FREE SWEDISH GENEALOGY
Read Swedish genealogy records without guessing.
Free Swedish genealogy wordlist 2-page PDF cheat sheet with the 40+ words found in nearly every church book.
Includes terms for births, deaths, marriage, kinship, months & more—with era-specific spellings.
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Start reading Swedish records like a local
If you’re researching your Swedish ancestry, you’ve already hit the wall: unfamiliar words in old records. This 2-page word list solves that—fast.
You’ll get over 40 of the most common terms used in 18th–19th century Swedish records. Think births, deaths, occupations, kinship, and calendar terms—all in the spelling and capitalization used back then. Plus an introduction to date formats and spelling reforms.
The Swedish Genealogy Wordlist was created by Annika Höstmad, a professional genealogist and native Swede helping international clients since 2020, this quick-reference PDF is the fastest way to start making sense of your ancestors’ documents.
No fluff. No filler. Just the words you actually need.
This is just the start
Shortcut to Sweden: Illustrated Genealogy Glossary is the full glossary with words in their real record forms — not the tidy dictionary version that leaves you guessing — shown in handwriting styles from the 1630s to the 1890s, so you can recognize words in actual records. It also covers record headers, spelling reforms, times and dates, and guides to transcriptions and reliable AI translations.
Read the records even if you don’t know how to read Swedish.
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