Your Swedish Roots: A Step by Step HandbookAncestry Publishing, 2004 - 222 Get a start on your Swedish family history with Your Swedish Roots, a step-by-step handbook to help guide you in researching your Swedish ancestors. First, learn general information about Sweden, Swedish naming practices, and the Swedish language. These basics will help you research names of ancestors and search through Swedish records with greater ease. Next, learn what Swedish records are available, where to find them, and how to use them. Swedish church records will be one of the most value to you, as they are very complete and well preserved. Finally, follow sample cases on particular Swedish families to learn helpful research steps for your own family history. As you learn about your Swedish ancestry, you will experience the rewarding feelings that come from seeking out and discovering your ancestors. |
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A STEP BY STEP HANDBOOK | 7 |
Old relatives 11 Home sources 13 Family Bible 13 Letters and postcards 13 Photographs | 15 |
Early Swedish emigrants 20 A first wave of emigrants 20 Steamships cut travel time | 21 |
Good for both parties 26 The travel routes | 27 |
Socken församling parish 32 Mother parishes and annex parishes 33 Addresses | 34 |
SWEDISH NAMES AND SWEDISH SPELLING | 41 |
Good to know about the Swedish language and Swedish spelling 46 Standardized Swedish spelling | 47 |
To summarize where do you find your sources? 53 Research centers in Sweden | 53 |
What does the database say about our Anna Carlsson? 108 Gustaf Adolf Rapp in EmihamnEmigranten | 109 |
EARLY EMIGRATION | 115 |
Varnhem parish household examination roll 1838 120 Carl Freeman and his son William Freeman | 121 |
TRAVELING WITH THE SWEDISH AMERICAN LINE | 127 |
A remarkable priest 133 Other old records 134 Älvsborgs lösen special tax records | 134 |
The Rapp family at Stora Lakenäs 140 Ransberg household examination roll 18771894 | 140 |
Ransberg household examination roll 18941899 144 The death book 146 Swedens population 1970 | 147 |
Get a good local map 152 Where to go in western Sweden 153 Maps available on the Internet | 154 |
This is how Genline FamilyFinder works 58 Let us search step by step 59 Research centers | 61 |
THE RAPP FAMILY IN U S SOURCES | 65 |
The Rapp family in the U S federal census 1900 70 The U S Federal census | 71 |
Leaving Mölltorp 76 Mölltorp moving records 1879 76 Moving records | 77 |
Birth and christening records 83 Gustaf Adolfs family in Ransberg | 84 |
Gustaf Adolfs mothers death 90 Death and burial record for Ransberg 1867 | 90 |
Death and burial book 92 Causes of death 93 Abbreviations of names | 96 |
ANNA CHRISTINA CARLSSONS FAMILY | 102 |
Agda Marias grandson 159 Gunnar Lagerin shows us around 159 Gustaf Adolf Rapps birth place | 162 |
Skåne Scania 165 Blekinge 166 Halland 166 Småland 166 Öland 168 Gotland 168 Bohuslän | 169 |
Västergötland 170 Dalsland 171 Östergötland 171 Södermanland 173 Stockholm 174 Uppland | 175 |
Medelpad 180 Härjedalen 181 Jämtland 181 Ångermanland 182 Västerbotten | 182 |
Swedish words common in the church books 185 Abbreviations | 197 |
APPENDICES | 203 |
Church records destroyed usually by fire 203 Genealogical societies in Sweden 204 Websites Etc | 211 |
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Agda Maria Älvsborgs American Anders Gustaf Andersson Eva Anna Carlsson birth date Blekinge Borås born Carl century Charlotta church books Dalarna database death district dotter Family History Family History Library farm farmer FHL INTL Film Födelse församling Friman Gävle Genline Göteborg Gothenburg Gotland Gustaf Adolf Rapp Halland Härnösand Höghult household examination roll Hulan immigrants Internet Johan Jönköping Jönköpings län Karlstad Kön Lagerin lake Lakenäs land latin Leksand located look MAIN TOURIST SPOTS Malmö månad marriage married microfilm Mölltorp moving records museum namn Noloset noted Örebro Östergötlands Östersund parish passenger lists population ports priest province Ransberg Rapp family Rapp's regional archives research center ships Skåne Skaraborgs Skaraborgs län Skellefteå Skövde Släkt Släktforskare Släktforskarförening Småland socken i län spelling stad stånd Stockholm SVAR Swedish Swedish Emigrant Swedish-American Tibro town Umeå United Uppsala Värmlands län Växjö village