Robertsfors Parish, Västerbotten, Sweden Genealogy

Guide to Robertsfors Parish, Sweden ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

History
In 1759 the small village Edfastmark became Robertsfors Bruk. It was the Irishman John Jennings and his brother-in-law, the Scotsman Robert Finlay, who founded the new ironworks which also got its name. Robertsfors, was named for Robert Finlay. 

(2) Robertsfors parish was broken out in 1799 from Bygdeå parish as a mill parish. An ironworks had been built in 1759 by Rickleån.

From 1917 the parish was considered a chapel parish. The parish was part of a common pastorate with Bygdeå parish and from the middle of the 20th century also in a church community.

The parish has been linked to Bygdeå parish and has e.g. no own main accounts. The church meeting was not established until 1963 and the church council was established in 1969.

Joint documents for the pastorate and the community are included in Bygdeå church archives. School documents are also included in Bygdeå church archives.

Some villages and farms are occupied overtime in both Robertsfors and Bygdeå house examination books: Aftonmora, Alkvittern, Antfäboden, Berga, Edfastmark, Framnäs, Fågelsång, Gamla Sweden, Isakfäboda, Isnäs, Johanneslund, Kvarnfors, Liljabäck, Riset, Sbertsfors, Sbertsn,, Stenfors, Nya Storbäcken, Åselet and Åsjön.

Place Names
Aftonmora, Antf'äbodan Forsnäs  Isaksfäbodan  Johannislund  Kvarnfors  Riset, Robertsfors bruk (Robertsfors mill)

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


 * Surrounding Parishes

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Census Records

 * Sweden Household Examination Records (Husförhörslängder)--explanation of this church record which is functionally the census of Sweden.
 * Sweden Household Examination Books, 1840-1947($), index and images. Also on Ancestry.com($), Digital ($), and SVAR''' at Riksarkivet.

Online Database Church Records
The easiest way to access the Swedish Church Records is through the internet, using these five sites (see links to specific collections below). Four of these sites require a subscription for access.
 * at FamilySearch.
 * MyHeritage.com ($),
 * ($),
 * Arkiv Digital ($), and
 * SVAR at Riksarkivet.

Help Using ArkivDigital: Online Databases for Sweden

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 * ArkivDigital: Explore Your Swedish Heritage

FamilySearch Library Records
Click Sweden, Västerbotten Records for a full listing of microfilmed records (some digitized online) at the FamilySearch Library, that may be digitized. Check back occasionally to see if your records have become available. In the meantime, some of them might be available at a FamilySearch Center near you. Click on "Places within Sweden, Västerbotten" and then select your parish.

Military Records

 * Sweden Military Records
 * Central Soldiers Register Instructions[ Search Engine]

Related Sources
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Help Reading Swedish Records

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 * This Swedish Word List covers typical terms found in the records.
 * Swedish Historical Dictionary Database, SHDD: This interactive dictionary allows you to enter a word in the search box and receive the translation.
 * Feast Day Calendar (Moveable) and Feast Day Lists (Fixed and Moveable) will help you translate dates written in feast day form.
 * Sweden surnames are patronymic and change every generation, so carefully study Sweden Names, Personal.
 * For help with reading the column headings found in more recent records, see [[Media:Swedenish_Par_Reg_and_Exam_headings.pdf|Swedish Parish Register and Household Exam Roll Headings]].
 * Instructions, document examples, and translations are given for Reading Swedish Birth and Christening Records 1717, 1752, 1771, 1792, 1803, 1834, 1854.

Help Reading Old Handwriting

 * Reading Gothic Handwriting for Swedish Genealogy, Lesson 1
 * Spelling and Phonetics for Swedish Genealogy, Lesson 2 — Names, dates, and key genealogical words
 * Reading Gothic Handwriting for Swedish Genealogy: Put It All Together, Lesson 3
 * Birth and Christening Records for Swedish Genealogy
 * Scandinavian Handwriting
 * Scandinavian Handwriting, part 3 - No part 2 available

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