Sweden, Stockholm City Archives, Index to Church Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

Sweden

What is in the Collection?
This collection is a partial index to the church records of Stockholm City created by the Stockholm City Archives for the years 1546 to 1927.

The indexes usually include:
 * Name
 * Event date or dates
 * Names of family members such as parents or spouse

How Do I Search the Collection?
To begin your search it is helpful to know


 * Name of your ancestor
 * Identifying information such as birth date or name of spouse
 * The quarter of Stockholm where they lived

You can search by name by visiting the Collection Landing Page.

Enter the names of the person and click the Search button. This will return a list of possible matches. Compare the information about the individuals in the list to what you already know about your ancestors to determine if this is the correct family or person. You may need to look at the information on several individuals comparing the information about them to your ancestors to make this determination. Keep in mind:


 * There may be more than one person in the records with the same name.
 * You may not be sure of your own ancestor’s name.
 * Your ancestor may have used different names, or variations of their name, throughout their life.
 * If your ancestor used an alias or a nickname, be sure to check for those alternate names.
 * Even though these indexes are very accurate they may still contain inaccuracies, such as altered spellings, misinterpretations, and optical character recognition errors if the information was scanned.

What Do I Do Next?
When you have located your ancestor’s record, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. Save a copy of the image or transcribe the information. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details. Add this new information to your records of each family. Use the names, dates, volume and page numbers to locate your ancestor's original record.

What If I Can't Find Who I'm Looking For?

 * Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for nicknames and abbreviated names.
 * Search the indexes and records of nearby counties.
 * Try alternative search methods such as only filling in the surname search box (or the given name search box) on the landing page leaving the other box empty and then click on search. This should return a list of everyone with that particular name.

Citing this Collection
Citing your sources makes it easy for others to find and evaluate the records you used. When you copy information from a record, list where you found that information. Here you can find citations already created for the entire collection and for each individual record or image.

Collection Citation:

Record Citation (or citation for the index entry):