Millesvik Parish, Värmland, Sweden Genealogy

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

History
This parish dates back to early 1100s. It lies on the southerly end of the peninsula Värmlandsnäs and also includes a number of small islands in lake Vänern. Consisting of some woodland, most of the parish land area is farmland belonging to large estates.

Rosenberg reports a population of 704 (about 1882) but by year 2000 only 137 people lived there. This is typical for the entire peninsula, once busy farmland, mechanization in the 1900s displaced most of the workers.

Place Names
Ankland

Barud, Bengterud, Berg, Björkdalen, Bocketorp, Börön

Dåverud

Flodbäcken, Fågeltorp

Gibraltar, Götterstad, Götterstadstorp

Hjälleskate, Holmen, Hult Norra, Hult Södra, Hultängen, Hälle, Höviken

Klockaregården, Komperud, Kårerud, Kårerudstorp

Låxerud

Mossen

Nedra Stegelsrud, Noltorp Västra, Noltorp Östra, Norra Hult, Nybyggerrud

Petersburg, Prästgården

Rörvik

Skottan, Smedtorpet, Solberg, Stegelsrud Nedra, Stegelsrud Östra

Torstad, Trädgårdstorp

Vänsberg, Västra Noltorp, Västra Torp

Åsen

Ängtorpet

Östra Noltorp, Östra Torp

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


 * Surrounding Parishes

Botilsäter, Eskilsäter, Ölserud

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, ($), index and images. Also on Ancestry.com, ($), 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 ($),
 * ($),
 * Arkiv Digital ($), and
 * SVAR at Riksarkivet.

Help Using ArkivDigital: Online Databases for Sweden

 * These lessons will teach you how to use ArkivDigital:
 * ArkivDigital: Explore Your Swedish Heritage

FamilySearch Library Records
Click Värmland 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 Family History Center near you. Click on "Places within Sweden, Värmland and then select your parish.

Military Records

 * Sweden Military Records
 * Central Soldiers Register InstructionsSearch Engine

Related Sources
Sweden Online Genealogy Records Ask the Community

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
 * Scandinavian Handwriting
 * Scandinavian Handwriting, part 3 - No part 2 available

Help With Research Objectives and Strategies
Sweden Research Strategies

References:
Millesvik Husförhörslängd 1836-1841 Ortregister