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3 Swedish Genealogy Records that You Need to Research

What Swedish genealogy records do you need to search for when trying to find your Swedish ancestor. You know that you need to find birth, marriage, and death records, but what else after that? In this article I will show you other Swedish records that you may or may not be aware of that will give you tons of genealogical information about your ancestor....

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How to Use the Swedish Archives Website with Ease

So you have Swedish ancestors and you’ve searched all you can in Family Search and Ancestry. Now what? Where do you go to find more original records that aren’t found on Family Search and Ancestry. That’s where the Swedish National Archives come in or better known as the Swedish ArkivDigital. Let me show you a little about how to...

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Getting Started with Danish Towns of Origin

Hello everyone! How are you doing this week? I hope you enjoyed some 4th of July celebrations yesterday if you celebrate that. I know we had fun with watching fireworks and having our own barbecue dinner with all of our family that lives in the area. It was awesome!So who’s ready to talk about all things Danish genealogy?! I am!!!! No really,...

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Where did my Swedish Ancestor Go?

Hello everyone! How’s it going this week? I’ve had a great week of learning more about other people’s ancestor’s and their lives. It’s interesting to me to see how other people chose to live their life. It shows in the records that were left. I talked about Swedish household examination records last week and now I want...

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How do you use Swedish Household Examinations in Genealogy?

Hello Everyone! How’s your week going? I have a really fun article this week. Well, I had fun creating it anyway. I love using household examinations. This is where I really get to know a family and find out how they lived. It’s not complete, but it helps me know them as people instead of just names on paper.Our Family Case StudyLet’s...

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Your Swedish Ancestor’s Household Examinations

Hello everyone! How has your week gone? How are you doing with your genealogy? Are you coming up against new roadblocks or have you found a “gold vein” of information? Genealogy is a fascinating area because you don’t just work on it then you’re done. It has many avenues that can take you many directions. It isn’t always...

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Scandinavian Marriage Records-More than just Names

Happy Valentine’s month! I hope you’ve had a great week. I also hope you had a great Valentine’s Day yesterday. We will be talking about Scandinavian marriage records in a minute because marriage records are a great topic to talk about for the month of February. But first let me tell you about my Valentine’s day. It was a normal day...

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A Different Way to Think About the Holidays and Genealogy

Hello everyone! How’s it going this week? I hope all is well and that the holiday plans aren’t stressing you out too much! Do you have plans for Thanksgiving? I think that’s what I love about the holidays. It’s the family get together with all of us humans. Nobody’s perfect and that’s what makes a story. I bet everyone has a juicy story or two...

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