Researching Swedish Roots

Many of us find the title/occupation "torpare" for our ancestors when using Swedish records. The usual translation into English is...

The old way to make source citations on Arkiv Digital has changed, This is how it is done now. Go to copy at the top of the image. Select ...

When we make queries, we need to provide the source citation along with the query. This is easy with Arkiv Digital. We don't need to ...

DISBYT is a database of research of people who belong to the DIS society. You can research for free using "guest" (no quotes) fo...

Do you have an iPad? Do you wonder how to add the extra letters (å, ä, ö, Å, Ä, and Ö)? This is how to add the Swedish letters. Go to Set...

One of the Swedish parish records is the husförhörslängd, a record similar in format to a census but much better and far more detailed. The ...

If you are looking for information about the location in Sweden where your ancestors lived, see if you can find some professional photograph...