SWEDEN ROOTSWEB USER GUIDELINE Hello, I'd like to take the time to welcome you to the Swedish List and share information that will help make your research efforts more successful. Please keep this message filed for future reference. FIRST: It is important to know that the letters with diacritical marks, , are separate letters in the Swedish alphabet and placed at the end, and all lists are alphabetized accordingly. When people emigrate these letters are altered in both peoples names and places which may make locating your ancestor in Sweden a little more difficult. They can be formed in the following ways: FOR PC USER: make sure the Num (Number) Lock on your key pad is on, then hold the Alt key and the following numbers from the number pad: Alt-142 = / Alt-132 = / Alt-143 = / Alt-134 = / Alt-153 = / Alt-148 = . FOR MAC USERS: The following keystrokes will make the letters on a Mac - alt(option)-a / - shift-alt(option)-a / - alt(option)-u and then a / - alt(option)-u and then shift-a / - alt(option)-u and then o / - alt(option)-u and then shift-o SECOND: An understanding of the patronymic naming system is also essential. Use this link to learn about Swedish naming practices: http://www.algonet.se/~hogman/Naming%20practice_eng.htm THIRD: It is very important to learn how to do Swedish research and what records and resources are available. Use this link to learn more: https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Sweden_Genealogy FOURTH: There are many online sights with online Swedish records. The following link has a list: https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Sweden_Online_Genealogy_Records One site not listed is the Stockholm Archives. It can be found using the following link: http://www2.ssa.stockholm.se/Rotemannen2012/Search.aspx FIFTH: The records are in Swedish but you can find your way around by learning a few basic terms, fdde = birth, dd = dead, vigsel = marriage. For a more comprehensive list of vocabulary words key to your records search use the following two links: https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Sweden:_Household_Examination_Vocabulary http://www.rootsweb.com/~swewgw/Fact/Dict/facdic02.htm SIXTH: For those interested in learning more about the Swedish language, see note, use this link: http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/a/d/adr10/swedish.html SEVENTH: There are many CD collections available for emigration, censuses, death records, etc. They can be purchased but many on the list already own the CDs and will do look-ups for free. This link is one site offering them for sale: http://webbutik.riksarkivet.se/en/products/cd-dvd/ The Sweden listers are a very helpful group ready to answer questions and do look-ups, but it is important to pose your inquiries correctly. All messages sent to the list are archived and can be searched, so subject lines should be specific. If I need help with a note in an HFL (Household Examination) my subject might be Translation help, Benjamin Andersson hlin b. 1831,HFL ra, lvsborg. This may seem long, but it may catch the attention of someone related who reads it on the list currently or searches the archives in the future. Please do not change the subject line in subsequent messages related to that subject. It breaks the connection to that string and others following the string in the archives may not be able to follow it. When you are asking for help you should correctly identify your source information so that others can look at the record. In ArkivDigital click on edit in the top menu and then click on the first option, Copy source identifier. Then paste it into your message. This is an example of what you will see: Jnkpings Sofia AI:16 (1861-1867) Image 14 / page 5 (AID: v23199.b14.s5, NAD: SE/VALA/00171) If you are using another source, such as Ancestry, state that the info is from Ancestry and look for identifying info similar to what is shown above. Those trying to help can usually find the info if they are using a different source. If info is from another type of web page, include the web address for the page. When responding to a message, please delete all irrelevant info not related to your response, signatures, previous messages, etc. You may just cut and paste the specific sentence/paragraph that you are responding to. You will see good examples of this in the messages of others. If you are receiving the Digest, which includes a number of message, do not just hit reply when responding to a message. Hit reply, copy & paste the subject line of the message to which you are replying and be sure to delete all the other messages in that digest. There is one additional page, SweGGate, created by a former list administrator, Dr Fredrik Haeffner. Though some links are dead, it has not been updated since 2006, it is chocked full of valuable information and well worth exploring. You will find the page here: http://www.rootsweb.com/~swewgw/ One of the best Swedish map resources to locate parishes, hrads, and lns before the last Swedish map changes which occurred in 1997 can be found here: http://www.gis.scb.se/atlas/RikIndAtlas1992/index_en.htm The records are kept under the old map designations, not the new ones, so knowing where these places were is invaluable in finding records. It must be noted that locations recorded in genealogical records should be what they were at the time of an event, not what they are today. 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