Talk:Swedish Parishes A-H

It's wonderful to have this parish listing in the Family Search Wiki, but this alphabetical order is incorrect. Even with the disclaimer in the introduction stating that the list is in English order, it's misleading to the new user and frustrating to those who know the correct order. The Swedish alphabetical order is ... X, Y, Z, Å, Ä, Ö. The correct order needs to be reflected within each word too (1st to 2nd to 3rd letter etc.), not just mixing the ä with the a's or the ö's with the o's.

So group Ba.. then Bb, Bc, ... Bå, Bä, and Bö.

Here's how it is now: B Socken (Parish) Härad (District) Län (County) Notes Bäck Vadsbo Skaraborg Backa see Göteborg City, many records destroyed in a fire 1874 Bäckaby Västra Jönköping Backaryd Medelstad Blekinge Bäcke Vadbo Älvsborg Bäckebo Norra Möre Kalmar Bäckefors see Bäcke Backen see Umeå City, Stadsförsamling Bäckseda Östra Jönköping Badelunda Siende Västmanland after 1962 see Västerås Badelunda Bäl Gotland Norra Gotland

Here's how it should be:

B

Socken (Parish) Härad (District) Län (County) Notes Backa see Göteborg City, many records destroyed in a fire 1874 Backaryd Medelstad Blekinge Backen see Umeå City, Stadsförsamling Badelunda Siende Västmanland after 1962 see Västerås Badelunda

and then at the appropriate spot alphabetically:

Socken (Parish) Härad (District) Län (County) Notes Bäck Vadsbo Skaraborg Bäckaby Västra Jönköping Bäcke Vadbo Älvsborg Bäckebo Norra Möre Kalmar Bäckefors see Bäcke Bäckseda Östra Jönköping Bäl Gotland Norra Gotland

If you change the regional settings to Sweden through your control panel, and install the Swedish proofing tools, you can use the sort tools in Excel and Word to correct the order. This will be a great reference! G Fröberg Morris 14:10, 16 February 2008 (MST)