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Nowadays, finding Swedish genealogy records online is practically as easy taking candy from a baby. Search for the Swedes in your family tree online with these tips.
Here we have collected some photos from old Sweden. Do you have Swedish ancestors and want to learn more? Send a free request to our Swedish professional genealogist!
If you are attempting to trace your Swedish ancestors back to their homes in Sweden, there is one particular record set that you will need to know. Husförhörslängder. (Hey, I said you’ll need to know it, not know how to say it).
If you ancestor worked within the Swedish church system, chances are you will find a biography in a Herdaminne, which is a collective personal history...
Foreign language? Patronymic naming patterns? One of our genealogists explains how to overcome these obstacles in our guide to Swedish genealogy research.
Family names do more than differentiate one person from another – they also connect us to our ancestral roots and help us learn more about our families
Here we have collected some photos from old Sweden. Do you have Swedish ancestors and want to learn more? Send a free request to our Swedish professional genealogist!
Exploring Swedish ancestry and the historic round barns around the Balsam Lake and Amery areas of Polk County, Wisconsin.
The Dala horse of Sweden is a traditional carved, painted wooden horse statuette that once was a devil's toy, but is now a national symbol.
One third of all Swedish surnames end with –son. Svensson, Johansson, Gustavsson belong to the most common last names in Sweden. (Source: SCB.) Those names are so common, that you can expect to find at least one of ... Read more
Here we have collected some photos from old Sweden. Do you have Swedish ancestors and want to learn more? Send a free request to our Swedish professional genealogist!
You want to learn to speak Swedish quickly? With these tips and tricks you will be learning Swedish in 3 months! I did it and I promise you can do it too!
If you have roots in Denmark or Sweden then you’ll be excited about the email I got recently about Scandinavian genealogy records. Here’s the news from Daniel Horowitz, the Chief Genealogist Officer…
Family History Templates are an essential tool for organizing and storing information about family members.
Were your ancestors from Sweden? There is a long tradition of careful recordkeeping in Sweden, which Swedes continued after emigrating to North...
Are you fascinated by Viking culture and curious to find out more about your potential Scandinavian heritage? A DNA ancestry test can help you unlock the secrets of your genetic past. Learning more about your
