Disbyt Database: Difference between revisions

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Genealogists in Sweden have submitted family trees to an online collaborative database called DISBYT. This database was created by the DIS (Föreningen för Datorhjälp I Släktforskningen) society and contains over 38 million entries of individuals who lived in Sweden before 1905. Source information to SVAR, and Genline is included where possible as well as 500,000 records from SVAR’s birth record database.

This site may be viewed in English, Swedish, German and Finnish.

Content

First and last name
Parish
District
Year of event-birth, marriage, death
Submitter information
Spouse, parents, children

Internet address

http://www.dis.se

Using the site

Click Disbyt - hitta dina anor
Click on Sök i DISBYT (Search)
Click on Sök i DISBYT again (on the far left)
Enter in your ancestor’s information and then click Sök (Search)
Enter your User Name, and Password and click Log In
Look for possible hits as individuals or as a family

Cost

You must be a member of DIS to search Disbyt. There is a $25.00 yearly fee to access Disbyt. With the membership, you can upload your gedcom and have it compared to others already submitted.

Tips

There are instructions explaining each screen.
You can upload your database and they will email you back a list of everyone that matches your database and the likelihood of them being the same individuals.
Searches can be narrowed down by parish and time period.

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-Back to [[Portal:Sweden|Sweden Portal Page]]►
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+| link1=[[Sweden Genealogy|Sweden]]
+| link2=[[DIS Genealogical Society of Sweden|DIS Genealogical Society of Sweden]]
+| link3=
+| link4=
+| link5=[[Disbyt Database|Disbyt Database]]
+}}
-Genealogists in Sweden have submitted family trees to an online database called DISBYT. This database contains 20.4 million indivuals who lived in Sweden before 1905. Source information to SVAR, and Genline is included where possible as well as 500,000 records from SVAR’s birth record database.
+Genealogists in Sweden have submitted family trees to an online collaborative database called DISBYT. This database was created by the DIS (Föreningen för '''D'''atorhjälp '''I''' '''S'''läktforskningen) society and contains over 38 million entries of individuals who lived in Sweden before 1905. Source information to SVAR, and Genline is included where possible as well as 500,000 records from SVAR’s birth record database.
 This site may be viewed in English, Swedish, German and Finnish.
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 *http://www.dis.se
-or do a [http://www.google.com Google] search for '''computer genealogy society of Sweden'''
+<br>
 == Using the site  ==
-#Click on the flag on the left side of the screen for the language you want.
+#Click '''Disbyt - hitta dina anor'''
-#Click '''DISBYT-database'''.
+#Click on '''Sök i DISBYT''' (Search)
-#Click '''Search'''.
+#Click on '''Sök i DISBYT''' again (on the far left)
-#Enter in your ancestor’s information and click '''Search'''.
+#Enter in your ancestor’s information and then click '''Sök''' (Search)
-#Possible pedigrees will come up on the next screen.
+#Enter your User Name, and Password and click Log In
+#Look for possible hits as individuals or as a family
 == Cost  ==
-Free for looking at individual information only. There is a $18.00 yearly fee for viewing whole families and moving from one generation to another. With the membership, you can upload your gedcom and have it compared to others already submitted.
+You must be a member of DIS to search Disbyt. There is a $25.00 yearly fee to access Disbyt. With the membership, you can upload your gedcom and have it compared to others already submitted.
 == Tips  ==
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 *Searches can be narrowed down by parish and time period.
-[[Category:Swedish Research Databases]]
+[[Category:Swedish_Research_Databases]]