Risbäck Parish, Västerbotten, Sweden Genealogy

Sweden

Västerbotten County

Risbäck Parish

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

Risbäck Church

History

Risbäck parish was formed in 1905 as a chapel parish by breaking out of Dorotea parish. The area had previously been a chaplaincy within Dorotea. The new parish included Avasjö, Brännåker, Båtas 1 and 2, Dabbnäs, Harrsjön or Harrsjöhöjden, Lövsjö, Risbäck, Rissjön, Sandvik, Storbäck, Stornäs, Subben el Subbme, Söderfors 1 and 2, Tvärsele and Lillånäset. As of January 1, 1927, Risbäck has been an annex parish. The parish formed a joint pastorate with Dorotea parish (mother parish). From 1980, the two congregations also formed a church community with a common economy. The documents of the pastorate and the church community are included in the Dorotea church archives. Risbäck has its own house examination books from 1883. Other church registration documents begin in 1905. For the period before 1905, see Dorotea church archives. School documents are included in the Dorotea church archives.

Risbäck Parish, Västerbotten, Sweden Genealogy
Jurisdictions
Stift	Luleå
Pastorat	1905-1926 chapel parish in Dorotea and Risbäcks pastorat, 1927-2005 annex parish in Dorotea and Risbäcks pastorat, 2006 Dorotea-Risbäcks
Län	Västerbotten
Landskap	Lappland and Jämtland
Härad	add here
Tingslag	-1921 Åsele lappmark, 1922-1947 Vilhelmina, 1948-1970 Åsele and Vilhelmina
Domsaga	add here
Fögderi	add here
Kommun	add here
Militär indelning	add here

Place Names

Avasjön

Brännåker, Båtas

Dabbnäs

Granberget

Harrsjön

Lillånäs, Lövsjön

Risbäck, Rissjön

Sandvik, Storbäck, Stornäs, Subbme, Sörfors

Tvärsele

To see what kind of place it is you will need a Swedish Gazetteer.

• Surrounding Parishes

Collections

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.

Church Records

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.)

• Sweden, Västerbotten Church Records, 1619-1896; index, 1688-1860 at FamilySearch.
• MyHeritage.com ($),
• Ancestry.com ($),
• Arkiv Digital ($), and
• SVAR at Riksarkivet.

Help Using ArkivDigital: Online Databases for Sweden

These lessons will teach you how to use ArkivDigital:

• Sweden: An Introduction to ArkivDigital
• Use the Full Scope of Arkiv Digital for Swedish Genealogy
  

Family History Library Records

Click Sweden, Västerbotten Records for a full listing of microfilmed records (some digitized online) at the Family History 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, Västerbotten" and then select your parish.

Military Records

• Sweden Military Records
• Central Soldiers Register Instructions Search 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 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

Help With Research Objectives and Strategies

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References

For history refer to Riksarkivet Risbäck Kyrkoarkiv under "Visa historik för Risbäcks kyrkoarkiv".

Risbäck parish, Husförhörslängd, 1883-1892, Ort register.

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