How to learn about a Swedish ancestor / walk where they walked?
I have some ancestors/distant cousins that lived in Hammar, Orebro, Sweden from 1901-1905. From the census I can tell who the family members were (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSGC-K2R6?i=44&cc=2790465).
Now I'd like to learn more about them as people. What are some simple things I can do, to learn about them?
In a U.S. census, sometimes the record would show a person's occupation. Is there any way to learn what occupation they had? Where's a good place to learn the major industries?
In a U.S. census, sometimes the record would show the street address for their house. Is that possible to find in a Swedish record? In any case, how can I gain a sense of where they walked, or places that might have been important to them?
How can I learn what life was like for a given family in Sweden in a given time period (ex. early 1900's)?
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That record is actually a parish record, not a census. That record tells you the farm and village where your family lived. It tells the occupation for men. when and where people were born. Where and when they moved in or out and death
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Sometimes the burial records will give an obituary of the ancestor and the household examination rolls can give interesting details about them like, "missing two fingers on the right hand" for example.
Additionally, the later mantalsängder can give details like, did their house have windows, did they own dogs, did they smoke or chew tobacco.
If you can find a court case that could add some color to them too.
@Morris Geoffrey Fröberg can give you more ideas
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