Synnerby Parish, Skaraborg, Sweden Genealogy

Guide to Synnerby Parish, Sweden ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, 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
Agetorp, Agetorp Backen, Agetorp Hyttorp, Agetorp Nyttorp, Agetorp Soldattorpet, Allmänningen, Anders Ersgården Nyckeltorp, Anders Persgården Lövåsa, Anderstorp, aspelund Estorp, Aspelund Sånnatorp

Backen Agetorp, Backen Nyckeltorp Sven Torstensgården, Bredängen, Bresgården, Besgården Hagen, Bresgården Långebergsmaden, Bresgården Nybygget, Bresgården Sandbacken, Bresgården Soldattorpet, Brogården, Brogården Gröneskog, Brogården Ljunget, Brogården Långebergsmaden, Brogården Siggetorp, Brogården Soldattorpet, Bryngelholm

Dalabacken

Entorp, Entorp Nybygget, Entorps Torp, Eswtorp, Estorp Aspelund, Estorp Soldattorpet

Falkabacken, Fattigstugan, Furubacken

Gallegården, Gallegården Nyckeltorp, Gallegården Nyckeltorp Soldattorp, Grönelid, Grönelid, Gröneskog Brogården, Gröneskog Prästgården, Gröneskog Tåstorp

Hagen Bresgården, Hagen Lövåsa Nils Andersgården, Hagen Siggetorp, Hagen Törestorp, Haget, Holmetorp, Holmetorp Lilla, Holmetorp Stora, Hyttorp Agetorp, Hyttorp Nyckeltorp Sven Torstensgården, Hästhagen

Irmarkstorp, Isakstorp Sånnatorp, Isakstorp Törestorp

Karlsbacken, Klockarebostället, Klockarnsäng, Kroppenås, Krösebacken

Laggareorp, Liagårdet, Lilla Holmetorp, Lilla Holmetorp Vässlan, Lillegården, Ljunget Brogården, Luren, Långebergsmaden Bresgården, Långebergsmaden Brogården, Långebergsmaden Lövåsa Nils Andersgården, Långebergsmaden Siggetorp, Lövåsa Anders Persgården, Lövåsa Anders Persgården Sandbacken, Lövåsa Nils Andersgården, Lövåsa Nils Andersgården Hagen, Lövåsa Nils Andersgården Långebergsmaden, Lövåsa Nils Andersgården Vässlan

Mansbäcken, Mansbäcken Tåstorp, Mellomtorpet, Moholm, Myran, Myran Nytckeltorp, Myrtorpet, Månsbacken, Måsen,

Nils Andersgården Lövåsa, Nolhagen, Noltorp, Nolåsen, Nordmarken, Nybygget Bresgården, Nybygget Entorp, Nybygget Nyckeltorp Sven Torstensgården, Nybygget Sven Torstensgården Backen, Nybygget Sven Torstensgården Hyttorp, Nyckeltorp Sven Torstensgården Nybygget, Nytorpet, Nyttorp Agetorp, Nyttorp Törestorp

Orelund

Pilaholm, Prästgården, Prästgården Gröneskog

Rödjan

Sandbbacken Bresgården, Sandbacken Lövåsa Anders Persgården, Sandvadet, Siggetorp, Siggetorp, Brogården, Siggetorp Hagen, Siggetorp Långebergsmaden, Siggetorp Nybygget, Siggetorp Tripsåsen, Skaramaden, Skeftingmaden, Skelycke, Skelycke Nybygget, Skelycke Soldattorpet, Skogen, Skogsmaden, Soldattorpet Agetorp, Soldattorpet Bresgården, Soldattorpet Brogården, Soldattorpet Estorp, Soldattorpet Nyckeltorp Gallegården, Soldattorpet Nyckeltorp Sven Torstensgården, Soldattorpet Skelycke, Soldattorpet Sånnatorp, Soldattorpet Tåstorp, Soldattorpet Törestorp, Solängen, Stora Holmetorp, Strömsholm, Sven Torstensgården Nyckeltorp, Sven Torstensgården Nyckeltorp Soldattorpet, Svenstorp, Sånnatorp, Sånnatorp Aspelund, Sånnatorp Isakstorp, Sånnatorp Soldattorpet, Sånnatorp Tripsåsen

Tidaholm, Tidered, Tittebo, Tomten, Torp Entorps, Torpåsen, Tripsåsen siggetorp, Tripsåsen Sånnatorp, Tåstorp, Tåstorp Gröneskog, Tåstorp Mansbäcken, Tåstorp Soldattorpet, Törestorp,k Törestorp Hagen, Törestorp Isakstorp, Törestorp Nyttorp, Törestorp Soldattorpet

Vallbogärdet, Vallen, Vässlan Lilla Holmetorp, Vässlan Lövåsa Nils Andersgården

Ängaberget

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


 * 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, 1880 - 1920, ($), index and images. Also on Ancestry.com, ($), 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 ($),
 * Ancestry.com ($),
 * Arkiv Digital ($), and
 * SVAR at Riksarkivet.

Help Using ArkivDigital: Online Databases for Sweden

 * These lessons will teach you how to use ArkivDigital:
 * Sweden: An Introduction to ArkivDigital
 * Use the Full Scope of Arkiv Digital for Swedish Genealogy

Family History Library Records
Click Sweden, Skaraborg 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, Skaraborg and then select your parish.

Military Records

 * Sweden Military Records
 * Central Soldiers Register InstructionsSearch Engine

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


 * Reading Scandinavian Gothic Handwritten Records: (free, online lessons at FamilySearch):
 * Lesson 1: Scandinavian Gothic Letters,
 * Lesson 2: Names, Words, and Dates, and
 * Lesson 3: Handwritten Records

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