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Scandinavian Genealogy

Parowan Family History Center26 April 2014

by ric Freden


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!ips "or Finding #o$r Ancestors inSweden %orway Finland &enmar'

Step 1: find where your ancestor resided to find the province/district/town/parish, try using

a searchable census database*

Ancestry.comhas passenger manifests for manyships crossing the Atlantic

Castlegarden.orgcatalogs 11 million immigrantsinto N from 1!"#$1!%"

&llisisland.orgdoes the same 1!%"$1%"'

*see concluding slides for more source ()*s
http://ancestry.com/http://castlegarden.org/http://ellisisland.org/http://ellisisland.org/http://castlegarden.org/http://ancestry.com/


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Name ofrelative

Village nameHensgrd

Parish name

VstraEmtervik


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Step ": locate parish records after finding the district/town, determine the

parish using an appropriate map*

maps.google.comand map+uest.comwill oftenshow villages within parishes

parish records are almost all online now* Norwegian, anish, and -innish are free

*see concluding slides for more source ()*s
http://maps.google.com/http://mapquest.com/http://mapquest.com/http://maps.google.com/


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Step : eamine parish records this is what you will spend most of your time

and effort on

instead of having to travel to &urope, parishrecords are almost all online now*andaccessible from your home or our -amily0istory Center

*see concluding slides for source ()*s


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arish records are labeled: 2ir3ebo33er 4Norwegian5

2ir3eb6ger 4anish5

2yr3ob7c3er 4Swedish5

2ir3on3ir8a 4-innish5


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($t)eran Paris) *ecords

2ept from early 19##s on

ost useful types: Household surveysHousehold surveys


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0ousehold surveys are labeled:

0usf7rh7rsl;ngder 4Swedish, Norwegian5

)ippi3ir8a 4-innish5

Communionsb6ger 4anish5


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0ousehold surveys are a goldmineforgenealogy:


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birth years

marriage years

death years

crossrefs to

otherpages

same personbefore and after marriage


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ost useful types: 0ousehold surveys Birth/Christening recordsBirth/Christening records


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=irth/Christening records are labeled: -6dte/d6bte bo33er 4Norwegian5

-6dte/d6bte b6gger 4anish5

-7delse/dop b7c3er 4Swedish5

Syntyneet/3astetut 3ir8a 4-innish5


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in 26 ditto (meaning September) Jon Larsson in Soneby


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ost useful types: 0ousehold surveys =irth/Christening records Marriage recordsMarriage records


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arriage records are labeled: >ielsebo33er 4Norwegian5

>ielseb6ger 4anish5

>igselb7c3er 4Swedish5

>ihityt 4-innish5


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ost useful types: 0ousehold surveys =irth/Christening records arriage records Death recordsDeath records


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eath/burial records are labeled: 6de/begravede bo33er 4Norwegian5

6de/begravede b6ger 4anish5

7d/begravning b7c3er 4Swedish5

2uolleet/haudatut 4-innish5


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ost useful types: 0ousehold surveys =irth/Christening records arriage records eath records Move in/out records (after 1850)Move in/out records (after 1850)


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ove out/move in records are labeled:

(dflytning/inflytning 4Norwegian, anish5

(tflyttning/inflyttning 4Swedish5

uuttaneet 4-innish5


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+ss$es reading Paris) *ecords

atronymic naming scheme ?n general, children 3ept the father@s first

name son/daughter as their surname.

-or eample, suppose Blof Svensson haschildren 0ans and aria.


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atronymic naming scheme continued Since there are only about 20 commonSince there are only about 20 common

male names and 20 common femalemale names and 20 common female

names, this can lead to ambiguity.names, this can lead to ambiguity.s

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Olof Jonsson and wife Cajsa ilsdotter in !illage "rn#s

$ pages later% in the samesmall !illage% another


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p g % g % Olof Jonsson and wife Cajsa ilsdotter &


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>ery common Swedish male names Anders !lof !ri" Hans Henri" H#"an $on

$%ns $ohan &arl Matts M#ns 'ils lof ehreter #hl *ven

*ess common Swedish male names A+raha, Adrian Andreas Anton Aron Arvid

A-el Bengt B.%rn Bryngel Brynt Davida+riel ud,an unnar ustaf HalvardHel,er srael $aco+ $onas $osef &onradudvig Magnus la scar *igfrid 2ho,as


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>ery common Swedish female names Anna Brita Ca.sa !lin !lla nge+or &arin

&aterina &irstin &ristina isa Ma.aMargreta Maria Marit *ofia

*ess common Swedish female names A+lona Anni"a Bar+ru Beata Dordi !,,a

!sther ertrud unilla Hedvig Hildegard

da ngrid $ohanna ydia MagdalenaMalin *igrid 3ilhel,ina


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atronymic naming scheme continued Since there are only about "# common male

names and "# common female names, thiscan lead to ambiguity.

Sometimes soldiers or the upper-classSometimes soldiers or the upper-classwould adopt a fixed surname.would adopt a fixed surname.


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Sometimes soldiers would adopt a fiedsurname.

In Finland, patronymic surnames can beIn Finland, patronymic surnames can be

superceded by farm names.superceded by farm names.


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Sometimes soldiers would adopt a fiedsurname.

?n -inland, patronymic surnames can be

superceded by farm names. Spellings were not standardized until !"0Spellings were not standardized until !"0


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ritten dates ?n Scandinavian countries the notation 1#/11/1"

always means day/month/year

onths are the same as we use, but sometimeswritten in *atin

ee3days are rarely mentioned

Dulian/Eregorian calender change in 1FG


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0andwriting #ost early scribes used $othic type script#ost early scribes used $othic type script


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ote these'nfamiliar

letters


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0andwriting ost early scribes used Eothic type script Swedish, %orwegian, &anish ha'e extraSwedish, %orwegian, &anish ha'e extra

letters( ) * + letters( ) * +


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0andwriting ost early scribes used Eothic type script Swedish, Norwegian, anish have etra

letters: H ; I 6 7 0andwriting can range between

the goodthe good


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ntries aredistint andseparated%names are'nderlined%penmanshipis legible*


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the good

the badthe bad

In addition to sloppy handwriting, the ink from the other side has bled throgh


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+ di P i ) * d


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the good the bad

and the uglyand the ugly


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!e"

tthatlooks

like

chickens

cratches#

,) b i 16-0.


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,)at abo$t prior to 16-0.


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,) t b t i t 1660.


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,)at abo$t prior to 1660.


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/se"$l /*(s Swedenw)ic) c)ange o"ten $se Google in case o" bro'en lin's3


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/se"$l /*(s Finlandw)ic) c)ange o"ten $se Google in case o" bro'en lin's3

-inland@s -amily 0istory Association 4free digitalscans but subscription needed for searches5

http://www.su3uhistoria.fi/sshy/indeMeng.htm


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yw)ic) c)ange o"ten $se Google in case o" bro'en lin's3

Norwegian digital archives containing census, parishrecords, and more 4free5

http://www.ar3ivver3et.no/eng/igitalar3ivet

Some helpful hints for searching the archives http://blog.3ittycooper.com/"#1'/#"/searching$the$norwegian$digital$a

rchives$a$rootstech$tal3/

Eenealogy word list

familysearch.org/learn/wi3i/en/NorwegianMordM*ist

A searchable database for pre$1!FG emigrants

http://www.norwayheritage.com

/se"$l /*(s &enmar'
http://www.arkivverket.no/eng/Digitalarkivethttp://blog.kittycooper.com/2014/02/searching-the-norwegian-digital-archives-a-rootstech-talk/http://blog.kittycooper.com/2014/02/searching-the-norwegian-digital-archives-a-rootstech-talk/https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Norwegian_Word_Listhttp://www.norwayheritage.com/http://www.norwayheritage.com/https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Norwegian_Word_Listhttp://blog.kittycooper.com/2014/02/searching-the-norwegian-digital-archives-a-rootstech-talk/http://blog.kittycooper.com/2014/02/searching-the-norwegian-digital-archives-a-rootstech-talk/http://www.arkivverket.no/eng/Digitalarkivet


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w)ic) c)ange o"ten $se Google in case o" bro'en lin's3

?nfo about the anish digital archives http://www.sa.d3/content/us/genealogy/onlineMservices


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/se"$l /*(s General

-amilysearchhas some scanned parish records 4re+uires *S login5:choose *earchand at the bottom of that page under Brose All u+lishedCollectionsselect Continental !uro6e, then choose a country

/se"$l /*(s General
https://familysearch.org/https://familysearch.org/


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/se"$l /*(s General

-amilysearch has so,escanned parish records4re+uires *S login5: choose *earchand at the bottomof that page under =rowse by *ocation selectContinental !uro6e

Ancestry.comalways has some uses 4and is free at

-amily 0istory Centers5 >ideo tutorials for deciphering Eothic script https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/reading$scandinavian$gothic

$handwritten$records$lesson$1$scandinavian$gothic$letters/"GG

Credits (icense
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