Bäckaby Parish, Jönköping, Sweden Genealogy

Guide to Bäckaby 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
Aspelund

Backstugan ; Puketorp, Rösås Södergård, Slageryd Svensgård, Slageryd Östergård,

Björkelund, Borgen, Bråten, Bäckaberg, Bäckaby Fattigstuga, Bäckaby Klockaregård, Bäckaby Lillgård, Bäckaby Stockagård, Bäckaby Storgård, Bäckahult, Bäckaskog,

Dalen Slageryd Västergård, Dalen Tåstetorp, Doestorp

Ekekull

Fattigstugan Bäckaskog, Fredriksdal, Fågelleken (Fogelleken)m Fällan

Gammalstorp, Gransjöberg,

Grenadjärtorp # 1 Lövstad Stora Sandebo, # 120 Knutstorp, # 121 Planen Tåstetorp, # 122Våghalsen Slageryd Svensgård, # 123 Lustigholm Bäckaskog Storgård, # 124 Bäckakog Stockagård, # 125 Nycklarör Rösås Norrgård Grönebröt, Gudmundsås Norrgård, Gundmundsås Södergård, gunnarstorp Rå och Rör

Holmen, Hästhagen, Hättebo, Hättebo Lilla

Kalvhagen, Karsjölund, Klana Kvarn ( Klanekvarn), Klockaregården Bäckaby, Klockelund, Klostret ( Kloster ), Knutstorp, Korsledet, Kronotall, Kustad, Kvarnen Klana, Kyrkelid

Liljeholmen, Lillgården Bäckaby, Luckängen, Lunden, Lundholmen, Lundåsen, Lustigholm, Lyckan, Lyckeberg, Lön(n)åsen, Lövholmen, Lövstad

Madbacken, Magnusdal, Marielund, Mellangården Rösås

Nabben, Norredal, Norrelund, Norrgården Gudmundsås, Norrgården Rösås, Norrskog, Norrskog Lilla, Nyanäs, Nybygget Gudmundsås Norrgård, Nycklarör, Nydala, Nyträdan

Paddingetorp, Perstorp, Planen, Puketorp

Rosendal, Rosenlund, Rå och Rör Gunnarstorp, Rösås Mellangård, Rösås Norrgård, Rösås Södergård

Sandbacken, Sandebo Lilla, Sandebo Stora, Sanden, Sandsberg, Sandslätt, Sjöavik, Sjöholmen, Skogen, Slageryd Svensgård, Slageryd Västergård, Slageryd Östergård, Slageryd Övregård, Slätthult,

Soldattorp; # 21 Karsjölund Gudmundsås Södergård, # 22 Karsjölund Puketorp, # 24 Lilla Hättebo Slageryd Östergård, # 25 Dalen Slageryd Västergård, # 26 Vällakärr Slageryd Övregård

Stenholmen, Stockagården Bäckaby, Storgården Bäckaby, Strömmahult, Stugan Säby Säteri, Svensgården Slageryd, Svensholm, Svenstorpet, Säby Säteri, Säteriet Säby, Sädergården Gudmundsås, Södergården Rösås, Södramalm, Södratorp (Södertorp)

Tåstetorp ( Torstatorp)

Vresekull, Våghalsen, Vällakärr, Västergården Slageryd, Västerlid, Västerås

Åskog ( Årskog), Åslatorp

Ängelund, Ärnamåla

Östergården Slageryd, Övregården Slageryd.

Yrkesutövare med flera;

Barnlärare page 62, Dragon 49, Grenadjär 25, 58, 69, 83, 102, 137, 156, 168, Klockare 61, Komminister 85, Korpral 124, Kusk 84, Kyrkväktare 93, Kyrkvärd 134, Lärare 62, Nämndeman 76, Skräddare 108, Nämndeman 76, Skräddare 108, Smed 82, Sockenskomakare 45, 170, Sockenskräddare 169, Soldat 7, 38, 52, 126, 144, 151, 162, 163, 168, Trosskusk 84, Trumslagare 144, Personer utan bestämd hemvist 171.

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, ($), index and images. Also on Ancestry.com, ($), 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. (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.

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, Jönköping 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 Family History Center near you. Click on "Places within Sweden, Jönköping" 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

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