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=== Finding the Emigrant's Parish of Origin === | === Finding the Emigrant's Parish of Origin === | ||
Once you have traced your family back to the ancestor who immigrated, you must determine the parish he or she came from. Sweden has no nationwide index to birth, marriage, or death records. These records were kept locally. You might learn the parish of origin by talking to family members. They may know the parish or have documents that name it, such as: | |||
Once you have traced your family back to the ancestor who immigrated, you must determine the parish he or she came from. | *Birth, marriage, and death certificates | ||
*Obituaries | |||
Sweden has no nationwide index to birth, marriage, or death records. These records were kept locally. You might learn the parish of origin by talking to family members. They may know the parish or have documents that name it, such as: | *Journals | ||
*Photographs | |||
*Birth, marriage, and death certificates | *Letters | ||
*Obituaries | *Family Bibles | ||
*Journals | *Church certificates of moving | ||
*Photographs | *Naturalization applications and petitions | ||
*Letters | *Passenger lists | ||
*Family Bibles | *Passports | ||
*Church certificates of moving | *Family heirlooms | ||
*Naturalization applications and petitions | |||
*Passenger lists | |||
*Passports | |||
*Family heirlooms | |||
=== Passenger Lists === | === Passenger Lists === | ||