Welcome!

This blog is dedicated to my parents, brothers, sister, and cousins who are descendants of Johannes (John) Gutke and Johanna Mork Gutke (pictured above). I am in the process of posting everything I have, so that I can back up documents/photos and also access the info from any location. There are likely to be mistakes, so check back often and feel free to comment if you have corrections!

Sincerely,

Deniane Gutke Kartchner

Denianek@gmail.com


Swedish terms

Swedish terms
1.      Parish Register – Cities are divided into parishes, or the geographical area around a church.  The parish clergy man was responsible for keeping records.
Register Birth- födelselängd
Christening - doplängd
Marriage - vigsellängd
Deaths - dödslängd 
Burials – begravningslängd
Communion attendance kommunionlängd
Confirmation classes (konfirmationslängd
Movement of individuals into parish inflyttningslängd 
Movement of individuals our of parish utflyttningslängd

2.      Household Examination rolls or clerical surveys (husförhörslängder) Originally set up by the clergyman when making his visitations throughout the parish to see how his parishioners were faring physically and spiritually. In cities household examination rolls were organized by blocks (kvarter) and house numbers, whereas in rural areas they were organized first by districts or wards (rotar) and then by type of residence; for example, village (by), estate (herrgård), farm (gård) or croft (torp) within the ward (rote).

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