Holmsund Parish, Västerbotten, Sweden Genealogy

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



History
Holmsund parish was formed on 27 February 1863 as a chapel parish by breaking away from Umeå parish.

The chapel parish included Holmsund's loading site and was established according to the Royal. May's consent with his own priest (who was also a primary school teacher) and church, all at the expense of the James Dickson trading house in Gothenburg. No territorial boundaries were established.

Holmsund parish was part of a joint pastorate with Umeå county parish (mother parish) from 1863-1918. From May 1, 1918, the congregation became its own pastorate.

According to the royal letter of July 6, 1917, certain homes and apartments, included i.a. it formed Djupviken's municipal society and Holmsund's sawmill in 1894, broken out from Umeå parish to form its own bourgeois municipality and land register parish from 1 January 1918 as well as its own parish and own pastorate from 1 May 1918 under the name Holmsund.

According to a royal decision on March 20, 1931, an area was transferred from Holmsund parish to the city of Umeå at the entrance in 1932, mainly comprising the apartment Lövön 1: 268 and Holmen Stormskär.

By Djupvik's municipal society and another area within Holmsund parish, Holmsund's municipal society was established by royal decree on 3 February 1933. This included Lövön's original parcel with the exception of the area incorporated with the city of Umeå by royal decree on 20 March 1931.

By Obbola Skifteslag, comprising the entire part of Holmsund parish, which was not part of Holmsund's municipal society, Obbola municipal society was formed on 22 September 1939.

Holmsund's and Obbola municipal communities ceased in 1947 with the creation of Holmsund's köping, which encompassed the entire parish of Holmsund.

According to the Royal Decree, on January 1, 1971, Umeå City Council was transformed into its own parish, called Ålidhem Parish, the area for Holmeund Parish for Umeå Port.

According to the government's decision, on 1 January 1980 it was transferred to Holmsund parish from Ålidshem parish Umeå harbor and to Holmsund parish from Umeå county parish Holmsjö area.

Place Names
There are no records of villages listed only names of people.

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 ($), index and images. Also on Ancestry.com ($), 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.
 * 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, Västerbotten Records for a full listing of microfilmed records (some digitized online) at the FamilySearch Librarythat 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 FamilySearch Center near you. Click on "Places within Sweden, Västerbotten" 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

Help With Research Objectives and Strategies
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