Beyond Parish Registers:A Case Study: Difference between revisions

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The 1660 list shows the taxables living at Henckelstorp are Jöns Thorsen, his wife, and a female farmhand, and in another household, Tor Andersen and wife.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  

In 1662 Jöns Toereson and wife, and Torre Andersön and wife show up again at Henkelstorp.  

'''''Bless the tax man of 1663!'''''&nbsp; Here he lists Jôns Torson, and wife ''Elena,'' and Tor Andersön and wife ''Hanna''.&nbsp; Besides obtaining the probable name for&nbsp;either Jöns' and/or&nbsp;Asmund's mother, the information also&nbsp;tells us&nbsp;Jöns Torson&nbsp;was married at least twice, since his wife in the 1700 tax list was named&nbsp;''Gertru''.&nbsp;  

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The 1666 and 1668 lists were so&nbsp;faint, no names could be read - there was just a line here, a blob of ink there.&nbsp;That does happen sometimes, considering these records are over 300 years old.&nbsp;Perhaps in the originals more could be read.  

Note:&nbsp; Original images of church, probate, and some tax&nbsp;records are being put online at SVAR.  

Jôns Torson and wife (1 1&nbsp; _ _ _) appear in the extant 1670, 1671, 1672, and 1675 lists - still residing at Henckelstorp.&nbsp; In 1672, a possible brother of&nbsp;Jôns and Asmund appears i.e.&nbsp;a Måns Thorson and wife, also&nbsp;listed at Henckelstorp.&nbsp; They did not&nbsp;appear before that, and they never appear after.&nbsp; That shows again why <u>'''''it is so very important''''' once you have begun a&nbsp;tax list search, to search every extant year, and a&nbsp;wide time frame.</u>  

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