WikiProject: Swedish Digital Resources to Parish Pages

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Goal

To have links that lead to great genealogical online databases or c.d. databases for a Swedish parish on the respective Swedish parish page in the FamilySearch Wiki.

Purpose

There are amazing genealogical databases to help with Swedish family history research. Some are countrywide resources published by Riksarkivet, or Sveriges Släktforskarförbund. Others were created by genealogical societies or individuals that are very focused on a specific locality. The purpose of this Wikiproject is to increase the visibility of these great tools.

Participation with this WikiProject

Anyone can help with the finding and the creating of links for digital resources to the parish pages. You might want to start with the parishes you know best. Participants help by finding digital resources through SVAR, Sveriges Släktforskarförbund, Släktforskarföreningar websites, and other genealogical websites. Then you add the title and a hyper link to the resource on the respective Swedish parish page (-s).

Steps

1. Search websites in Sweden such as:

• SVAR
• Sverige Släktforskarförbund Bokhandel
• Sverige Släktforskarförbund Länkar
• Sverige Släktforskarförbund Landskap
• Sverige Släktforskarförbund Släktar och Personer
• Swedish Genealogical Society pages. Many of these pages can be found through the FamilySearch Wiki through the Landskap page for the Landskap you are working in.
• Other Swedish genealogical websites can be found if you use the Swedish words, genealogi, släktforskning, släkt, släktträd, or släktregister in a search engine like Google.

2. After you find a good digital resource, identify the scope of the data. How many parishes were included in the database? What years does the data span? If it is a database on c.d. you might want to create a page in the FamilySearch Wiki about the database first. On this page you could describe the locations and the span. Be sure to include a link showing people where they can purchase a copy of the c.d. Although we are helping people to understand a resource, and how to access a resource, the page should not take on a commercial or promotion view.

3. Sign in on the FamilySearch Wiki and browse to the respective parish page. This can be done by navigating through the county pages or typing the name of the parish in the search field and clicking on the magnifying glass.

4. Once you are on the parish page, scroll down the page and click on the little edit box out to the right of the Related Sources section.

5. Place your mouse pointer under the word Digital and click once. You should see a blinking cursor. Type the name of the digital resource.

6. To create the link on the parish page you will use the create a link icon. This icon ia link icon is found on the row of icons directly above the edit screen out to the right of word Format: Normal. It looks like a little globe with 2 links of a chain underneath it. With the name of the digital resource highlighted click on the create a link icon.

Tips

• Once you click on "Edit" a timer begins a countdown of about 20 minutes. If the countdown times out before you click "Save Page" you will loose your work. To avoid loosing your work:
  

- Click "Save Page" occasionally

- Copy your work to the clipboard before saving

- Work offline in a program like Word and then paste it into the parish page.

Participating Swedish User Group Members

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