17 October, 2018

Searching for Swedish records - page 54 - closing 2


Part 2 will be:

Estate Records
Immigration and Emigration Records
Soldier Records
Expected publication date 2020

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16 October, 2018

Searching for Swedish records - page 53 - Closing


Other Resources:

Riksarkivit - Swedish Archives - Free on your own computer.

Arkiv Digital - Family History Center has free access for it's members and those who visit the History Center.

The Swedish Genealogy Guide - Swedishgenealogyguide.com. This is from ArkivDigital. It includes background of records, language assistance, assistance with reading handwriting, and other topics relating to Swedish Genealogy. It is free!

PathwaysintheSwedishArchives.blogspot.com

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Searching for Swedish records - page 90 - Census records


Once you find the page shown below, you will notice something different from the same page in the Swedish Birth records.





This volume that we were looking for the census, includes other documents.

The first listed - Husforhorslangd - are the parish census records. These records started out as a compilation of the catechisms. Priests would go on rounds in the parish, year after year, usually the following the same route. 

If you find your ancestor in the census in a particular place on a particular page, the odds are that the following volume will have them listed on a page that is close in numbering as the first volume.

The second record set - Inflyttningslangd - is a record by year of everyone who came into the parish. In this case the year spread is from 1831 through 1835.

The third record set - Utflyttningslangd - is a record by year of everyone who left the parish.
The year spread is - again - 1831 - 1835. 

Click on the arrow pointing to the right.


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Searching for Swedish marriage records - page 52


In Dadesjo 1834 Jonas Peterson Plato and Catharina Carlsdotter's marriage took place on the 24 August 1834. Their's was the 10th marriage in that parish that year:


Searching for Swedish marriage records - page 51


Lysnings or Vigselbok start on page 21.


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Searching for Swedish marriage records - page 50


Forward the film. The documentation slide states when, where, and what was filmed. This slide states that births, marriages and deaths were preserved in this film.



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Searching for Swedish marriage records - page 49


We are back to the same film we looked at for Carl Peter's birth.


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Searching for Swedish marriage records - page 48




We are looking for Lysnings/Marriages in 1834.

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Searching for Swedish death records - page 47


I clicked through to the page that starts with the 1864 death records. I then moved forward page by page to where the November 1864 death records start:



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Searching for Swedish death records - page 46

This is the cover of the book we need to look through the death records:



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Searching for Swedish death records - page 45



Go back to the listings of the household census which leads to the Dod (Death and Funeral books). 

Scroll down the page until you get to the correct year that you are looking for. For this search I am looking for a record book of deaths which includes 1861 - 1865.

Click on the "Bild/Image" green rectangular box to the right:



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Searching for Swedish census records - page 44



After moving forward from 1831 - 1836, I found the following:



Carl’s father had died on 11 November 1864.

Since we have found a death date for Carl's father Jonas, we will go back to the index and look through the death records.

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Searching for Swedish census records - page 43




Page 48 shows him living with his family:
Peter Anderson Plato - his father
Lena M. Johansdotter - his mother
Sara Peterdotter - his sister. She is listed twice because she moved out and then moved back home, and then moved out again.

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Searching for Swedish census records - page 42



I went back and looked at page 200 for Jonas Peterson Plato:


He is living with a group of men, and is not going by the name Plato.

Look to the right of his name. It says that he came from page 48.

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Searching for Swedish census records - page 41


There is no index for the towns in this film in the front of the volume. Work your way back, page by page, to the back of the volume.



I found Carl Peter and his parents on page 302. It states where they were living, each person's birth date and place, and where they are listed in the census book prior to this entry.

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Searching for Swedish census records - page 40




 Advance through the pages until you reach the first page of the census rolls. 

This film does not have an index of the parishes in the film. Most census' will have an index in the front of the roll. Some have the index of parishes in the back.


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Searching for Swedish census records - page 39


Go back to the "Index" page:


We are looking for the census year spread that includes 1835 - the year of Carl Peter's birth.

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13 October, 2018

Searching for Swedish birth records - page 38


For this search, I ended up on page 176.


This record is telling me the following:

He was the 53rd child born in the parish of Dädesjö for the year of 1835.

His full given name was Carl Peter Jonasson. His last name states that his father's name was Jonas.

He was born on the farm/or area of Norratorp (northern farm) "under" Dadesjo.

His father's full name was Jonas Peterson Plato. Plato was a soldier name acquired by Jonas Peterson at the time of his enlistment. He either was assigned the name or took the name as his own choice.

His mother was Katarina Carlsdotter. She was 30 years of age when he was born. You can surmise that Katerina's birth year was 1804 - 1806.

Following the listing of the parent's names are the witnesses to the baptism/christening. they included:

Farmer (torp) Nils Svenson from Norratorp
The unmarried working man  (Drangen) Hakan Mansson in Dadesjo.
The unmarried working woman (pigan) Stina Samuelsdotter.

Now that you have found the place that the infant was born and his/her parent's, search for the family in the census.

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Searching for Swedish birth records - page 37




In this case, I had to go page 171 to find where the birth records for 1835 started in this parish.

To find Carl Peter Jonasson's birth record I moved forward 5 more pages.


This is Bild/picture 176 for the year 1835.
It states that the 53rd infant born in that parish was Carl Peter Jonasson to Jonas Peterson Plato and his wife Katarina Carlsdotter.


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Searching for Swedish birth records - page 36


Go to Bild/Picture 73.




This page starts recording the births for the year 1816

Use the "forward 5" or the drop down to go to 1835.

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Searching for Swedish birth records - page 35


Eventually you will come to the volume's title page.



This page states that it houses Dädesjö and Herråkra.

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Searching for Swedish birth records - page 34





Below the Dädesjö records there are also church records from Herråkra church inventory and protocol.
The pages for the records are listed on the right. 
Under Bild use the drop down arrow to go to page 73.

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Searching for Swedish birth records - page 33


There are Dädesjö marriage/engagement, death records, and the church inventory in this volume. Right click to the next page:






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Searching for Swedish birth records - page 32


This is the front of the book that the births and christenings are housed in, at the Swedish archives.



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Searching for Swedish birth records - page 31


After several right clicks you will see this:  




This page tells you who did the copying of the records, where, and when.

Keep clicking to the right.

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Searching for Swedish birth records - page 30





On the right side of the page click on the right arrow.

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Searching for Swedish birth records - page 29




The navigation bar allows you to go page by page, or move 5 pages back and forth.

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Searching for Swedish birth records - page 28






Read the line just below Bild 1: That states the Town/Parish church records (Dädesjö Kyrkoarkiv), birth and christening (Fodelse - och dopbocker), the volume C/4, and year span (1811- 1854).

Searching for Swedish birth records - page 27


This is what you should see:



Bild 1 is the number of the picture/image in the church archive.

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Searching for Swedish birth records - page 26


Use the scroll bar on the right to move down the page until you find the year you are looking for.


I am looking for a birth in 1835:


Click on the green rectangle that says Image".

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Searching for Swedish records - page 25


Some translations:
Husförhörslängder =Household Examination
född = born
Död = dead/died
Namn = name
Gift = married
Kopper/Kopparvaccin = Small pox vaccine
Hit Kom = come here
Dod och begravningsböcker = Death & funeral books

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Searching for Swedish records - page 24


This is the screen that should show next:





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Searching for Swedish records - page 23


What you should see next is the page below. listing the Town/Parish church archives:




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Searching for Swedish records - page 22


Paste the copied Town/Parish name into the "Search Archive/Assembly".



Click on the blue search tab immediately below it.

Searching for Swedish records - page 22


Copy the name of the parish/town using the “snipping tool”. 

(Follow the directions > click on “new” > Place the “Crosshairs”/cursor to 1 corner of the page > Drag the cursor to the opposite corner> Release the cursor>A box will pop up>Click on “Save as” to wherever you want to store it.)
In this case you want to copy the name of the Town/Parish.


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Searching for Swedish records - page 21


Click on the result that lists the town/parish name, county name, "Sweden Genealogy - FamilySearch".



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Searching for Swedish records - page 20


Go to Google Search again.
Enter in the town/Parish you wish to search for in Sweden. Then enter: FamilySearch.
You will notice that the town/Parish shows as follows:





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Searching for Swedish records - page 19


Most of the time you will notice that everything written is in Swedish.
Notice the
box below:  





Hit the button "Translate". It should revert to English.

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Searching for Swedish records - page 18


You might find that your search came up with "0" hits:



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Searching for Swedish records - page 17


Enter in the town/parish you want to search for under "Search Archive /Assembly".


Hit the blue Search button

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Searching for Swedish records - page 16


Continue to:




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Searching for Swedish records - page 15a


Most of the time you will notice that everything written is in Swedish.
Notice the
box below:  




Hit the button "Translate". It should revert to English.

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Searching for Swedish records - page 15


This is what you should see next:




Click on the “Search Archives”

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