Tavelsjö Parish, Västerbotten, Sweden Genealogy

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

History
In 1963 this parish was created from Umeå Landsförsamling.

(2) Tavelsjö church registration district within Umeå county parish was formed on January 1, 1926 when the county parish was divided into two church registration districts. The other district was called Umeå Landsförsamling's southern church registration district, see Umeå Landsförsamling's church archives.

The church registration district ended on January 1, 1963 when Tavelsjö parish, corresponding to the former district, was broken out of Umeå county.

Tavelsjö parish was part of a joint pastorate with Umeå county parish (mother parish).

At the same time as the parish was formed in 1963, Umeå parish, Tegs parish and Tavelsjö parish formed a church community, Umeå parish church community. In addition to the church community, there was also from 1969 a common office for the parishes in Umeå, Umeå church central administration. The community and the central administration contain, among other things, minutes, real estate documents and accounts with personnel and salary documents. The community and the central administration form their own archives.

Umeå parish's church community and Umeå church's central administration were replaced on 1 January 1995 by Umeå church community, which also includes Umeå city parish and Ålidhem parish. As of 1998, Umeå Maria parish is also part of the community.

The parishes in Umeå established a joint cemetery administration in 1969 for the administration of questions about the funeral activities, see Umeå church community, the cemetery administration's archive (-1999). The archive includes minutes, burial books (even before 1969, the oldest from 1890) and other documents concerning funeral activities. The archive includes documents for the period before 1969.

Place Names
Ansmark Böle, Bussjön, Bjenberg, Bjensjön, Bösta  Degerbäcken, Degernäs  Fjällholm  Grössjön  Holmnäs, Häggnäs, Höglund, Högskurun, Hörnefors bruk (Hörnefors mill), Hörnefors Sågverk (Hörnefors Sawmill), Hörneå, Hössjön  Kasamark  Mellansvartbäck, Mosjön  Norrböle, Nordansjö, Norrmjöle, Nyland  Obbola, Slösbäck, Strängnäs, Ström, Strömbäck, Stugunäs, Stöcke, Sörböle, Sörmjöle  Tredingen  Westerberg, Åheden  Öhn, Österberg  Personer utan tillåten vistelse ort (Persons without an approved place of living)

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, 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. (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.

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FamilySearch Library Records
Click Sweden, Västerbotten 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 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

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 * Reading Gothic Handwriting for Swedish Genealogy, Lesson 1
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