Edefors Parish, Norrbotten, Sweden Genealogy

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

History
Edefors parish was formed in 1890 by breaking out of Överluleå parish (according to a decision from 1881). The parish became its own pastorate. In 1892, Edefors became its own municipality and in the land register broke out from Överluleå parish. Minutes of the General Assembly are available from 1884, however.

The area that became Edefors parish belonged before 1831 to Luleå parish (later Nederluleå parish) and was transferred in 1831 to the newly formed Överluleå parish.

The following villages were transferred to Edefors parish in 1890: Björnberg, Björnträskån, Bodträskfors, Bodträskån, Bovallen, Bredträsk, Degerträsk, Djupsjö, Dragträsk, Edefors, Forsnäs, Forsudden, Furunäs, Grundträsk, Görjeån, Harads, Hatten vid Holmträsk, Havsträsk, Havsträsk Krokfors or Tallberget, Övre Krokträsk, Kvanån, Lakaträsk, Lövberg, Navarsberg, Norrhed, Odjursberg-Åddjaursberg, Rödingsträsk, Sandträsk, Storsand, Strömbacka, Sundisträsk, Svartlå, Svartlå mill, Umtjärn, Västerby, Åbacka, Öbackby and Åkerby.

In the compilation Sweden's parishes through the ages (Skatteverket) there is a note about fire on May 4, 1918. It is unclear if anything in the archive was destroyed in connection with the fire.

Place Names
Bastuvallen, Bastuvattnet, Björnberget, Björnbergsträsk, Bodträskfors, Bodträskån, Bovallen Västra (Bovallen West), Bovallen Östra (Bovallen East), Bredträsk, Brännspiken

Degerträsk, Djupsjö, Dragträsk

Edefors

Fällforsselet, Forsnäset, Forsudden, Furunäs

Gullträsk, Gäddträsk, Görjeån

Hapträsk, Harads, Hatten, Havsträsk

Kettisträsk, Klusån, Kokheden, Krokbäcken, Krokfors, Krokträsk Övre (Krokfors Upper), Kvarnån, Költräsk

Lakaträsk, Lappträsk, Lillberg, Lillån, Långtjärn, Lövberget

Mellanån, Mjösjöträsk, Myrberget

Navasberg, Norrhed, Norrsand, Notselet, Näsberget, Näset

Odjursberget, Onatjärn

Prästbordet

Qvarnån

Rappoberget, Rödingsträsk, Rörtjärn

Sandträsk, Spikberget, Spikselån, Stensnäs, Storsand, Strömbacka, Sundsnäs, Svanisträsk, Svartlå, Svartlå nedre (Svartlå lower), Svartlå övre (Svartlå upper), Sörviksudden

Tallberget

Umtjärn, Urstjärn

Vitbergsträsk

Åbacka, Åkerby, Åkroken, Åminne

Österby, Överäng

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

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.

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Family History Library Records
Click Sweden, Norrbotten Records for a full listing of microfilmed records (some digitized online) at the Family History 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, Norrbotten" and then select your parish.

Military Records

 * Sweden Military Records
 * Central Soldiers Register InstructionsSearch Engine

Related Sources
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 * Reading Gothic Handwriting for Swedish Genealogy, Lesson 1
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 * Birth and Christening Records for Swedish Genealogy


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