Skellefteå Sankt Olov Parish, Västerbotten, Sweden Genealogy

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

History
Skellefteå City Council was formed on 1 May 1913 by breaking away from Skellefteå Parish, which at the same time changed its name to Skellefteå County Council. The city of Skellefteå had been founded in 1846 on the homestead nos. 6 and 8 in Norrböle village.

Skellefteå City Council changed its name to Skellefteå Sankt Olov Parish in 1961.

Skellefteå City Council was divided on 1 January 1937 into two church registration districts; Skellefteå Church Accounting District (see this archive) and Skelleftehamn's Church Accounting District (see Skellefteå Sankt Örjan's Church Archive).

Skelleftehamn's church registration district was broken out of the parish in 1961 and formed Skellefteå Sankt Örjan's parish.

Skellefteå stadsförsamling / Skellefteå Sankt Olov was a separate pastorate, with the exception of 1961 when the parish was the mother parish in a joint pastorate with Skellefteå Sankt Örjan parish.

In 1916, certain areas, including most of the Norrböle municipal community, were transferred from Skellefteå County Council to Skellefteå City Council.

According to a royal letter, certain areas of Skellefteå parish next to Skellefteå's new harbor at Kallholmsfjärden (Ytterursviken nos. 2, 4 and 6 with associated flats) from 1917 incorporated with the city of Skellefteå. At the same time, an area east of the so-called Boströmsbäcken, plots 82, 99 and 100 west of the same stream, forming parts of the homestead Böle no. 5 and 7, certain parts of the homestead Prästbordet no. 2 and Skellefteå stads storgata, whose position in municipal terms has not been fully clarified, that they belonged to the city.

According to a royal letter, certain areas of the homestead Böle no. 5, 7, 10-12 and Morön no. 1 were transferred from Skellefteå county to the city of Skellefteå. 1929

From Skelleftestrand's municipal community in Skellefteå county was transferred according to a royal decision fr.o.m. 1941 certain areas to the city of Skellefteå.

The town belonging to Kallholmen and Skelleftehamn was separated from the town council in general by the county council.

Place Names
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.
 * 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 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

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
 * Scandinavian Handwriting
 * Scandinavian Handwriting, part 3 - No part 2 available

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