Scandinavian Research
I.
Free On-line Classes
A.
1-hour Free Online Class offered through BYU Independent Study
1.
B.
Reading Scandinavian Gothic Handwritten Records Lesson 1: Scandinavian Gothic Letters
1.
C.
https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/reading-scandinavian-gothichandwritten-records-lesson-2-names-words-and-dates/257
Reading Scandinavian Gothic Handwritten Records Lesson 3: Handwritten Records
1.
II.
https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/reading-scandinavian-gothichandwritten-records-lesson-1-scandinavian-gothic-letters/255
Reading Scandinavian Gothic Handwritten Records Lesson 2: Names, Words, and Dates
1.
D.
https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/scandinavian-research/127
https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/reading-scandinavian-gothichandwritten-records-lesson-3-handwritten-records/256
Wiki Pages: Help on how to do genealogy for each specific county or region. VERY HELPFUL!!
A.
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Scandinavia
B.
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Norway
C.
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Iceland
D.
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Denmark
E.
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Finland
F.
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Sweden
Swedish Research
I.
Types of Records
A.
Birth and Baptismal Records :Födelse- och dopböcker
B.
Engagement and Marriage: Lysnings- och vigselböcker
C.
Death and Burials: Död- och begravningsböcker
D.
Household Examination (Running Census): Husförhörslängder-Pre1895, Församlingsbok
after 1895
E.
Moving In and Moving Out: In- och utflyttningslängder
F.
Among others
II.
Where to access parish records
A.
B.
C.
FamilySearch.org
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Historical Records Collections- Sweden
2.
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list?page=1&countryId=1927041
Ancestry.com
1.
Ancestry Swedish Church Records 1500-1941
2.
http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2225
Arkivdigital.com
1.
III.
http://www.arkivdigital.net/ or at a Family History Center for free.
Useful Swedish Terms
Swedish
English
Swedish
English
år
year
föräldrar
parents
barn
child
hustru
wife
begravning
burials
i
at
bonde
free farmer
lysning
banns,
engagement
död
death
piga
unmarried female
döpte, dop
christening
torp
farmer
dräng
unmarried male/farm
laborer
vigde, gift
marriage
födde,
birth
IV.
Helpful Links
A.
List of Parishes from Sweden Wiki Page
1.
B.
Standard Heading Examples from Sweden Wiki Page
1.
C.
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/4/40/Swedenish_Par_Reg_and_Exa
m_headings.pdf
Swedish Parish Maps- Note this is a 1992 map
1.
D.
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Sweden:_Parish_Listing
http://www.gis.scb.se/atlas/RikIndAtlas1992/index_en.htm
Swedish names of diseases in early times
1.
http://www.algonet.se/~hogman/sjukdomsnamn_eng.htm