Swedish National Archives Free Beginning 2018

Beginning in 2018 Sweden will join the other Scandinavian countries in allowing free access to the digitized records of the Riksarkivet (Swedish National Archives.)  This will provide access to most church records, and many tax, court, and land records, among many other records.

However, these digitized images are the older black and white images that are often not as readable as the new color digitized images that ArkivDigital offers.  It is currently not clear what will happen with ArkivDigital.  Sveriges Släktfroskarförbund (The Swedish Genealogical Society) is working with the Government and ArkivDigital to try and work something out.  ArkivDigital not only has better and more readable images, but they have a lot of images that are not otherwise available online.  Hopefully, something can be worked out that will be good for ArkivDigital and all genealogist!

New Indexed Records for Southern Sweden DDSS

If you are researching in the southern part of Sweden you likely already know about Demografisk Databas Södra Sverige (DDSS) the Demographic Database of Southern Sweden. It has the ultimate goal of providing a free index of all of the birth, marriages, and death records for Skåne, Blekinge, and Halland. Recently they added about 82,000 new records with four new parishes being covered Gladsax, Kvidinge, Källna, and Reslöv. This is a an incredible resource if you have family in the Skåne, Blekinge, or Halland

Naeseth’s “Norwegian American Immigrants, 1821-1850” Now Available Online

It is great to hear that Gerhard Naeseth’s five volume set Norwegian Immigrants to the United States-A Biographical Directory (1821-1850) is now available as a searchable PDF on the Norwegian American Genealogical Center & Naeseth Library website. You must be a sustaining member to get access to this information, which while a bit costy, is a great way to support the fine work this group does. And it may be JUST what you need to break down that Norwegian brick wall!