The Demograpic The Demograpic Data Base (DDB)Data Base (DDB)

Umeå University, SwedenUmeå University, Sweden

Professor Anders BrändströmAssociate professor Sören Edvinsson

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What is DDB…?What is DDB…?C

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A national and an international research infrastructure

The databases Popum and Tabellverket are constructed from 18th and 19th century parish registers

The longitudinal database Popum is one of the largest historical population databases

Very rich and detailed (information per individual)

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OrganizationOrganizationC

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Board DDB

Director

UmeåR & D

AdministrationSystems

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DigitalisationGenealogies

Haparanda

DigitalisationSystems

development

Karesuando

Digitalisation

Centre for Population Studies

Research

Faculty of Social Sciences

Parish registersParish registers

Birth and baptism

Death and burial

Catechetical examination

Marriage Migration

Nils Pehrsson

Nils Pehrsson

Nils PehrssonNils Pehrsson

Nils Pehrsson

Nils Pehrsson

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Figure 1. Catechetical register page from Tuna parish 1865-1874. All presences at catechetical Name, occupation and other examinations and Holy Communion individual information on each Inmigration, when, where from, Outmigration, when, where to, member of a family / household certificate number certificate number Reading & other marks Exact date and place of birth Notes on conduct and other circumstances Place of residence Marital status Smallpox Death

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Varying Varying quality!quality!

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Two main structuresTwo main structures

Period source (catechetical registers)Event sources

Birth and baptism booksBanns and marriage booksMigration booksDeath and burial books

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EventsEvents

Events can be indicated both in event and period sources

BirthsMarriagesMigrationsDeaths And so on

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StatusStatus

Status can be indicated both in period and event sources

Marital status (explicit or implicit)OccupationsResidenceFamily positionAnd so on

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Constructing the Constructing the databasedatabaseAutomatic linkeageAutomatic linkeage

91% Correct

4% Errors

5% UnlinkedInformation from different sources

Linkage

Linking individuals

Linking families

Standardized names

Well tested algoritms

DDB 2006-02-01

A A databasdatabase which e which

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Basic demandsBasic demands

Possible to reconstruct the original source

Possible to find all basic information about a person over time

Possible to find all information valid for a person at a certain point in time

The quality of the original sources defines the upper limit of the data quality

It should be easy to extend the database structure

Continuously maintained and documented

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OverviewOverviewInput         source preparation & design of entry formats for true

reproduction of various sources,         entry of individual source records from all source types,         monitoring of quality         administration of data flow

Refinement         encoding and standardization – names!         structuring databases         computerized + computer-supported record linkage,

Output         creating datasets according to researcher specifications          presenting data on the web in various forms, including relations & genealogy         administration of research service and web subscriptions

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POPUM 3POPUM 3StructureStructure

Copy

Digitisation

POPUM Source

Update

Compi-lation

POPUMUser

Retrieval

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Key VariablesKey Variables

 X = common occurrence   Z = sporadic occurrence   Y = Sporadic and unreliable

Variable Catechetical register

Migration register

Birth and baptism

Banns and marriages

Deaths and burials

Date of birth X Z X Z ZPlace of birth X Z X Z ZBaptism X X Legitimacy X X Assistance at birth X Churching Z X Publication of banns X Marriage X XGuardian X Burial XCause of death XMigration X X Village X X X X XHousehold membership

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Family status X X Civil status X X X XOccupation/trade X X X XVaccination X Z Z Remarks X X X X XPenance X Confirmation X Z Communion X Z Catechetical meetings

X Z

Reading, Catechism, Understanding

X Z

Data problemsData problems

Missing Redundant Inconsistent Level of precision Non-standardized sources Mainly event oriented

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Popum 1700-1900 Tabellverket 1749-1859

75 parishes 5 million individual notations1 million individuals >300 variables -11 generations

2 500 parishes¼ million forms¼ billion details on events and conditions

Access to the databaseAccess to the database

Specially constructed files

Open to the public via InternetIndikoTabellverket online

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Research service Research service 1994 - 20071994 - 2007

160 researchers - 35 from abroad

40 guest researchers from more than 15 countries

25 larger file deliveries per year

35 doctoral dissertations

800 scientific publications

DDB,

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DDB in researchDDB in researchC

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CPS Research CPS Research ProgrammesProgrammes

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Historical Demography Programme

(HD)

2005-2010

22 mSek2,343 mEuro

Ageing and LivingConditions Programme

(ALC)

2006-2017

94 mSek10,088 mEuro

Arts and HumanitiesHistorical StudiesCulture and Media

CeSam

SamfakBETULA-project

Social and Economic GeographyStatistics

Economics

MedfakEpidemiologi (EPIPH)

Clinical Microbiology - Virology and Infectious Diseases

Influenza Pandemics Programme

(IP)

2007-2009

6,0 mSek638, tEuro

Centre for Population Studies

Transfer of Demographic Patterns between Generations -

Fertility and Infant Mortality

RJF 2006-20092,5 mSek

266,2 tEuro

DDB/CBSStatistics

Consequences of Colonisation - The

Epidemiological Transition in Sápmi

1750-1900

FAS 2006-20072,4 mSek

255,5 tEuro

DDB/CBSCeSam

A geneological A geneological databasedatabase

1720-20081720-2008

Historical DatabasePOPUM3

Multi-Gen

(SCB)

Extended POPUM

1700 1800 1900 2000C

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WWW.DDB.UMU.SEWWW.DDB.UMU.SE

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