Grolanda Parish, Skaraborg, Sweden Genealogy

Guide to Grolanda 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
Askebäcken

Backen, Backgården Skånum, Backgården Skärvum, Backtomten, Bro, Bro Soldattorp, Bro Tån, Bryngelsbo

Charlottenlund

Dikarebo

Ebbarp, Ekelund, Ekåsen, Enebacken, Enehögen, Enehögen Soldattorp, Erstorp

Fattigstugan, Flatön

Granbacken Granstugan, Gripagården, Grönhögen, Gårestorp, Gårestorp Soldattorp, Gärdet, Gärdet Skånum Skattegården, Gärdet Soldattorp, Gärdet Tån

Hagaled Hagen, Hagaled Lilla Risa, Hagaled Simonstorp, Hagen, Hagen Hagaled, Hagen Kroken, Hagetomten, Hagön, Hemmingsholmen, Holmen, Härsebacken, Hässjö, Hästhagen, Hägalyckan, Höverö

Johannelund

Karlslund, Kroken Hagen, Kroken Lilla Risa, Kvarnlyckan, Kyrkebol, Kyrkebol Tån, Kyrkeslätt, Kålön

Ledsgården, Lerbacken, Lidaholm, Lilla Nycklaberget, Lilla Risa, Lilla Risa Hagaled, Lilla Risa Kroken, Lilla Rya, Lilla Rya Soldattorp, Lilla Skattetomten, Lilla Tyskabo, Lyckås

Mellangården, Myrebacken

Nolgården, Nolhagen, Nybacken, Nybygget, Nycklaberget Lilla, Nycklaberget Stora

Olofstorp

Prästgården, Purö

Risa Lilla, Risa Lilla Hagaled, Risa Lilla Kroken, Rukorna, Rya Led, Rya Lilla, Rya Västergården

Simonstorp, Simonstorp Hagaled, Skattegården Skånum, Skattegården Skärvum, Skattetomten, Skolhuset, Skräddaregården, Skräddaregården Soldattorp, Skräddaretomten, Skåningsholm, Skånum Backgården, Skånum Backgården Tån, Skånum Skattegården, Skånum Skattegården Gärdet, Skärvum Backgården, Skärvum Skattegården, Skärvum Skattegården Soldattorp, Skärvun Tån, Slätteban, Slätteberg, Slätteberg Soldattorp, Slätteberg Tån, Slättrya, Slättås, Smedsgården, Smedsgården Soldattorp, Smörkullen, Smörkullen Tån, Solberga, Soldattorpet Bro, Soldattorpet Enehögen, Soldattorpet Gårestorp, Soldattorpet Gärdet, Soldattorpet Lilla Rya, Soldattorpet Skräddaregården, Soldattorpet Skärvum Skattegården, Soldattorpet Slätteberg, Soldattorpet Smedsgården, Soldattorpet Sörgården, Stenbacken, Stora Nycklaberget, Stora Tyskabo, Strömsholm, Sågebacken, Sörgården, Sörgården Soldattorp, Sörgården Tån

Tokaslätten, Tomten, Torpåsen, Tyskabo Lilla, Tyskabo Stora, Tån Bro, Tån Gärdet, Tån Kyrkebol, Tån Skånum Backgården, Tån Skärvum, Tån Slätteberg, Tån Smörkullen, Tån Sörgården

Udden, Ulnödal

Videbäck, Vitesark, Viteslätt, Vädholmen

Åkerslätt

Ärtelyckan, Äspekullen

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 Falköping: Floby, Göteve, Jäla, Kinneved. Herrljunga:

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.
 * 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, Skaraborg 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, Skaraborg and then select your parish.

Military Records

 * Sweden Military Records
 * Central Soldiers Register InstructionsSearch Engine

Related Sources
Sweden Online Genealogy Records Ask the Community

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
Sweden Research Strategies