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The purpose of this page is to gather helpful resources for Swedish genealogy research. Some info can be found within WikiTree but there are also some outside links listed here.
To start with, please review
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All about Sources
- Original sources
- Realiable Swedish Sources, both for pre-1700 and after.
- Riksarkivet - the Swedish National Archives
- Info on Arkiv Digital, a subscription web site. (They usually offer free searches a couple of times each year, usually 2-3 days in connection to large holidays.)
- Secondary sources
- List of online genealogical books (Nordic related)
- Nordic Project, Image resources online Where to find images of gravestones, portraits, newspapers.
- Centrala Soldatregistret Online search of Swedish soldiers. Not yet complete, updated twice a year.
- Source Citation
Categories
Profiles should always be placed in the lowest location category possible. That usually means the parish category where the person was born, married, lived for a very long period of time or died. It should never be the country, province, county or hundred.
Sometimes even a smaller category within the parish can be used. This could be the farm, croft or village. It should not be a specific street address and number. That information belongs in the biography of the profile.
See also Space:Sweden_Project_-_Category_Instructions
Geographical Categories and Resource Pages
- About Sweden
- Sweden Geographical Regions
- Swedish County Codes
- Category for parishes in different counties
- Category for (most) Swedish parishes, A-Ö
- Göteborg/Gothenburg resources
- Stockholm Resources
- Riksarkivet, Rosenbergs Geografiska Lexikon
- Memmingsforskarna, maps for parishes within a county.
Language
- Nordic Language Alphabets
- Swedish category "Yrken" In this category occupations and titles in Swedish are listed. Some of them have a translation to English.
- Swedish category "Dödsorsaker" This category is for "cause of death" in Swedish. Some of them have a translation to English.
- Glossary Sweden
- Rötter by Sveriges Släktforskarförbund / The Federation of Swedish Genealogical Societies.
- Riksarkivet - Förkortningar familjeställling folkräkningar (In Swedish)
- Hans Högmans blog - Swedish / English dictionary - Genealogy Terms, Occupations
- FamilySearch
Swedish special letters
Please use the correct letters when writing Swedish names. If your keyboard does not support some of these letters, please copypaste them from the list below.
| Capital letters | ||
|---|---|---|
| Å | Ä | Ö |
| Lower case letters | ||
| å | ä | ö |
Swedish Names and WikiTree Name Fields
- Sweden Project - Name and Location Fields explains how these fields should be entered on Swedish profiles. Please check this page out in order to understand Swedish name customs.
- The Category:Swedish_Names contains many useful free-space pages on this subject. Starting with Swedish Names gives a good explanation and links.
- Naming practice in Sweden
- Rötters faktabank, Svenska Personnamn / Swedish Roots, List of Swedish first names Swedish Roots is run by The Federation of Swedish Genealogical Societies. This page is in Swedish, if you need help how to use it, ask in the Google Group or G2G.
Templates and Stickers
- Swedish Templates and Stickers and how to apply them.
WikiTree
Please do not use any AutoBio app on unsourced profiles.
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- Private Messages: Contact the Profile Managers privately: Sweden Project WikiTree and Maggie Andersson. (Best when privacy is an issue.)
- Public Comments: Login to post. (Best for messages specifically directed to those editing this profile. Limit 20 per day.)
- Public Q&A: These will appear above and in the Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum. (Best for anything directed to the wider genealogy community.)