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Research in Other Countries => Europe => Europe Resources & Offers => Topic started by: jamcat95 on Saturday 14 September 13 10:56 BST (UK)
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I have searched through these forums and haven't found any help on searching in Sweden. So I have compiled a little list of useful links. I am sure there are many more.
Translating words from the Church Books:
http://www.genline.com/resources/dictionary_abbreviations.php?page=a (http://www.genline.com/resources/dictionary_abbreviations.php?page=a)
http://www.slaktdata.org/index.php/lexikon (http://www.slaktdata.org/index.php/lexikon)
Swedish Parishes. Just click on the county:
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Counties_of_Sweden (https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Counties_of_Sweden)
If you have a soldier in the family (Soldiers in Sweden have a family name and a soldier name which usually continues as the family name). The database is at the bottom of the page:
http://www.ep.liu.se/databases/soldatregister/default.en.aspx (http://www.ep.liu.se/databases/soldatregister/default.en.aspx)
Some very useful sites:
http://www.genealogi.se/roots/ (http://www.genealogi.se/roots/)
http://www.genline.com/node/slaktforska.php (http://www.genline.com/node/slaktforska.php)
.....and myself. I enjoy deciphering and translating documents. I can always try anyway!
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Brilliant Jamcat, the links will be very useful for anyone researching in Sweden
Thank you
Sarah :)
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Deciphering the old Swedish alphabet:
http://www.anarkiv.com/anarkiv/genealogi/gammal.asp
Death causes from the Death Books with the Latin equivalent:
http://www.ddss.nu/(S(15okoxrhirmio5mmml5mwtqd))/swedish/means/causeOfDeath.aspx
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Thank you, Ian. That last one with the Latinized words will be very handy. For some reason, I struggle with some of the Latin in the Swedish records, yet not in the English ones.