Husaby Parish, Skaraborg, Sweden Genealogy

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



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
Allmänning, Apelås, Arnemossen, Assarsgården

Backen, Berget, Bissgården, Bissgården Kvarnen, Bissgårdsliden, Blombergs Säteri, Bona, Brunnsbacken, Bryngelsgården, Bäck

Danielstorp

Essgärdet, Essgärds Kvarn

Fattighuset, Flyhov, Flytorp, Freden, Furuhagen

Gatan, Gategården, Gategården Kvarnen, Gategården Lilla, Gategården Stora, Granhagen, Gustavsberg

Halla Säteri, Halltorp, Hedemarken, Hovsgärdet, Håkabacken under Skattegården

Jöns Nilsgården

Karlsberg, Karlstorp, Kartegården, Klippan, Klockarebolet, Knotthultsbacken, Kollängen, Kollängstorp, Kristinelund, Kulltorp, Kvarnen Bissgården, Kvarnen Essgärd, Kvarnen Gategården, Kvarnen Martorp, Kvarngården, Källedalen, Kärregården, Kärret

Lars Bengtsgården, Lars Persgården, Lerbäck, Lilla Gategården

Marieberg, Martorp, Martorps Kvarn,

Nils Arvidsgården, Nils Bengtsgården, Nils Rasegården, Nybygget

Olof Jonsgården

Prästatorp, Prästgården

Råäng, Rödjan

Sannebo, Sannebolid, Skattegården, Skefta, Stora Gategården, Stubbesgården, Sven Larsgården, Svenstorp, Säteriet Blomberg, Säteriet Halla, Sörgården

Tomten, Trädgårdstorp, Tuvehagen

Vagnsbacka, Värdshuset

Ängen, Ängatorp

Öja, Österängsledet

Sweden 1951 Place Names Register and the Swedish Parish Pages list in this Wiki will give you searchable lists of places, particularly parishes and the farms within those parishes.


 * Surrounding Parishes

Census Records

 * Sweden Household Examination Records (Husförhörslängder)--explanation of this church record which is functionally the census of Sweden.
 * Sweden Household Examination Books, 1880 - 1920, ($), index and images. Also on Ancestry.com, ($), Arkiv 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. (ArkivDigital, Ancestry.com, and MyHeritage.com  are available at a FamilyHistory Center near you free of charge.)
 * at FamilySearch.
 * MyHeritage.com ($),
 * Ancestry.com ($),
 * Arkiv Digital ($), and
 * SVAR at Riksarkivet.

Help Using ArkivDigital: Online Databases for Sweden

 * These lessons will teach you how to use ArkivDigital:
 * Use the Full Scope of Arkiv Digital for Swedish Genealogy
 * Use the Full Scope of Arkiv Digital for Swedish Genealogy

Family History Library Records
Click Sweden, Skaraborg Records for a full listing of microfilmed records (some digitized online) at the Family History Librarythat 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 Family History Center near you. Click on "Places within Sweden, Skaraborg and then select your parish.

Military Records

 * Sweden Military Records
 * Central Soldiers Register InstructionsSearch Engine

Help Reading Swedish Records

 * You do not have to be fluent in Swedish to read these records! They have a limited vocabulary: mother, father, born, bride, groom, married, etc. The rest of the content will be names, dates, and places, which do not need translation.
 * 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


 * Reading Scandinavian Gothic Handwritten Records: (free, online lessons at FamilySearch):
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Help With Research Objectives and Strategies
Sweden Research Strategies