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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