Where can I find details of place names in a particular parish in Sweden? I have several place name
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From here you might get some help.
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Swedish_Parish_Pages
Also you can give us your parish name and see if we can provide more information on that parish.
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Thankyou for your reply Heidi. I accessed the wiki parish pages some time ago and noted the names of places mentioned in church household records, records of death/burial and birth/baptism. I've also noted when entering places of events on my Family Search website that the drop-down boxes require a proper place name which is listed and sometimes these state an inhabited locality or something similar. I am interested in the parish of Vӓrmland where one ancestor was born in Sillerud. Many of her descendants returned there where a locality called Lidslerud is mentioned in some church book records but is not included in the proper name list of the Family Search website. I also have numerous localities listed for Vårvik, Älvsborg but I believe the names of some of these have been changed. I note from the wiki pages that beneath the place names in each parish a note "To see what kind of place it is you will need a Swedish Gazateer". Do these gazateers give historical details of place names from the 1700s even though they may no longer exist? I don't seem to be able to access the gazateers I want on line. Where would I obtain hard copies that might help? I'm also interested in obtaining and researching farm names. I'd appreciate any help I can get with this. Thankyou.
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To begin with, Värmland is a county in Sweden and Sillerud is a parish. Here is a list of places in Sillerud parish and one of them is Lidslerud: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Sillerud_Parish,_V%C3%A4rmland,_Sweden_Genealogy .
This is the Family Search Wiki page for Vårvik: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/V%C3%A5rvik_Parish,_%C3%84lvsborg,_Sweden_Genealogy . I am not sure of the spelling of places you are talking about, but place names did evolve over time. Keep in mind a few alternate spelling possibilities when searching for place names (or other names, for that matter):
"aa" is the same as "å"
"ä" can be written as "e"
"f" and "v" are interchangeable
"w" and "v" are also interchangeable
names may be spelled sometimes with a "c" and sometimes with a "k". Karl or Carl for example
There were no spelling "rules" until the early 1900's. Each word was spelled as the writer thought it should be spelled. Sometimes, they would spell the same word differently in the same record!
This is a useful page on spelling of names: http://hhogman.se/spelling-of-swedish-names.htm .
There is a good on-line searchable database for places in Sweden. It is not in English so it takes a little work to understand but with a little practice, it can be very useful. It is here: https://www4.sprakochfolkminnen.se/NAU-ortnamn/index.htm .
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I almost forgot. Another great way to find places is to go to the Family Search Research Wiki and enter the name in the "Search" box (Search > Research Wiki). See attached image for example. It will give you a list of all the places containing that name.
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Thankyou for your suggestions Norm. I'll follow your advice and pursue those channels.
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