Holmön Parish, Västerbotten, Sweden Genealogy
Guide to Holmön Parish, Sweden ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
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History
Holmön parish was broken out of Umeå county parish as chapel parish 1802. On August 24, 1923, the parish was considered an annex parish.
The parish was part of a pastorate with Umeå county parish (mother parish) 1802-1834 and from 1835 be part of a pastorate with Sävars parish (mother parish).
The parishes of Holmön and Sävar were part of a church community that was added in 1933 and which from 1977 also included a common economy. The documents of the church community are recorded in Sävar's church archives.
| Holmön Parish, Västerbotten, Sweden Genealogy | |
|---|---|
| Jurisdictions | |
| Stift | -1904 Härnösand, 1904- Luleå |
| Pastorat | -1820 Umeå lands |
| Län | Västerbotten |
| Landskap | Västerbotten |
| Härad | add here |
| Tingslag | 923-1964 Umeå domsagas, 1965-1970 Västerbottens södra domsagas |
| Domsaga | 1923-1964 Umeå, 1965-1970 Västerbottens södra, 1971-1973 Umebygdens tingsrätts, 1974- Umeå tingsrätts |
| Fögderi | -1946 Umeå |
| Kommun | 1923-1973 Holmön, 1974- Umeå |
| Militär indelning | add here |
Place Names
There are no records of villages listed only names of people.
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, 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:
Family History Library Records
Click Sweden, Västerbotten 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, Västerbotten" and then select your parish.
Military Records
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
- FamilySearch Online Lessons - Reading Scandinavian Handwriting:
- Scandinavian Handwriting
- Scandinavian Handwriting, part 3
- No part 2 available
Help With Research Objectives and Strategies
References
For history, refer to Riksarkivet Holmön Kyrkoarkiv under "Visa historik för Holmöns kyrkoarkiv".
Holmön parish, Husförhörslängd, 1830-1850.
