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Don’t put in too much info.Fill one or two fields, start with birth date and birth parish (if known).
Surname1 and Surname2: We have used the same spelling as in the records. Swedish names are often “americanized” like Andersson to Anderson. Lots of immigrants took new surnames.
Given name: First names can also have been “amerikanized” like Frans to Frank, Karl to Carl, Charles or Charlie.
Birth: Write birth date as yyyymmdd like 18840504 for 1884 May 4
Birth place: Birth parish has been normalized to moderna Swedish spelling.
Birth county: Use shortenings for Swedish “län”. See list below.
Birth state: Use shortenings for US and Canadian states. See list below.
Birth country: SE = Sverige/Sweden, NO = Norge/Norway, DK = Danmark/Denmark, DE = Tyskland/Germany, US = USA och CAN = Canada.
Svenska länsbokstäver
- A, AB – Stockholms stad
- AC – Västerbottens län
- B – Stockholms län
- BD – Norrbottens län
- C – Uppsala län
- D – Södermanlands län
- E – Östergötlands län
- F – Jönköpings län.
- G – Kronobergs län
- H – Kalmar län
- I – Gotlands län
- K – Blekinge län
- L – Kristianstads län
- M – Malmöhus län
- N – Hallands län
- O – Göteborgs och Bohus län
- P – Älvsborgs län
- R – Skaraborgs län
- S – Värmlands län.
- T – Örebro län.
- U – Västmanlands län
- W – Kopparbergs län
- X – Gävleborgs län.
- Y – Västernorrlands län
- Z – Jämtlands län
Amerikanska stater
| AK | Alaska |
| AL | Alabama |
| AR | Arkansas |
| AZ | Arizona |
| CA | California |
| CO | Colorado |
| CT | Connecticut |
| DE | Delaware |
| FL | Florida |
| GA | Georgia |
| HI | Hawaii |
| IA | Iowa |
| ID | Idaho |
| IL | Illinois |
| IN | Indiana |
| KS | Kansas |
| KY | Kentucky |
| LA | Louisiana |
| MA | Massachusetts |
| MD | Maryland |
| ME | Maine |
| MI | Michigan |
| MN | Minnesota |
| MO | Missouri |
| MS | Mississippi |
| MT | Montana |
| NC | North Carolina |
| ND | North Dakota |
| NE | Nebraska |
| NH | New Hampshire |
| NJ | New Jersey |
| NM | New Mexico |
| NV | Nevada |
| NY | New York |
| OH | Ohio |
| OK | Oklahoma |
| OR | Oregon |
| PA | Pennsylvania |
| RI | Rhode Island |
| SC | South Carolina |
| SD | South Dakota |
| TN | Tennessee |
| TX | Texas |
| UT | Utah |
| VA | Virginia |
| WA | Washington |
| WI | Wisconsin |
| VT | Vermont |
| WV | West Virginia |
| WY | Wyoming |
Canadensiska stater
BC British Columbia
MB Manitoba
NB New Brunswick
NL Newfoundland och Labrador
NS Nova Scotia
ON Ontario
PE Prince Edward Island
QC Cuebeck
SK Saskatchewan