Skaraborg County Ancestry – Sweden

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This group is for anyone who have interest in former Skaraborg county in Sweden. You are welcome to post in the "Diskussion Forum" which Your parish belong to.

Please respect to just do queries in the Forum your parish belong to.

Location: Skaraborg County, Sweden
Members: 70
Latest Activity: Jun 6

Links for Skaraborg

Falköping
Emigrant.se Emigrants from Falbygden.
Falbygdsanor.se - Learn more about the area around Falköping.

Götene
Götene Släktforskarförening en förening för släktforskare med rötter i Götenebygden

Habo
Habobygdens Släktforskarförening

Sweden
Rötter - Swedish Genealogy Federation

Hans Högman's Genealogy in Sweden The purpose the site is to give information to Americans and other non-Swedes on how to trace their roots in Swedish sources.

Lingofriends - A community to learn / teach language . You teach someone your language and in return you can learn swedish.

Discussion Forum

Jacobsson Ancestor, Ostergotland or Skaraborg ? See attached note and records 7 Replies

Started by RM Hubbard. Last reply by RM Hubbard Feb 3.

Christina Skott born Falkoping 1843

Started by Phil Halverson Jan 27.

EMIBAS look-up needed for Falkoping emigrants 1890

Started by susan e lodholz Dec 4, 2012.

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Comment by Judi Palmquist on March 9, 2010 at 3:42pm: Didn't look at my spelling, bviously

Comment by Judi Palmquist on March 9, 2010 at 3:39pm: 0Fros Carl Eric Johannsons "Cradled in Sweden", the parish (soken or forsamaling)
county (Lan) Province (Landskap and district (Harad, Tingslag, Bergslad, Skeppslag)

Comment by Sonja Jenny Porter on March 9, 2010 at 3:02pm: Good Morning! I was wondering if anyone knows the name of the Parish in Scaraborgs len. I am working on Lars Johan Stark (Detterberg) born 1850 my great grandfather. Is As Socken a parish? sorry for my ignorance. I would like to know about my great grandmother, Batti Josephina Johansdotter, all I have is that she married Lars Johan in 1876. Can anyone help me? Thank you.
Sonja

Comment by Cheri Hopkins on February 28, 2010 at 5:56pm: My husbands ancestors are mostly all from the Floby area, Skaraborgs, Vastergotland, Sweden. I research several Parishes adjacent - as well as some near Loftahammar, Kalmar Lan.
I have two blogs as follows: The first one listed below often has stories about my Swedish ancestors or research there.

blog: Those Old Memories
blog: You Go Genealogy Girls
twitter: GenGirl2

Comment by Annelie Jonsson on February 19, 2010 at 6:35am: Your name where on the proposal list I got on from GenealogyWise when I choose to invite more persons to the group. From which part of Skaraborg are your grandfather? I am specially intressted in emigrants from Falköping area.

Skaraborg are one of the groups I have created here, the other is Älvsborg.

If you have ny question to ask about genealogy, please do so in the discussion which "your" parish belong to. This as it shall be easy to find for the members. The comment wall is just for general questions.

/Annelie

Comment by Sonja Jenny Porter on February 16, 2010 at 12:56pm: Hello from Canada! I don't know how you got my name or this photo? My family on my Swedish side does come from Skaraborg. My grandfather immigrated from that area in 1903. His name was Karl Oskar Larson and my great-grandfather was Lars Stark (formally Detterberg) but got the soldier name. I'm new to sites like this, so please show me the way. Sonja

Comment by Viktoria Tropp on February 4, 2010 at 2:03am: I have been blogging about my genealogy for about 2 ½ years. The reason I do it is for my family to be able to follow my discoveries if they wish.
http://www.tropp.se/sf

Comment by Annelie Jonsson on February 3, 2010 at 3:18pm: How about a twitter and a blogg about genealogy, I doing both. Just started to twitter. It's more fun that I thought.
The blogg at http://tagesdotter.wordpress.com
The twitter at http://twitter.com/tagesdotter

Any one more here who do the same?

/Annelie

Comment by Judi Palmquist on November 21, 2009 at 10:55pm: Matilda Josephina Persson b.7 jun 1880 in Sjogerstad; her Mor was Caisa Lisa Svensdotter, Farmor had a sister Anna b.1873 or 4 who lived in a poor house in Klagstorp., please let me know where I might be able to find some information on Klygstorp

Comment by John Monson on October 3, 2009 at 10:20am: Bonnie,

If this is your first trip to Sweden or elsewhere in Europe, consider using hotels until you get used to the "cultural" differences between Europe and North America. Vehicles of all kinds are considerably smaller. Once you see the fuel prices and the rural road widths you will understand why. SUVs and minivans are in short supply and are very expensive to rent. Pickup campers and travel trailers are considerably smaller. The huge, multibedroom house on wheels now relatively common in North America is essentially unknown. They just are not practical in Europe and cost several hundred dollars to fill the fuel tank.

Suggestion, decide on the car size that will be comfortable and rent one size smaller. For your first trip, check "Best Western" hotels. Same chain as in USA with lots of locations, similar standards and price levels (relative to Swedish prices.) Then on a future trip, you can consider camping, farm stays, home stays, and the various alternatives for learning more about the culture.

Be sure to use this site and others to locate cousins who are descendents of family members who stayed in Sweden. They may be third or fourth cousins, but some will want to meet their "American" cousins. And allow time to explore Skaraborg history, as that goes back several thousand years.