# Finding family history records--from Sweden

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 14, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-family-history-records-from-sweden/849483 "2020-03-14T16:19:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-family-history-records-from-sweden/849483/1 "2020-03-14T16:19:23Z")

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I have a relative whose grandfather was a Swede. He died when she was only 3, and there’s no existing family history. It’s possible that she might have some second cousins ‘over there,’ but maybe not. We know the name of the town, and her grandfather’s year of birth, but that’s about it.

Any ideas? Hit a brick wall on Ancestry, which is what prompted this question.

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**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-family-history-records-from-sweden/849483/2 "2020-03-14T17:41:05Z")

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A lot of church archives have been digitized in recent years, and a large part of it is searchable online up until 1946 which is the current limitation date for privacy protection, but the language may be a bit of a problem since they are mostly in somewhat archaic Swedish. Anyway, the archives are located here: [https://sok.riksarkivet.se/kyrkoarkiv](https://sok.riksarkivet.se/kyrkoarkiv)

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**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-family-history-records-from-sweden/849483/3 "2020-03-14T18:23:54Z")

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There’s a Swedish American Genealogy Group on Facebook:

> **[Swedish American Genealogy Group | Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/groups/239433885078/)**
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> This group was created to provide a space for people to receive free help researching their Swedish and Swedish American ancestry.
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> Our focus is genealogy research. Please visit our sister group,...

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-family-history-records-from-sweden/849483/4 "2020-03-15T19:44:40Z")

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Thanks, all!