Greetings,
I have listed here what I think are important messages to members of the of the different Swedes lists.   
Jerry Longstrom
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"Tite/Anm"

It is an abbreviation for Titel/Anmärkning,  where "titel" means title and "anmärkning" means annotation.   The information entered under that
heading is "M. Gust. Carls." perhaps indicating an annotation that this 4 year old was "med" Gust Carls or with Gustafva Carlsson.

Mvh
Donald E. Asp
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Swedish money denominations
Bills are available in 20, 50, 100, 500, and 1000 crown denominations
Coins are available in 50 öre, 1kr, 5kr, and 10kr denominations
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Smultron is Swedish for wild strawberries, but this is not enough. There is a word: "smultronställe", which literally means "a place where to find wild strawberries" but it used to mean, "a place where I very much like to be".
Rolf Brodin
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Here are the instructions, translated to English, for the online Swedish maps. 
Posted by Ulric Björk on the Sweden-L list
Chris Troy.

Also Posted by Dianne Johnson from
Barbro Behrendtz from Ljungsbro, Sweden (a Smultron lister) on the Smultron list.

http://www.lantmateriet.com/ksindex.htm
Grey index at top of page: (No need to use these to find a map)
Startsida = Home page of Lantmäteriet (there is an English version)
Nyheter = News and Press releases (there's a photo of the new bridge connecting Sweden and Denmark, if you haven't already seen it)
Kundtjänst = Customer Service (you can fill out a form and ask questions but I think it's for people ordering special maps)
Här finns vi = Here we are (the company address and all thier contacts, remember that they also produce and sell regular maps as well)
Om Lantmäteriet = About Lantmäteriet
Om Metria = About Metria (known outside of Sweden as Swedesurvey)

Under the grey index on the left side of the page is a map, next to it in the centre of the page there are two boxes.  The top box is labelled Sök
Ortnamn = Seek place name.  This is the box where you will write the name of the place you are looking for.  Then click the little red and grey button next to it labelled Sök (search) to start the search.  If it finds anywhere with that name and spelling the name will be repeated in the box immediately below it.  You will notice that this box has the drop-down menu arrow to it's right.  Click on the drop-down menu arrow and a list with all places in Sweden with that name will become visible.  Highlight and click on one of the names in the list (they may all look identical) and under the box it will say which kommun the place is in and what type of settlement it is.  If this is not the right one, go back to the drop-down menu and try the next one.  If it is the right one, then click the little red and grey button to the right of the box which is labelled Visa (show) and the map of that area will be displayed.

Once you have the map of the right area you can move around the region and zoom in and out.  Under the boxes there is a green label that says Navigera i Kartan (Navigate within the map).  The little hand symbol means you can use your cursor to click and drag the map in any direction and the map will then re-centre it for you.  This is useful if you want to magnify something which is not in the centre of the map.  Click on whatever you want to magnify and drag it into the centre.  When you release your cursor button the map will automatically re-centre itself on this area.  You can then zoom in for a closer look.  The Magnifying glass means you can zoom, and the grid with the red square is where you determine the degree of magnification.  Just click on the bottom square for the greatest magnification or one of the intermediate ones for less magnification.  The more you zoom in the more
place names become visible but the smaller the area shown.  Sometimes the place you have asked for is not even shown on the map until you zoom in, if it is a very small place. You will notice 8 green areas containing white arrowheads in the border surrounding the map.  Click on these if you want to go to the next page in the direction shown.

Have you ever noticed all the little marks on Swedish maps that look like crosses that have fallen over or a plus sign with one long side? They denote a church's location.  If you are looking with maximum magnification and you
see an area of land filled with these crosses, that denotes a cemetery. According to what I have read it is even possible to see overhead photos of specific addresses, to find out who owns any particular property, etc etc.  These are, however, services for which one must pay.
Well I hope the above translation helps you to use the maps.  Sorry for making it so basic as I realize most of you are used to these interactive
maps.  There are always some who are new to the net and it's nice for them to have all the symbols explained.
Happy hunting (and try to check for alternative spellings if you can't find what you are after)
Chris
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To access the Norwegian online archives in English, go to
http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/index-eng.htm

At the bottom of the screen click on "Source categories," then in the left-hand column click on "Emigrants" and you'll see the categories of info that are available for emigrants, including "registers" (of departures from various ports) and "ship lists."
Gretchen
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              RÖTTER
Click on this URL: http://genealogi.aland.net/discus/

This takes you to the Homepage of the Rötter Anbytarforum.  On the left-hand side of the page is a little menu with several choices to click on:

• Ämnen = topics
• Nytt Senaste dygn = new messages within the last 24 hours
• Nytt Senaste vecka = new messages within the last week
• Trädstruktur = all sections shown in a flow chart

As I check all postings every day I click on Senaste Dygn.  You also have the choice to go directly into a subject on the right-hand side of the page:
Ordingsregler - Läs innan du skriver! = Regulations - Read before you write!  (SEE BELOW)
Redaktören meddelar = Messages from the Editor
Discussions in English
Landskap = Provinces, subdivisions for every parish
Länder = Other Countries
Släkter = Clans (name whose bearers can trace back to common ancestor)
Yrken = Professions
Etniska grupper = Ethnic Groups (currently Finnish, Jewish, Samer, Gypsies)
Kändisars härstamning = Ancestry of Public Figures (film stars, etc)
Medeltiden = Middle Ages
Kunglig genealogi = Royal Genealogy
Språk, ord och namn = questions relating to language, words and names (Is it Swedish?)
Källor = Discussions about resources such as Church Books, CD's
Datorprogram/Datateknik = Computer programs relating to genealogy
Ordet är fritt! = Open section for discussion of genealogy
Bildgåtan = Here you can post a photo or text you cannot decipher
Länktips = Post URL's you want to share here - Genealogy only!
Pröva att skicka inlägg = Test messages

So click on whatever section you want and then you can read all messages posted there.

REGULATIONS:

• Messages published here are intended for the exchange of ideas and information. Commercial or political messages are not allowed and will be deleted.
• Anonymous messages are not allowed. Always sign your full name as submitter.
• Do not send more than one or two queries every day.
• Do not send the same query to more than one topic.
• Do send a thank you for help received, but avoid posting messages that are only thank-yous.
• Subjects are not to be written in capitals.
• Remember to mention the sources for your dates.
• Answers to queries and questions should be posted in the anbytarforum for the benefit of all visitors, not by private e-mail.

How to submit a query:

At the bottom of the discussion you wish to take part in, there is a button that says "Nytt meddelande". Click on this, then enter
whatever details you wish in the big window labelled "Lägg till ett meddelande".   In the small box labelled "Användarnamn" write your
first and last name.  Skip the box labelled "Lösenord:", this is only used by financial members who have a password.  In the small box labelled "E-post:" write your e-mail address.  When you are done, click on "Förhandsgranska meddelande" (proofread message) and your message will appear as it will when submitted.  1) If this
looks OK, click on "Skicka meddelande" (submit message).  2) If you wish to change anything, scroll down to the next window, which contains your text, and edit it. Then click on "förhandsgranska" again and then on "skicka meddelande".

(I find you may have to wait up to 2-3 minutes before you are taken back to the message board.  If it was successful, you will see your message posted there at the bottom of the discussion.  I think what happens a lot when people have trouble posting their messages is that they hit
their 'Back' button or move on to another URL BEFORE their posting is completed.  You must wait until the program takes you to your message on the message board.)

Then use your web browser's back button to return to the main topics page.
If there is no suitable heading in the section you are in you can start a new heading.  You will see a box marked 'Skapa Ny Discussion' at the bottom of the section, click on this button.  There is a box labelled 'Skriv en rubrik för den nya diskussionen:' where you must write a heading for your
new section.  Then proceed as above in the box labelled 'Lägg till ett meddelande'.

Hope the above information helps you.
Kind regards      Chris Troy

There has been a talk about the Swedish alphabet
Here it is.
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v x y z å ä ö.
We are USING THE W, but we do not mention it.
The same goes for the German letter ü.  In Swedish the W is just another V!
In modern Swedish we do not use the Q. When you find that letter in an old document you should know it is nowadays replaced by K.
Quarn ===> Kvarn
You wanted us to spell Småland.
Rolf Brodin
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This is an interesting translation by
Gunnar Wenngren.
Could someone help me translate the following paragraph.
Vid skrivningen anv"ndes i b-rjan sandb"nkar, senare griffeltavlor med griffiar.  (Till mindre bemedlade hemk-ptes 1848 5 stycken griffel tavlor f-r 2 Rdr. 32 sk. B:co och 20 griffiar f-r 8 sk. B:co.).
L"rarens arvode, som enligt lag skulle vara minst 16 tunnor spann mÂl, utgick h"r med 14 t:r havre och 2 t:r rÂg, men efter 1842 med 133 Rdr. 16 sk. B:co.     Carl Murphy

Hej Carl,      My translation is:
At writing they first used sandtrays/boxes, later slates with slate-pencils. (For those of less means, 5 slates for 2 riksdaler 32 skilling banco and 20 slate-pencils for 8 skilling banco were bought in 1848). The teacher's pay, that according to law should be at least 16 barrels of grain, was here paid with 14 barrels of oats and 2 barrels of rye, but after 1842 it was paid with 133 riksdaler 16 skilling banco.
Hope this helps            Gunnar
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Want is meant by the numbers like 1/4 in front of the head of house in a HFL Parish Record?

That means 1/4 (one forth) mantal. When the personal taxation system started in the 1600s, every farm that could feed a family was 1 mantal (one mantal). During the centuries the farms were split among brothers and sisters and divided into parts. In the end of the 1800s the parts could be 1/32 from the original farm, and in many cases not enough to feed a family. That is one reason why many Swedes left Sweden for USA. For your research the "1/4" doesn't have any mayor importance. However, you may expect there could be another three farms with the same name or number in the village.  Olof Cronberg
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"Sockenstämmoprotokoll"  and explain
what it is?   Thank you so much, Stacy Rich Rainy Dallas Texas
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The word socken means Parish Sockenstämma means Parish meeting Protokoll means Minutes
So it ends up to Minutes from a Parish Meeting
Greetings from Sweden and spring
Gunnar
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From Chris Troy
Clerical Survey Records [Husförhörslängder]
A church law passed in 1686 required the ministers to keep rolls of all their members, where they lived, and their knowledge of the catechism. Some clerical surveys go back as early as 1700, but most start much later. From about 1820 on, surveys are available for most parishes.

In the beginning, an entry for each household was made yearly, like in an annual census record. After a while, the same entries were used for a number of years, usually five. If a person died or moved, the entry was crossed out. In addition to the information mentioned above, ministers may have mentioned birth dates and places; marriage dates; occupations; poverty; prison records; dates and destinations for people moving within, into, or out of the parish; and death dates. A man's military number was entered and whether he was called to regular maneuver. Information about illegitimacy would follow a child for years.

Typically the earlier clerical surveys have less information than the later ones (from the 1820s).
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May 15, 2000
Hi,
The Polar Music Prize was today given to two American musicians out of the hands of his majesty the king of Sweden.
The Polar music Prize could be considered to be a music Nobel prize. It was founded by Stig Andersson, a teacher, who became a music publisher who was the manager for the team ABBA. I think a lot of the money came from incomes thru ABBA. Isaac Stern and Bob Dylan became each  1 000 000.00 Swedish crowns.
I should like to write their names "phonetically", like I have seen American listers write Swedish names as they said - much to my surprise - phonetically.
One lady wrote Youhahn as a phonetical spelling for Johan, which I think is very phonetikally spelled from the very  beginning. I should like Isaac Stern spelled Aisak Störn and Bob Dylan spelled Bob Dillen. They were in the music hall receiving their prizes, but at the banquet Bob was not there. He went to Helsingfors where he shall
have a concert tomorrow. After that concert he is going to Stockholm for a new consert the following day. During the banquet Isaac Stern was performing a lot of beautiful music peaces. One of my favourite composers, Fritz Kreisler, was played. Fritz is an Austrian composer, who has been living in Sweden for a long time.
Rolf
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Dear Listers,
Can someone define the suffix "ryd" that appears in three of our ancestral parish names?
Karen and Rick Albright, Merced, CA.

The meaning is "clearing". Other elements that mean the same is -rud, -red, -röd. Names ending with -ryd are common in Småland, -rud names in Dalsland and Värmland, -red names in Västergötland and -röd names in Skåne and Bohuslän.
Kjell Nordqvist
http://w1.586.telia.com/~u58606249/index.htm
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1 square metre = 10.75 sq. feet = 1.19 sq. yards
1 acre = 4047 square meters
1 tunnland = 4936 sq. m.
1 hektar / abbr / 'ha' or 'har' / (hectare in English)
= 100 ar = 10000 sq. m.
1 acre is 0.82 tunnland
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 RÖTTER

You can access the Rötter home page on this URL:  http://www.genealogi.se/

Scroll down to the bottom of the left-hand side of the page where the table of contents is.  At the bottom in the green box labelled 'Sök i hela
Rötter' enter your keyword then click the button marked 'Sök'.

Now remember that you can only search for one word - no word strings or phrases.  It will bring up a list of articles, postings, etc with reference
to that word.  It also gives them a star rating for relevance and arranges them from the most relevant to the least relevant.  Click on the blue
heading to read the article/posting and use your back button to return to the list.  Easy really.  But it is spelling specific so, if you were looking for the name DeTrij that is the only spelling it would list, not the other variations such as DeTry.  If you search for something really common, like Andersson, you will get an enormous list to search through.

Chris Troy

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All of this talk of "v" and "w" pronunciations brought to mind a song my Swedish Grandfather, who immigrated to America, taught me.  I have written it as it was pronounced in English.

My name is Yohn Yohnson,
I come from Visconsin,
I Verk for the lumberyard there.
Ven I Valk down the street,
All the peoples I meet,
They say Vhat's your name, I say...

My name is Yohn Younson ...

The song is repeated over and over

Kathy G.
Columbus, GA
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