Dannäs Parish, Jönköping, Sweden Genealogy

Guide to Dannäs Parish, Sweden ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, 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
Anderstorp, Angelsudd

Berg Lilla, Berget Lilla och Stora (Berget Small and Large), Björkö (Björket) Lilla, Blommebo Kvarnagården, Blommebo Lilla Väderås, Boaberg, Boamust (Boamost), Bockebo (Båckebo), Boda Bråten, Bräknebo, Bussen, Bäck, Böke

Dannäs Fattigstuga, Dannäs Klockaregård, Dannäs Klockarestuga, Dannäs Kvarn, Dannäs Stora Säteri, Dannäs Tegelbruk, Danö, Dragaryd

Eklanda, Eklanda Lilla, Ekåsen, Ekåsen Lilla, Eneryd

Fattigstuan Dannäs, Fyllekull, Fållen, Fällan Stora Gavlö, Fällan Södra Ingemarstorp, Fästampen

Gatan Lilla Gavlö, Gatan Lilla Södra Ingemarstorp, Gatan Stora Södra Ingemarstorp, Gatan Södra Ingemarstorp, Gavlö Lilla, Gavlö Stora, Gertstorp, Gran(e)lund, Granhult Lilla, Granhult Stora, Granåsen, Gönemad, Gullkroken

Hagalund, Hagen, Hamrarne, Hjortafållen, Holkhult, Holmen, Hultet, Hyltebacke, Härjet

Ingemarstorp Norra, Ingemarstorp Södra, Jonsbo, Jordkulan Önnabo

Karlevik, Karlshult, Klockaregården Dannäs, Klockarestugan Dannäs

Knekttorp; # 14 Paradi Sjögård, # 15 Lilla Storebo Södra Ingemarstorp, # 16 Fästampen Böke, # 17 Stockholm Törestorp, # 18 Holmen Dragaryd, # 19 Svärnabben Törnestorp Mellangård, # 20 Vitarör Jonsbo, # 21 Eklanda Boda

Komministerbostället Stora Törnestorp, Kroken Böke, Kroken Sjögård, Kronobäck, Kuddebo, Kvarnagården, Kvarnahult, Kvarnaryd, Kvarnberg, Kvarnen Dannäs, Kållevik, Källehult

Liden, Lindhult, Linnebacken, Linnegården, Linneryd, Linneryd Lilla, Ljungåsen, Ljusakärr ,Lunna hagen

Mellangården Törnestorp

Nabben, Nordanskog Lilla, Nordanskog Stora, Norratorp, Norrekull, Nybygget Lilla Gavlö

Palebo, Paradis, Perjonstorp, Perstorp, Petersborg (Petersburg), Petersdal, Påsebo

Rallen, Rå och Rör Svinanäs, Rå coh rör Ystebo, Rå och Rör Önnabo, Rävelod, Rödjan, Rödjebo

Sjöbo, Sjögård. Skogen, Skomakaretorpet, Skreberg lilla, skreberg Stora, Slätten, Smedsgärde, Snickaretorpet, Snuvebo, Solkullen, Stakaslätt, Stavshult Lilla, Stavshult Stora, Stensabo, Stockholm, Storebo, Storebo Lilla, Svenstorp, Svinanäs Rå och Rör, Svärnabben, Sågkvarnen, Säteriet Stora Dannäs, Söderskog (Sörskog), Söderåsen

Tegelbruket Dannäs, Tegelstugan, Törestorp, Törnestorp, Törnestorp Mellangård, Törnestorp Stora Komministerboställe

Udden

Vinstad, Vitarör, Väderås, Västerfåll

Ystebo Rå och Rör

Åsen

Ängahult

Önnabo Rå och Rör.

Yrkesutövare med flera;

Adelperson page 61, 98, Artillerist 119, Fanjunkare 85, Grenadjär 22, Häradshövding 61, Kammarherre 61, Klockare 58, 78, Komminister 110, Korpral 16, 39, Kyrkvärd 10, 43, Löjtnant 61, 85, Major 98, Mjölnare 65, 82, Murare 4, Rättare 63, Sappör 39, Smed 117, Snickare 75, Soldat 3, 7, 21, 26, 28, 54, 55, 88, 119, Studerande 61, 85, 98, Försvarslösa personer 122, Personer utan bestämd hemvist 119.

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, 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 Sweden, Jönköping 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, Jönköping" and then select your parish.

Military Records

 * Sweden Military Records
 * Central Soldiers Register InstructionsSearch Engine

Related Sources
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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


 * FamilySearch Online Lessons - Reading Scandinavian Handwriting:
 * Scandinavian Handwriting
 * Scandinavian Handwriting, part 3
 * No part 2 available

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