Sweden and Swedish Ancestry

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Comment by Lynn Anderson on September 2, 2009 at 12:06pm

Learning what Swedish records exist.
Understanding what records exist is critical to planning a research strategy. Here are some sources to learn about Swedish research.
1 Over the Internet, search for Research Outline Sweden. There is now an online version of the former booklet of about 32 pages. Published by the Mormon Church, it is very oriented toward the Family History Library and Centers... film and book oriented. But a very good overview of everything.

2 The Swedish consulate in New York is said to supply the Nils William Olsson book(let) Tracing Your Swedish Ancestry. With budget cuts, I would not bother to ask other consulates. They used to send it out free.

3 THE main reference book has for years been Cradled In Sweden by Johansson. It is still an excelent reference (ex: it lists all parishes and a little history). It was written pre Internet so how to get to records is dated but if you are serious you should own it.

4 Perhaps the new main book will be Your Swedish Roots by Clemsson and Andersson. Ive just started reading it. It takes into account the Internet.

Quiz for fun: If you cannot answer these questions, you should do more reading if you need to do Swedish research. You will encounter these terms.
a What is SVAR?
b What/who is GenLine?
c What good is a husforhorslangd?
d How does a landskap relate to genealogical records?
e Do the letters Åå Ää Öö matter?

Comment by Jilaine Hock on September 2, 2009 at 7:53am

Where would I found the resources for getting land records, wills or any other court records? Thanks

Comment by Lynn Anderson on August 28, 2009 at 12:54am

JB
1 Have you found him in the US Census for 1930, 1920 and 1910? From there you can find an approximate immigration date.

2 Then get someone to search Emibas to find more immigration data.

3 Ship registers sometimes can help.

What you really need is his PARISH.
Jönköping city has more than one parish, the county has many, many parishes.

By the way pronounce it Yoon-shooping and you will be close. (I love the place beautiful on the lake.

Comment by JB Peterson on August 27, 2009 at 9:02pm

Does anyone know Oskar?

I'm looking for a specific birth location.

All I have is Jönköping, Sweden.

Oskar Eskil Erickson
Born: 13 Dec 1863
Died: 05 Jan 1946 in Geneseo, IL

Any clues greatly appreciated, JB

Comment by Sue Pearson Greichunos on August 25, 2009 at 11:36am

You're a HUGE help, Richard! Invaluable! A gem! ~ Sue

Comment by Richard Dahlqvist on August 25, 2009 at 11:26am

No problem Sue!

I'm just glad I can help.

Comment by Sue Pearson Greichunos on August 25, 2009 at 11:22am

Thank you once again, Richard!
And Lynn, among my ancestors is Per Andersson, my gr-Grandfather! We may somehow be related (j/k).
I am so happy to have found GenealogyWise.com. This is great! Thank you, thank you! ~ Sue :)

Comment by Lynn Anderson on August 25, 2009 at 10:58am

Sue

Fernabo Now you have my attention. I have someone from Fernabo and I was there in 2005. I will find a picture of the church.

It near the north west side of the biggest lake in Sweden near the town of Sefle. Look for the big peninsula that juts out into the lake.

Anyone have family from the parishes on the peninsula?

Comment by Richard Dahlqvist on August 25, 2009 at 10:43am

Hi Again Sue!

I found the small community of Skåltjärn, the modern spelling of Skålkärn.
It is about 10 km northwest of Filipstad in Värmland.

Follow this link:

http://kartor.eniro.se/query?mop=yp&mapstate=5%3B14.0292%3B59.80848%3Bs%3B13.94449%3B59.85031%3B14.11352%3B59.76684%3B880%3B820%3B0%3B1&mapcomp=%3B%3B%3BSk%E5ltj%E4rn%3B%3B%3B68291%3BFILIPSTAD%3B%3B%3B%3B%3B14.028810457433497%3B59.808188369010274%3B%3B%3B%3BFILIPSTAD%3Bmaps_place.318242.21%3B0&what=map&searchInMap=2&geo_area=Sk%E5ltj%E4rn&stq=0&pis=0

Comment by Sue Pearson Greichunos on August 25, 2009 at 8:47am

Hello again, Richard! Yes, with your interpretation of my poor transcriptions from the GID records, the pieces are slowly and surely falling into place. The farm aspect makes sense with photos my father brought with him from Sweden.

Now I'll just need to go to the geographic website again to find Skålkärnshyttan to orientate myself to sites I should visit when I eventually make it to Sweden! (Oh, may that dream come true sooner rather than later!).

Thank you for your expert help! Cheers, Sue

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