Högsäter Parish, Älvsborg, Sweden Genealogy

Sweden

Älvsborg County

Högsäter Parish

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

Högsäter 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.)

Högsäter Parish, Älvsborg, Sweden Genealogy
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Place Names:

Alekas under Säter

Baggetorp, Betevik, Björndalen, Björstad, Blålanda, Bodalen, Bodane, Bohagen, Bolkas, Brasäter Norra, Brasäter Södra, Bunetorp, Bäcken, Bäckevarv, Bärby Norra, Bärby Södra, Bön

Dalen under Ekarebol, Dalen under Jordsäter, Dalmaden, Dammarna, Dammkas

Edstena Norra, Edstena Västra, Edstenafors, Ekarebol, Ekeliden, Emaus

Fjällsliden, Fjällsäter

Gatan, Grinden, Grinn (Grindslid), Gruveliden, Grönlanda, Gudhem Mon, Gudhem Nedre, Gudhem Övre

Hasslebräckan, Hasseldalen, Hedene, Holland, Holmen, Hålan, Härsängen, Hästhagen, Högen, Högeström, Höghus, Höjden

Illesäter

Jordsäter, Jutehuset

Kasen under Illesäter, Kasen under Jordsäter, Kasen under Kvarntorp, Kasen under Rösäter, Kavhultet, Kleven under Brasäter, Kleven under Rösäter, Kraketorp, Kråkserud, Kullen, Kvarnkas, Kvarntorp, Kåkshultet

Landa, Lillefors, Lilläng, Ljungkas, Lunnane, Långkas

Mellansjö, Milleryr, Mokas, Mokullen, Mon, Mon Gudhem, Monösäter, Mossekasen, Muggedalen, Muggeliden, Myren under Holmen, Myren under Härsängen, Myrekas

Natteböle under Kråkserud, Natteböle under Nolby, Naverud, Nedre Gudhem, Nolby, Norra Brasäter, Norra Bärby, Norra Edstena, Nybygget

Ragnerud, Rörmyren, Rösäter, Rösätersmon, Rötebol

Salhem, Sandbacken, Sandkasen, Sandmyren, Sjöliden, Skogen, Sollid under Grönlanda,  Sollid under Rösäter, Stakelund, Stenbrohult, Stenkas, Stockemyr, Stommen, Stordalen, Svedkas, Säter, Södra Brasäter, Södra Bärby

Trolldalen

Varängen under Bodane, Varängen under Milleryr, Västra Edsena

Övre Gudhem

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

Collections

Census Records

• Sweden Household Examination Records (Husförhörslängder)--explanation of this church record which is functionally the census of Sweden.
• Sweden Household Examination Books, 1880 - 1920, ($), index and images. Also on Arkiv Digital ($), 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, Älvsborg Church Records, 1642-1897; index 1681-1860 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, Älvsborg Records for a full listing of microfilmed records (some digitized online) at the Family History Librarythat 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, Älvsborg" and then select your parish.

Military Records

• Sweden Military Records
• Central Soldiers Register Instructions Search Engine

Related Sources

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

• Reading Scandinavian Gothic Handwritten Records: (free, online lessons at FamilySearch):
  • Lesson 1: Scandinavian Gothic Letters,
  • Lesson 2: Names, Words, and Dates, and
  • Lesson 3: Handwritten Records
    

Help With Research Objectives and Strategies

Sweden Research Strategies

References:
 

Högsäter Husförhörslängd 1836-1840 Ortregister

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