigration and Country of Origin

Searching for:	Best Records to Search:	Alternative Records:
Immigration date	Emigration and Immigration See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
Country and town of origin	Emigration and Immigration	Societies

Residences and Locations

Searching for:	Best Records to Search:	Alternative Records:
Residence	Church Records Civil Registration	Census Probate Land and Property Directories

Personal Details and Affiliations

Searching for:	Best Records to Search:	Alternative Records:
Nobility	Nobility	Biography Periodicals Heraldry
Occupation	Church Records Civil Registration	Census
Religion	Church Records	History Religious Records Religions
Social activities	Social Life & Customs	History
Physical description	Military records

Reading the Records

Vocabulary	Languages Latin in Swedish Genealogical Records Swedish Genealogical Word List Dictionaries Feast Day Calendar (Moveable) Feast Day Lists (Fixed and Moveable) Swedish Parish Register and Household Exam Roll Headings Translation Tools
Handwriting Online Classes	Sweden Handwriting Reading Gothic Handwriting for Swedish Genealogy, Lesson 1 Spelling and Phonetics for Swedish Genealogy, Lesson 2 — Names, dates, and key genealogical words Reading Gothic Handwriting for Swedish Genealogy: Put It All Together, Lesson 3 Scandinavian Handwriting Scandinavian Handwriting, part 3 - No part 2 available Birth and Christening Records for Swedish Genealogy Instructions, document examples, and translations are given for Reading Swedish Birth and Christening Records 1717, 1752, 1771, 1792, 1803, 1834, 1854, and 1894.
Naming patterns	Naming Customs Social Life & Customs
Writing for records

Counties

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.

Blekinge
Dalarna
Göteborg och Bohus
Gotland
Gävleborg
Halland
Jämtland
Jönköping
Kalmar
Kopparberg
Kristianstad
Kronoberg
Malmöhus
Norrbotten
Skåne: see Kristianstad and Malmöhus
Skaraborg
Stockholm
Södermanland
Uppsala
Värmland
Västerbotten
Västernorrland
Västmanland
Västra Götaland: see Göteborg och Bohus, Skaraborg, and Älvsborg
Älvsborg
Örebro
Östergötland

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-== Record Finder Table for France ==
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 The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
 === Order of Records ===
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 == List of Topics ==
-This Record Finder table links to the France topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
+This Record Finder table links to the Sweden topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
 ===Vital Events ===
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 | align="left" | Birth date and place
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Sweden Church Records|Church Records]]
-*[[France Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+*[[Sweden Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
+*[[Sweden Census|Census]]
 |-
 | align="left" | Marriage place and date
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Sweden Church Records|Church Records]]
-*[[France Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+*[[Sweden Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 |-
 | align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Sweden Church Records|Church Records]]
-*[[France Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+*[[Sweden Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[France Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
+*[[Sweden Probate Records|Probate Records]]
+*Cemeteries
 |-
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 | align="left" | Maiden name
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-*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Sweden Church Records|Church Records]]
-*[[France Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+*[[Sweden Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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 | align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Sweden Church Records|Church Records]]
-*[[France Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+*[[Sweden Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[France Census|Census]]
+*[[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;"|
-*[[France Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
+*[[Sweden Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
-*[[France Directories|Directories]]
+*[[Sweden Directories|Directories]]
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 | align="left" | Immigration date
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-*[[France Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[Sweden Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
 *See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
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 | align="left" | Country and town of origin
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[France Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[Sweden Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
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+*[[Sweden Societies|Societies]]
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 | align="left" | Residence
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Sweden Church Records|Church Records]]
-*[[France Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+*[[Sweden Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[France Census|Census]]
+*[[Sweden Census|Census]]
+*[[Sweden Probate Records|Probate]]
+*[[Sweden Land and Property|Land and Property]]
 *Directories
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 | align="left" | Nobility
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-*Nobility
+*[[Sweden Nobility|Nobility]]
-*Heraldry
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
+*[[Sweden Biography|Biography]]
+*[[Sweden Periodicals|Periodicals]]
+*[[Sweden Heraldry|Heraldry]]
 |-
 | align="left" | Occupation
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Sweden Church Records|Church Records]]
-*[[France Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+*[[Sweden Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[France Census|Census]]
+*[[Sweden Census|Census]]
 |-
 | align="left" | Religion
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Sweden Church Records|Church Records]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[France History|History]]
+*[[Sweden History|History]]
+*[[Sweden Religious Records|Religious Records]]
+*[[Sweden Religious Tolerance|Religions]]
 |-
 | align="left" | Social activities
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*Social Life and Customs
+*[[Sweden Social Life and Customs|Social Life & Customs]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[France History|History]]
+*[[Sweden History|History]]
 |-
 | align="left" | Physical description
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[France Military Records|Military records]]
+*[[Sweden Military Records|Military records]]
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 | 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;"|
-*Names, personal
+*[[Sweden Naming Customs|Naming Customs]]
-|-
+*[[Sweden Social Life and Customs|Social Life & Customs]]
-| align="left" |Online classes
-| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 |-
 | align="left" |Writing for records
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-==Jurisdictions==
+==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 jurisdiction, including links to actual records.'''
+|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|
-| Birth date  and birthplace
+*[[Blekinge County, Sweden Genealogy|Blekinge]]
-| [[Sweden Church Records| Church Records]], [[Sweden Civil Registration|Civil Registration (after 1860)]]
+*[[Kopparberg County, Sweden Genealogy|Dalarna]]
-| [[Sweden Census|Census]]
+*[[Göteborg och Bohus County, Sweden Genealogy|Göteborg och Bohus]]
-| —
+*[[Gotland County, Sweden Genealogy|Gotland]]
-|-
+*[[Gävleborg County, Sweden Genealogy|Gävleborg]]
-| Death information
+*[[Halland County, Sweden Genealogy|Halland]]
-| [[Sweden Church Records| Church Records]], [[Sweden Civil Registration|Civil Registration (after 1860)]]
+*[[Jämtland County, Sweden Genealogy|Jämtland]]
-| [[Sweden Probate Records|Probate Records]]
+*[[Jönköping County, Sweden Genealogy|Jönköping]]
-|-
+*[[Kalmar County, Sweden Genealogy|Kalmar]]
-| Emigration information
+*[[Kopparberg County, Sweden Genealogy|Kopparberg]]
-| [[Sweden Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[Kristianstad County, Sweden Genealogy|Kristianstad]]
-| [[Sweden Societies|Societies]]
+*[[Kronoberg County, Sweden Genealogy|Kronoberg]]
-|-
+*[[Malmöhus County, Sweden Genealogy|Malmöhus]]
-| Language helps
+*[[Norrbotten County, Sweden Genealogy|Norrbotten]]
-| [[Sweden Language and Languages|Language helps]]
+*Skåne: see Kristianstad and Malmöhus
-| —
+*[[Skaraborg County, Sweden Genealogy|Skaraborg]]
-|-
+*[[Stockholm County, Sweden Genealogy|Stockholm]]
-| Living relatives
+*[[Södermanland County, Sweden Genealogy|Södermanland]]
-| [[Sweden Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
+*[[Uppsala County, Sweden Genealogy|Uppsala]]
-| [[Sweden Biography|Biography]]
+*[[Värmland County, Sweden Genealogy|Värmland]]
-|-
+*[[Västerbotten County, Sweden Genealogy|Västerbotten]]
-| Maiden name
+*[[Västernorrland County, Sweden Genealogy|Västernorrland]]
-| [[Sweden Church Records| Church Records]]
+*[[Västmanland County, Sweden Genealogy|Västmanland]]
-| —
+*Västra Götaland: see Göteborg och Bohus, Skaraborg, and Älvsborg
-|-
+*[[Älvsborg County, Sweden Genealogy|Älvsborg]]
-| Marriage information
+*[[Örebro County, Sweden Genealogy|Örebro]]
-| [[Sweden Church Records| Church Records]], [[Sweden Civil Registration|Civil Registration (after 1860)]]
+*[[Östergötland County, Sweden Genealogy|Östergötland]]
-| —
+}}
-|-
-| Naming customs
-| [[Sweden Names, Personal|Names, Personal]]
-| [[Sweden Social Life and Customs|Social Life and Customs]]
-|-
-| Noble families
-| [[Sweden Nobility|Nobility]]
-| [[Sweden Biography|Biography]], [[Sweden Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Sweden Heraldry|Heraldry]]
-|-
-| Occupation
-| [[Sweden Church Records| Church Records]], [[Sweden Civil Registration|Civil Registration (after 1860)]]
-| —
-|-
-| Parents, children, and other family members
-| [[Sweden Church Records| Church Records]], [[Sweden Civil Registration|Civil Registration (after 1860)]]
-| [[Sweden Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Swedish Judicial Records for Family History Research|Court Records]]
-|-
-| Physical description
-| [[Sweden Military Records|Military Records]]
-| [[Sweden Biography|Biography]], [[Sweden Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
-|-
-| Places of residence
-| [[Sweden Church Records| Church Records]], [[Sweden Civil Registration|Civil Registration (after 1860)]]
-| [[Sweden Census|Census]], [[Sweden Probate Records|Probate]], [[Sweden Land and Property|Land and Property]]
-|-
-| Religion
-| [[Sweden Church Records|Church Records]], [[Sweden Religious Records|Religious Records]]
-| [[Sweden Religious Tolerance|Religions]]
-|-
-| Social activities
-| [[Sweden Social Life and Customs|Social Life and Customs]]
-| —
-|}
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