Nysätra Parish, Västerbotten, Sweden Genealogy

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

History
Nysätra parish was formed in 1624 as a chapel law by breaking out of Bygdeå parish. The parish was part of a joint pastorate with Bygdeå parish (which was the mother parish) until 1820. Nysätra parish became its own pastorate from 1821.

Regarding villages and farms included in the house examination books, the following can be noted: Backboda is only included in A I: 5, Brände is also recorded in Bygdeå house examination book A I: 1, Brännfors is included in A I: 5, 6 a-, Bäcken is included in A I: 6 b-, Eskilsbäck is included in A I: 6 a-, Estersmark is also included in Bygdeå house examination book A I: 1, Flarken is also recorded in Bygdeå house examination book A I: 1, Grimsmark is also included in Bygdeå house examination book A I: 1, Gumboda is also recorded in Bygdeå examination book A I: 1, Gunsmark is also included in Bygdeå house examination book A I: 1, Havnäs is only included in A I: 4-5, Hertsånger is also recorded in Bygdeå house examination book A I: 1, Klankliden is recorded in A I: 6 a-, Klintsjön is also recorded in Bygdeå house examination book A I: 1, Kålaboda is also recorded in Bygdeå house examination book A I: 1, Nybyn is also recorded in Bygdeå house examination book A I: 1, Nyliden is included in A I: 7 a, Risvattnet is also included in Bygdeå house examination book A I: 1, Skäran is also recorded in Bygdeå house examination book A I: 1, Strand is also included in Bygdeå house examination book A I: 1, Strandfors is also recorded in Bygdeå house examination book A I: 7 a, Tureberg is included only in A I: 6 b, Trehörningen is also recorded in Bygdeå A I: 1, Trehörningsbäck is occupied from A I: 6 a, Trehörningsböle is only recorded in A I: 4-5, Åmarken is occupied from A I: 6 a

Place Names
Backboda, Bjurmyrkammen, Brände, Brännfors, Bäckfors, Bäckfäbodarna Degerfors  Estersmark Västra/Östra, Eskilsbäck  Flarkbäcken, Flarken, Flarklund

Grimsmark, Gumboda, Gumbodabäcken, Gunsmark Hardnäs, Hertsånger, Hugget, Hålvattnet, Hörneborg, Hörnäs  Jemsalen/Jerusalem, Jonasmarken  Klankliden, Klintsjön, Krokvattnet, Kvarnfors, Kålaboda  Lund  Mårsmarken  Nybo, Nybyn, Nyliden  Pellboda  Risvattnet, Röjmyrberget, Röjmyrgärdet  Skäran, Stranden, Strandfors, Strandselet, Svenmarken  Trehörningen, Trehörningsbäcken, Trehörningsböle  Åmarken, Ånäset

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($), index and images. Also on Ancestry.com($), Arkiv Digital ($), and SVAR at Riksarkivet.

Online Database Church Records
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 * at FamilySearch.
 * MyHeritage.com ($),
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 * Arkiv Digital ($), and
 * SVAR at Riksarkivet.

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FamilySearch Library Records
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Military Records

 * Sweden Military Records
 * Central Soldiers Register Instructions [ Search Engine]

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