Lidingö Parish, Stockholm, Sweden Genealogy

Lidingö Parish, Stockholm, Sweden Genealogy
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Guide to Lidingö Parish, Sweden ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Lidingo Church

History[edit | edit source]

Lidingö Municipality is a municipality east of Stockholm in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located on the island of Lidingö and the municipality is a part of Metropolitan Stockholm. It is chiefly located on the island Lidingö, but also incorporates a few smaller islands in the surroundings, most notably the Fjäderholmarna islands within the Stockholm archipelago.
The rural municipality was made a market town in 1910, a city in 1926 and a unitary municipality in 1971. The municipality always refers to itself as Lidingö stad, the City of Lidingö. This was a decision taken by the municipal assembly in 1992.
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Place Names[edit | edit source]

Baggby, Bo och Liljegärdet, Bodahl, Brevik, Bygget, Båtmansstugan,

Cathrinelund,

Ekholmsnäs, Elfvik och Räfvik,

Fattighuset, Fjäderholmarne,

Grönsta, Gångsätra, Gåshaga,

Hersseby, Hersseby ägor, Hersseby Båtmansstuga, Hustega, Hustegaholm, Höggarn,

Islinge,

Klockargården, Kottla, Kyttinge,

Larsberg, Lidingsberg, Lidingöbro, Långnäs, Långängen,

Mölne,

Näset,

Rudboda, Röstugan,

Skärsätra, Sticklinge, Stockby, Söderqvarn,

Thorsvik, Tranholmen, Tyktorp,

Waltängen, Wreten,

Västra Yttringe,

Östra Yttringe.

To see what kind of place it is you will need a Swedish Gazetteer.

Surrounding Parishes

Collections[edit | edit source]

Census Records[edit | edit source]

Sweden Household Examination Records (Husförhörslängder)--explanation of this church record which is functionally the census of Sweden.
Sweden Household Examination Books, 1880 - 1920, ($), index and images. Also on Ancestry.com, ($), Arkiv Digital ($), and SVAR at Riksarkivet.

Church Records[edit | edit source]

Online Database Church Records[edit | edit source]

The easiest way to access the Swedish Church Records is through the internet, using these five sites (see links to specific collections below). Four of these sites require a subscription for access. (ArkivDigital, Ancestry.com, and MyHeritage.com are available at a FamilyHistory Center near you free of charge.)

Sweden, Stockholm Church Records, 1556-1939, index 1634-1860 at FamilySearch.
MyHeritage.com ($),
Ancestry.com ($),
Arkiv Digital ($), and
SVAR at Riksarkivet.

Help Using ArkivDigital: Online Databases for Sweden[edit | edit source]

These lessons will teach you how to use ArkivDigital:

Family History Library Records[edit | edit source]

Click Sweden, Stockholm Records for a full listing of microfilmed records (some digitized online) at the Family History Library, that may be digitized. Check back occasionally to see if your records have become available. In the meantime, some of them might be available at a Family History Center near you.
Click on "Places within Sweden, Stockholm and then select your parish.

Military Records[edit | edit source]

Related Sources[edit | edit source]

Help Reading Swedish Records[edit | edit source]

You do not have to be fluent in Swedish to read these records! They have a limited vocabulary: mother, father, born, bride, groom, married, etc. The rest of the content will be names, dates, and places, which do not need translation.
This Swedish Word List covers typical terms found in the records.
Swedish Historical Dictionary Database, SHDD: This interactive dictionary allows you to enter a word in the search box and receive the translation.
Feast Day Calendar (Moveable) and Feast Day Lists (Fixed and Moveable) will help you translate dates written in feast day form.
Sweden surnames are patronymic and change every generation, so carefully study Sweden Names, Personal.
For help with reading the column headings found in more recent records, see Swedish Parish Register and Household Exam Roll Headings.
Instructions, document examples, and translations are given for Reading Swedish Birth and Christening Records 1717, 1752, 1771, 1792, 1803, 1834, 1854.