Styrsö Parish, Göteborg och Bohus, Sweden Genealogy

Sweden

Göteborg och Bohus County

Styrsö

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

Vrångö Church

Styrso Church

Branno Church

Donsö Church

History

(write information such as: how old the parish is, interesting facts about the parish, what alternate names it has, or any boundary changes.)

Styrsö Parish, Göteborg och Bohus, Sweden Genealogy
Jurisdictions
Stift	Göteborg
Pastorat	1603-1731 Annex parish in Fässberg, Askim, Frölunda, Råda, Kållered, and Styrsö pastorat 1732- Styrsö pastorat
Län	1634-1680 Älvsborg 1680-1997 Göteborg och Bohus 1998- Västra Götaland
Landskap	Västergötland
Härad	Askim
Tingslag	1680-1823 Askim and Östra Hising 1824-1887 Askim 1888-1954 Askim, Hising and Sävedal 1955-1970 Hising, Sävedal and Kungälv
Domsaga	add here
Fögderi	1686-1740 Askim, Sävedal and Östra Hising 1740-1966 Göteborg
Kommun	1863-1973 Styrsö 1974- Göteborg
Militär indelning	2:a Bohusläns Båtsmans-Kompani

Place Names

Asperöd,

Barnebratten, Bergagården Brännö, Brännö Faggegården, Brännö Klavegården, Brännö Norrgården, Brännö Sörgården, Buskär,

Donsö Faggegården, Donsö Nedergården,

Faggegården Brännö, Faggegården Donsö,

Karantänslats Stora Känsö, Klavegården Brännö, Källö, Känsö Lilla, Känsö Stora (Karantänsplats), Köpstadsö,

Lilla Känsö,

Nedergården Donsö, Norrgården Brännö, Norrgården Styrsö,

Stenskär, Stora Känsö Karantänplats, Styrsö Norrgården, Styrsö Sörgården, Styrsö Tånge, Sörgården Brännö, Sörgården Styrsö,

Tången,

Vargödal, Vinga, Vrångö Västergården, Vrångö Östergården, Västergården Vrångö,

Östergården

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.See Västra Göteland.

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, Göteborg och Bohus Church Records, 1577-1932; index 1659-1860 at FamilySearch.
• MyHeritage.com ($),
• Ancestry.com ($),
• Arkiv Digital ($), and
• SVAR at Riksarkivet. See Västra Göteland.

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, Göteborg och Bohus 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, Göteborg och Bohus" and then select your parish.

Military Records

• Sweden Military Records
• Central Soldiers Register Instructions Search Engine

Related Sources

Sweden Online Genealogy RecordsAsk the
Community

• Styrsö Parish at Göteborgs Arkivguide
  

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

Sweden Research Strategies

References

Styrsö, Husförhörslängd (AI:11) 1837-1842, Ortregister

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