Borgholm Parish, Kalmar, Sweden Genealogy

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History
(write information such as: how old the parish is, interesting facts about the parish, what alternate names it has, or any boundary changes.)

Place Names
Borgholm was divided into blocks of houses. Each block was called a Kvarter. Each Kvarter was given a name. One or more numbers were also given to each Kvarter. The names of each Kvarter and their numbers as they were in 1849-1856 follow:

Amfion 1-4

Björnen 5-8

Delfinen 13-18

Falken 22-24

Gripen 27 - 28

Herkules 29- 32

Island 33- 36

Kamelen 37-38,

Kuba 9-12

Kvarnen 59-62

Lugnet 39-42

Månen 43- 46

Norge 47-50,

Orion 51 – 54

Påven 55-58

Ryssland 63-66

Sverige 68- 70,

Tetis 71-74

Uranus 75-77

Våren 80-81

Åland 83-96

Ängeln 19-21

Other places within Borgholm named in the household examination:

Kurhus

Skolhuset,

Tullhuset,

To see what kind of place it is you will need a Swedish Gazetteer.


 * Surrounding Parishes

Collections
(write information about the different collections, or tips on using them)


 * Church Records


 * Court Records


 * Military Records

Related Sources

 * Digital


 * PLF Database -- A large portion of births, marriages, and deaths have been indexed on CD-Roms for the county of Kalmar. The 4 disc set has been created by Person-och Lokalhistoriskt Forskarcentrum, Oskarshamn (PLF). To learn more about these CD-Roms click here.


 * Nixon -- a name index of Biographical and genealogical information for Kalmar and a few other counties. To learn more click here.


 * Printed