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Scandinavian Research
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Free On-line Classes
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1-hour Free Online Class offered through BYU Independent Study
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B.
Reading Scandinavian Gothic Handwritten Records Lesson 1: Scandinavian Gothic Letters
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C.
https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/reading-scandinavian-gothichandwritten-records-lesson-2-names-words-and-dates/257
Reading Scandinavian Gothic Handwritten Records Lesson 3: Handwritten Records
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II.
https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/reading-scandinavian-gothichandwritten-records-lesson-1-scandinavian-gothic-letters/255
Reading Scandinavian Gothic Handwritten Records Lesson 2: Names, Words, and Dates
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D.
https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/scandinavian-research/127
https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/reading-scandinavian-gothichandwritten-records-lesson-3-handwritten-records/256
Wiki Pages: Help on how to do genealogy for each specific county or region. VERY HELPFUL!!
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https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Scandinavia
B.
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Norway_Genealogy
C.
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Iceland_Genealogy
D.
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Denmark_Genealogy
E.
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Finland_Genealogy
F.
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Sweden_Genealogy
Swedish Research
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Types of Records
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Birth and Baptismal Records: Födelse- och dopböcker
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Engagement and Marriage: Lysnings- och vigselböcker
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Death and Burials: Död- och begravningsböcker
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Household Examination (Running Census): Husförhörslängder-Pre1895, Församlingsbok
after 1895
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Moving In and Moving Out: In- och utflyttningslängder
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Among others
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Where to access parish records
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B.
C.
FamilySearch.org
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Historical Records Collections- Sweden
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https://familysearch.org/search/collection/location/1927041
Ancestry.com
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Ancestry Swedish Church Records 1500-1941
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http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2225
Arkivdigital.com
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III.
http://www.arkivdigital.net/ or at a Family History Center for free.
Useful Swedish Terms
Swedish
English
Swedish
English
år
year
föräldrar
parents
barn
child
hustru
wife
begravning
burials
i
at
bonde
free farmer
lysning
banns,
engagement
död
death
piga
unmarried female
döpte, dop
christening
torp
farmer
dräng
unmarried male/farm
laborer
vigde, gift
marriage
födde,
birth
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Helpful Links
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List of Parishes from Sweden Wiki Page
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Standard Heading Examples from Sweden Wiki Page
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C.
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/4/40/Swedenish_Par_Reg_and_Exa
m_headings.pdf
Swedish Parish Maps- Note this is a 1992 map
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D.
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Sweden:_Parish_Listing
http://www.gis.scb.se/atlas/RikIndAtlas1992/index_en.htm
Swedish names of diseases in early times
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http://www.algonet.se/~hogman/sjukdomsnamn_eng.htm