I am trying to track my family back to Sweden. The number is LZKG-1P6. I do not understand the Swedi

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I am trying to track my family back to Sweden. The number is LZKG-1P6. I do not understand the Swedish locations and whoever put them in does not have any sources. Can I use the ArkivDigital program at the FHC? I'm not sure how to go about that either.

Heidi Kuosmanen

I really hate that when I have written a long post and then I manage to destroy it, ok, new try.

 

Yes, you can use ArkivDigital in FHC. I use Riksarkivet at home because it is free. : https://sok.riksarkivet.se/kyrkoarkiv

Images in ArkivDigital are often better quality because they digitized directly from original books than Riksarkivet which have images from microfilms.

 

Your (Gustavus Eric) August Carlström LZKG-1P6 was born at 30.12.1858 and baptized 31.12.1858 in Lindberget, Älgarås, Skaraborg, Sweden to Snickare (carpenter) Johan Carlström and Johanna Johansdotter (25 years old). He used name August Carlström when living in Sweden.

Birth record: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0053592_00068

Älgarås kyrkoarkiv, Födelse- och dopböcker, SE/GLA/13660/C/3 (1830-1885), bildid: C0053592_00068, sida 119

 

Here with his family: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0053584_00104

Älgarås kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder och församlingsböcker, SE/GLA/13660/A I/3 (1856-1869), bildid: C0053584_00104, sida 183

 

They moved to Stora Högshult, Älgarås in 1859

https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0053584_00093

Älgarås kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder och församlingsböcker, SE/GLA/13660/A I/3 (1856-1869), bildid: C0053584_00093, sida 161

 

Family moved to Fredsberg in 1860

From moving in records you can see that they actually moved to Björkäng (Several parishes had same moving record books)

https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0050210_00035

Fredsbergs kyrkoarkiv, In- och utflyttningslängder, SE/GLA/13124/B/6 (1858-1870-01-31), bildid: C0050210_00035, sida 27

 

In that same moving in record it tells the parent names of Johan Carlström (Gustaf Carlström and Maria Andersdotter) and Johanna Johansdotter (Johan Nilsson and Maria Jansdotter)

 

In Björkäng they lived with Johan Carlström's widowed mother:

https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0053067_00211

Björkängs (Töreboda) kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/GLA/13034/A I/6 (1852-1872), bildid: C0053067_00211, sida 221

 

They moved to Skövde landförsamling in 1862

https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/00078344_00029

Skövde landsförsamlings kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/GLA/13488/A I/6 (1861-1870), bildid: 00078344_00029, sida 22

 

Then 1 May 1869 family moved to America

Heidi Kuosmanen

When you do research in Sweden please remember to use letters Å,Ä,Ö correctly (Not A,O). Meaning can be totally different with A or Ä.

In old Swedish many times Ä is writen as E e.g. Elgarås=Älgarås

 

In Sweden not all people had surnames/familynames before 1900. People were called with patronymic (someone's son or daughter). Johanna Johansdotter = Johanna Johan's daughter

Can be abbreviated also Johanna Johansdr

August Carlström (familyname) if we want to call him with patronymic, he would be August Gustafsson (Gustaf's son) because his father was Gustaf Carlström. But in this case they already had familyname, so we don't use patronymic.

Heidi Kuosmanen

Västra Götalands län was established in 1998 and Älgarås, Björkäng, Fredsberg, Skövde and other parishes in that area belonged to Skaraborgs län.

 

In 1862 Sweden had a municipal reforms that defined new Swedish local governments, called Kommun in Swedish and usually called municipalities in English. Before the 1862 reform, local governments in Sweden were based on church parishes and were integrated with churches. The 1862 reforms included a constitutional change creating secular local governments.

 

Heidi Kuosmanen

Family had a baby just before they moved to America. The child Herman Carlström in seen in the moving out record: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/00078353_00038

Skövde landsförsamlings kyrkoarkiv, In- och utflyttningslängder, SE/GLA/13488/B/1 (1862-1890), bildid: 00078353_00038

 

Here is his birth record: 8 April 1869 Bjärby, Skövde, Skaraborg, Sweden

https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0019444_00090

Skövde landsförsamlings kyrkoarkiv, Födelse- och dopböcker, SE/GLA/13488/C/4 (1861-1887), bildid: A0019444_00090

 

In FT Franklin Edward Carlstrom's (MNHZ-MR8) birth information cannot be true. It says that he was born in 5 October 1868 Iowa, United States, BUT family moved to USA 1869. I believe that he was born in 30.9.1866 in Bjärby, Skövde, Skaraborg, Sweden with birth name Frans Evald : https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0019444_00077

Skövde landsförsamlings kyrkoarkiv, Födelse- och dopböcker, SE/GLA/13488/C/4 (1861-1887), bildid: A0019444_00077

 

FT is also missing one girl who died at age 1.

Selma Amalia Carlström born 2 Jan 1863 in Bjärby, Skövde, Skaraborg, Sweden and died 10 Jun 1864.

Birth: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0019444_00033

Skövde landsförsamlings kyrkoarkiv, Födelse- och dopböcker, SE/GLA/13488/C/4 (1861-1887), bildid: A0019444_00033

Died: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0019449_00025

Skövde landsförsamlings kyrkoarkiv, Död- och begravningsböcker, SE/GLA/13488/F/3 (1861-1879), bildid: A0019449_00025

Heidi Kuosmanen

Hilma Otie Carlstrom

1874–1970 • K8T4-7N8

Belongs to two different families. Parents have same names and are born in Sweden about same time BUT other children are different and they clearly belong to two different families. Which is correct family to Hilma? Mother Johanna Johansson seams to be the same BUT she cannot be! Her birth information belongs to Johanna Johansdotter, mother of (Gustavus Eric) August Carlström LZKG-1P6. In Sweden she did NOT have a last name Lundgren.