Sweden Household Examination Records (Husförhörslängder)

The Surveys were mandated by Parliament as part of the 1688 Church Act. This is an evaluation tool used annually by the cleric to record the literacy and religious knowledge of his parishioners. Information often included age, residence, spouse name, marriage dates, death dates, relationships of each member of the household to the head of the house, information about moves, and remarks about the person’s character. It is common to find multiple generations in one household. Males are often listed before females. Dates are written in the European or Military style of dating. 10/3 is the 10th of March. Clerical Survey Summaries were done in 1860, 1870, 1880 and 1890. These were recorded on the county level under the topic Civil Registration.Information should be considered secondary if it conflicts with known birth, marriage and death dates.