Lycksele Parish, Västerbotten, Sweden Genealogy

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

History
Lycksele is the oldest lasting Sami settlement in Swedish Lappland and the first Swedish Sami school, was built here in 1634. Lycksele was the first place in Swedish Lappland to be designated a city in 1946, giving it the nickname of Lapp-Stockholm. Lycksele, despite its small population, for historical reasons normally is still called a city 

(2) Lycksele parish was formed in 1606 by breaking away from Umeå county. From Lycksele parish, 1648 Åsele parish, 1674 Gillesnuole parish (changed name 1701 to Sorsele parish), 1780 Tärna parish, 1815 Stensele parish and 1848 Örträsk parish broke out.

Lycksele parish was divided on 1 May 1923 into two church registration districts; Lycksele Church Accounting District (see Lycksele Church Archives) and Björksele Church Accounting District (see Björksele Church Archives). Björksele included Vindelådalen. On January 1, 1962, the Björksele church registration district was transformed into its own parish and the church registration districts within Lycksele parish were closed down.

Björksele parish became its own pastorate in 1962 when the parish was added but together with Lycksele parish formed a common church community (common finances). Fr.o.m. In 1995, Örträsk's parish was also part of the community. In the same year, the church community changed its name to Lycksele church community. The church community constitutes its own archive, see Lycksele-Björksele church community archive.

Lycksele parish constituted its own pastorate 1606-1617 and was included as an annex parish in Umeå county parish pastorate 1617-1672. In the years 1673-1674, the parish again formed its own pastorate and then became the mother parish in a pastorate together with Sorsele parish. Between 1780-1815, the pastorate included Lycksele parish, Sorsele parish and Tärna parish to be expanded in 1815 with Stensele parish. Sorsele parish was separated in 1821 into its own pastorate and Stensele parish with Tärna parish became its own pastorate in 1822.

Lycksele parish then became its own pastorate until 1848 to then become the mother parish in a joint pastorate with Örträsk parish. Lycksele again became its own pastorate in 1887. Lycksele parish (mother parish) and Örträsk parish formed a joint pastorate on 1 January 1995. On January 1, 1999, the division of the pastorate was changed. Lycksele and Örträsk's pastorate were expanded and also included Björksele parish (Lycksele, Björksele and Örträsk pastorate).

Lycksele municipal society was formed in 1884. The municipal society became from 1929 a köping separated from Lycksele municipality. Both the municipality and Köping were part of Lycksele parish. On January 1, 1946, Köping became a city.

According to a royal letter on 31 December 1908, from the entrance of 1909, the felling block no. 2 of the Kronoparken Örålandet no. 1, the felling block no. 1 of the kronoparken Vittanliden no. Of the homestead Tväråträsk no. 2 in Sorsele parish is a parcel, called Granträsk partly in Lycksele parish.

As a scanned document, the archive list contains a compilation of villages included in Lycksele house examination books, with an account of which parishes the villages later belonged to.

Place Names
Adamstorp, Ajaur, Annelund, Arvliden, Arvträsk, Aspliden Bastunäs, Berg, Berglund, Bergvattnet, Bergås, Betsele, Bjurträsk, Bjurås, Björkberg, Björkliden, Björksele, Blåvik, Brattfors, Brännforsheden, Brännäs, Busjön, Byssträsk, Bäck, Bäckfors, Bäcklund, Bäverträsk  Ekorrträsk  Falmark, Falträsk, Flakaträsk, Farsheden, Forsheden, Forsvall, Fäbodliden  Godåker, Graned, Granliden, Gransjön, Granträsk, Gruvmark, Grundträsk, Gustavstorp, Gäddträsk  Hedlunda, Hedmark, Hedvik, Helsingfors, Holmlund, Holmsjö, Holmträsk, Holmträsk lilla (Holmträsk small), Holmträskbrännan, Hornmyra, Husbondliden, Högås  Karonsbo, Kattisavan, Knaften, Knäppingen, Kroksjön, Kråkvinkel, Königslund  Ledningsvall Åttonträsk, Lidsträsk, Lillå, Lomfors, Lugnet, Lund, Lycksaberg, Lycksele prästbordet, Långsele  Malmby, Maltträsk, Manjaur, Mastatjärn, Mjötjärnliden, Myrträsk, Mårdsele  Norrby, Norrbäck, Norrkulla, Norrlund, Nyby, Nydal, Nygård, Nyklinten, Nyland, Nyliden, Nynäs, Nytorp  Olofsfors Nygård  Paulund, Pausele, Provåker  Rotenträsk, Rusele, Rusksele, Ruskträsk, Råberg, Rödingträsk, Rökå, Rönnfors, Rönnås  Sandfors, Sandsjönäs, Siksele, Sjönäs, Skard Skurträsk, Stenhamn, Stenkulla, Storbacken, Svarudden Norrliden, Södervik  Tallträsk, Tannbäck, Tannfors, Tannsele, Tavle, Tuggensele, Tuvträsk  Ulriksdal, Umgransele  Vargträsk, Vindelgransele, Vinliden, Vormheden, Vormsele, Vormträsk, Vägsele, Vänjaurbäck, Vänjaurträsk, Vännfors, Vännäs  Åliden, Åttonträsk  Öravan, Örelund, Örträsk, Öretorp

Fattighjon ( poor people), Inhyseshjon ( farmers), Insocknes drängar ( male farmhands in the parish), Insocknes pigor (servant girls in the parish), Utsocknes drängar ( male farmhands not from the parish), Utsocknes pigor ( servant girls not from the parish).

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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
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