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 Please see also:&nbsp;How to [[Sweden How to obtain a Personal Registration File|obtain a Personal&nbsp;Registration&nbsp;File]].
-===Indexes to Stockholm City Population Registration<br>[''Register till Rotemanslängder'']===
+=== Stockholm City Population Registration Index ===
-Research use: The index provides a quick response to the question whether or not a particular family resided in Stockholm. These indexes, with the extracted information, are a key linking tool and often the only source of vital statistics in an area of great population mobility.
+By 1860 the population of the city of Stockholm had become too large for the church to administer taxation through the clerical survey (''husförhörslängder''). The city taxing authorities responsible for the tax assessment lists were directed to maintain a register of the entire population of Stockholm similar in scope to the clerical survey. The city was divided into 16 wards, each containing approximately 10,000 individuals. In 1926 when the system was discontinued the number of wards had increased to 36. Each ward (''rote'') was managed by a clerk or ward official (''roteman''), who kept track of each residence in his ward and its inhabitants in ledgers, regularly updating the population register.
-Record type: Indexes (including extracts of key information) of population registers. By 1860 the population of the city of Stockholm had become too complex for the church to administer through the Clerical Survey [Husförhörslängd] (see section 4.1.). The city taxing authorities responsible for the tax assessment lists (see section 4.4.) were directed to maintain a register of the entire population of Stockholm similar in scope to the clerical survey. The city was divided into 16 wards, each containing approximately 10,000 individuals. In 1926 when the system was discontinued the number of wards had increased to 36. Each ward (rote) was managed by a clerk or ward official [roteman], who kept track of each residence in his ward and its inhabitants in ledgers, regularly updating the population register. In these ledgers he recorded each person moving in and out of the property, with data on name, occupational title, birth date, birthplace, place moved from (and moved to) and also supplementary information regarding education, military service, medical care, poor relief and criminality among other things. Individuals were also normally recorded together with the household in which they were living, which in many cases makes it possible for a researcher to reconstruct households. The data on movements also makes it possible to track individuals and the way they moved from address to address in the city. The death certificates from the same period as the Roteman System are also registered. By linking the information on entries/persons in the Roteman System and the causes of death in the death certificates, the deaths can be analyzed in a social, demographic or geographical context. The actual population registers [Rotemanslängder] are restricted, but the Stockholm City Archive is extracting information from the registers and computerizing it. The resulting index is being offered to the Family History Department.
+In these ledgers he recorded each person moving in and out of the property, with data on name, occupational title, birth date, birthplace, place moved from (and moved to) and also supplementary information regarding education, military service, medical care, poor relief and criminality among other things. Individuals were also normally recorded together with the household in which they were living, which in many cases makes it possible for a researcher to reconstruct households. The data on movements also makes it possible to track individuals and the way they moved from address to address in the city. The death certificates from the same period as the Roteman System are also registered.
-Time period: 1878 to 1926.
+The index is grouped in sets corresponding to the established parishes of Stockholm, names are listed alphabetically by year regardless of the district in which a person lived; names, year of birth, and references to population register are given. They record all inhabitants with names, ages, places of origin, and the addresses where they relocated from and to. Records are in the custody of Stockholm City Archives in the collection called the ''Rotemansarkivet''. Additional information can be found on the Stockholm City Archive page [https://sok.stadsarkivet.stockholm.se/?template=view_post&id=4245 Rotemansarkivet].
-Contents: In sets corresponding to the established parishes of Stockholm, names are listed alphabetically by year regardless of the district in which a person lived; names, year of birth, and references to population register are given. They record all inhabitants with names, ages, places of origin, and the addresses where they relocated from and to.
-Location: Stockholm City Archives in the section called the “Roteman archives.”
-Population coverage: 99% of Stockholm City.
-Reliability: Very good.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Sweden,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-1998.</ref>
 === References  ===