SWEDISH GENEALOGY
Finding details about your Swedish ancestor New records are coming out online all the time. But there’s an old trusted tool to use. The Swedish newspapers. What if you want to learn more about your Swedish ancestor's trial. Or perhaps your family emigrated before 1869, when the archived passenger lists start. This would be a great place to search. Accessing old Swedish newspapers So let's look at the online archive Svenska dagstidningar, Swedish newspapers. It's available through
What are the moving in and moving out records? The moving in and moving out records, Inlfyttningslängd and Utflyttningslängd, list everyone that moved in or out of a parish. However, it only has those who moved between parishes. If you moved houses within the same village it was only noted in
Scandinavia Did you know that Scandinavia only is three countries? Well, it depends on who you ask. But Norway, Denmark and Sweden make up Scandinavia. At least if you're asking anyone from those countries. That's the definition of Scandinavia in Scandinavia, so to speak. In the English
The secret of seasoned genealogists There is a way to save years in your family history research. Did you know? I must admit it hadn’t appeared to me before I came across the idea. But it’s really quite simple. You make a research plan. Personally I love browsing the records just to see
How to use the Swedish Death records Among the most important genealgoy records are the Death records. So let's have a look at how to read them. First, some background. Like most records used for family history, the Swedish Death records were kept by the Church of Sweden. They can look a
