One birth and two death records that need bits of translation
I'm not sure of the place name (born in ?) within the parish Stora Mellösa (Örebro County) in the birth record below for Brita Andersdotter. It looks like she is the daughter of Anders Larsson and Brita Giörandotter.
The same woman died at Usta in Stora Mellösa (see below). I think the man was her 2nd husband. Is there any notation about that or cause of death?
Her first husband's death record is below. What was his cause of death?
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The location in the first image is Wähla; see this link for other places within the parish of Stora Mellösa.
In the second image, she is listed as the wife of the farmer Pär Enson. She died in Usta at age 40 from barnsbörd (childbirth; see the Swedish Genealogical Word List on the Wiki). It does not mention whether or not he was her 2nd husband.
In the third image, Olof Pärsson died in Usta at age 43 of a Slag (stroke).
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Thank you! I had already looked at the parish list, but as much as I have tried (using gothic alphabet examples, etc.) I still would not have guessed Wähla! Thanks!!
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You're very welcome!
A tip that might help, and something I do all the time, is to open the webpage on Google Chrome (in this case, the Stora Mellösa parish Wiki page) and then hit CTRL and F on your keyboard; this'll bring up a search box in the corner of your screen.
You can then type in just the part of a word (an exact string of letters, no wildcards) that you are fairly certain about; in this case, the "la" at the end of the place name are fairly recognizable, so you would type that into the page search; each place on the page where the exact letter string "la" is found will then be highlighted in yellow.
You can then hit Enter or use the up-and-down arrows in the search box to view the various results, or you can just scroll down the page a bit.
The great thing about this Chrome search function is that it immediately narrows your focus on just a few possibilities; in the "la" case, it shows you there are only 5 places within this parish that include that letter string, and only 1 of those end with those letters.
You can then look at the result(s), in this case Wähla, and compare it with the word in the original record to see if you think it's correct. This is great both for when you can only read part of a word or place name and when a word is spelled differently in the record. I hope this helps!
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You are awesome! A few years ago I was told there was a way to do this, but it sounded more complicated. I never learned the method, and then I forgot about it ... until now.
Your explanation was easy and spot on. Thanks!!
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You're welcome!! Let me know if you have any problems with it, and I'll gladly clarify! I love this feature.
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In the second image, the man was Pär Esson
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