Q. What is the meaning of the letters "a" and "c" associated with year dates?
A. The letter "a"
associated with a year indicates that the date is approximate, while the letter
"c" indicates that the year is computed, usually from the year of
death and the age at death.
Q. What is the meaning of the two sets of three letters after birth-death years?
A. These are abbreviations of the parish of birth and the parish of death. Here is a complete (I hope) set of the parishes noted in these pages.
| Bit | Bitterna (R?) | Lin | Lindesberg (T) |
| Bju | Bjurtjärn (T) | Ljb | Ljusnarsberg (T) |
| Ess | Essunga (R) | Mel | Mellby (R?) |
| Fal | Falun (W) | Mil | Millesvik (S) |
| Fil | Filipstad (S) | Mrh | Misterhult (H) |
| Fin | Finland | Nrb | Norrbärke (W) |
| Fär | Färnebo (S) | Nys | Nysund (T) |
| Grn | Grangärde (W) | Nös | Nössemark (P) |
| Gry | Grythyttan (T) | Ram | Ramsberg (T) |
| Gås | Gåsborn (S) | Skb | Skinnskatteberg (U) |
| Häl | Hällefors (T) | STu | Stora Tuna (W) |
| Hjö | Hjulsjö (T) | Svd | Svennevad (T) |
| Jär | Järnboås (T) | Sät | Säter (R) |
| Jul | Julita (D) | Söd | Söderbärke (W) |
| Kar | Karlskoga (T) | USA | USA |
| Kro | Kroppa (T) | Vår | Vårvik (P) |
| Lek | Lekeryd (F) | Ärt | Ärtemark (P) |
Q. What are the single letters in parens after the parish names?
A. These are abbreviations of the "counties" containing each parish. These designations seem to be generally accepted. A complete set for Swedish "counties" follows.
| A | Stockholms stad | O | Göteborgs och Bohus län |
| B | Stockholms län | OA | Göteborgs stad |
| C | Uppsala län | P | Älvsborgs län |
| D | Södermanlands län | R | Skaraborgs län |
| E | Östergötlands län | S | Värmlands län |
| F | Jönköpings län | T | Örebro län |
| G | Kronobergs län | U | Västmanlands län |
| H | Kalmar län | W | Dalarnas (Kopparbergs) län |
| I | Gotlands län | X | Gävleborgs län |
| K | Blekinge län | Y | Västernorrlands län |
| L | Kristianstads län | Z | Jämtlands län |
| M | Malmöhus län | AC | Västerbottens län |
| N | Hallands län | BD | Norrbottens län |
Q. What does "N. N." mean
where I would expect to see a person's name?
A. The designation "N. N." means "Not Noted". It is typically used where SOME fact is known about the person, but the name is not. Most often this will refer to a wife. In the early days a death might be listed as "Anders Andersson's wife" or "Anders Andersson's widow". Thus a date of death would be known, but no name. For another period of time only first names were used for wives.
Q. Why are death dates available for very
early relatives, but not for some rather recent ones.
A. Excellent question! You are very perceptive to notice this. The films of Swedish Church records tend to run out around 1895. Then there is a Swedish Death CD available containing deaths from 1950 forward (1950 to 1970 entries have only ID numbers, not names). Deaths occurring between the end of the microfilmed data and the beginning of the Swedish Death CD are somewhat more difficult to find. For some parishes, extracts of Church records exist for this period, but they must be searched year by year. Another source is to write directly to the parish of interest requesting a lookup. For missing death dates in his data, Pono has been too lazy to pursue extracts or communication with the parishes yet.