Valdermarsvik, East Gothland, Sweden= This is a regional project in Geni for the Municipality of Valdemarsvik , Sweden. Everybody interested in the history of the town or its residents is welcome to join the project. Once you have joined the project you can add profiles, photos, documents etc. of people who have resided here or who otherwise are related to the history of the town. This project ...
Municipality of Norrköping, East Gothland, Sweden This is a regional project in Geni for the Municipality of Norrköping , Sweden. Everybody who is interested in the history of the town or its residents is welcome to join the project. Once you have joined the project you can add profiles, photos, documents etc. of people who have resided here or who otherwise are related to the history of the to...
Knivsta, Uppland, Sweden This is a regional project in Geni for the Municipality of Knivsta , Sweden. Everybody who is interested in the history of the town or its residents is welcome to join the project. Once you have joined the project you can add profiles, photos, documents etc. of people who have resided here or who otherwise are related to the history of the town. You might also want t...
Stockholm, the capital of Sweden=This projectgroup started 2017 and is continously expanding. In this projectgroup you may add people that was born, has lived or died in Stockholm. The aim with the group is to help each other to find our common ancestors. Stockholm is a town that was founded in 1200s. At first the geographical area for the town was only the small island that is called the Old T...
Västervik, Smolandia, Sweden= This is a regional project in Geni for the Municipality of Västervik , Sweden. Everybody who is interested in the history of the town or its residents is welcome to join the project. Once you have joined the project you can add profiles, photos, documents etc. of people who have resided here or who otherwise are related to the history of the town. You should also c...
Småland, Sweden Småland is an province ( landskap ) in southern Sweden. Småland borders Blekinge, Scania (Swedish: Skåne), Halland, Västergötland, Östergötland and the island Öland in the Baltic Sea. The name Småland literally means Small Lands. The Latinized form Smolandia has been used in other languages. (Source: English Wikipedia. Read 2019-01-19.) KMunicipalities in Småland There are 33 ...
Haparanda Locality Project =Genealogy project for Haparanda, Sweden.== Haparanda village projects ==No village projects yet.== Regional Locality Projects == Finnmark: Alta I Berlevåg I Båtsfjord I Gamvik I Hammerfest I Hasvik I Karasjok I Kautokeino I Kvalsund I Lebesby I Loppa I Måsøy I Nesseby I Nordkapp I Nord-Varanger I Polmak I Porsanger I Sør-Varanger I Sørøysund I Talvik I Tana I Vadsø I...
Motala, East Gothland, Sweden= This is a regional project in Geni for the Municipality of Motala , Sweden. Everybody who is interested in the history of the town or its residents is welcome to join the project. Once you have joined the project you can add profiles, photos, documents etc. of people who have resided here or who otherwise are related to the history of the town. This project is a p...
Söderköping, East Gothland, Sweden This is a regional project in Geni for the Municipality of Söderköping , Sweden. Everybody who is interested in the history of the town or its residents is welcome to join the project. Once you have joined the project you can add profiles, photos, documents etc. of people who have resided here or who otherwise are related to the history of the town. This pr...
=Riksdag of Sweden= === The Riksdag (Swedish: Riksdagen ) is the national legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members (riksdagsledamöter), elected proportionally and serving, from 1994 onwards, on fixed four-year terms.=== The seat of the Riksdag is at Parliament House (Swedish: Riksdagshuset) on the isl...
Genealogia Sursilliana Genealogia Sursilliana is an ancient genealogy project, stemming from the 1500’s. It concerns Erik Ångerman and his family, later known as Sursill, from Teg (now Umeå) Sweden. The history and the study of the family has reached almost legendary proportions. According to some current research the name Sursill was first adopted by those members of the family who moved ov...
Add members of Sweden's noble families to this project. You can visit HistoryLink to find out which projects include your ancestors. The Swedish nobility is organized into three classes according to a system introduced in 1626:* Lords (Swedish: Herreklassen ), comprising counts ( greve ) and barons ( friherre , baron ), two titles introduced in 1561 by Erik XIV* Knights (Swedish: Riddarklassen ...
Västgötadals l. Västgöta-Dals regemente Västgöta-Dals regemente (№ 16) var ett infanteriförband inom svenska armén som verkade i olika former åren 1624-1901. Förbandsledningen var förlagd i Vänersborgs garnison i Grunnebo hed . Historia Regementet har sitt ursprung i de fänikor som sattes upp på 1500-talet i Västergötland och Dalsland. År 1615 organiserades dessa enheter till Västergötlands sto...
Halland====This subproject belongs under a larger project, the Lands of Sweden ======Halland is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden on the western coast of Sweden. Until 1645 and the Second Treaty of Brömsebro , it was part of the Kingdom of Denmark.=== Halland ===As of December 31, 2016, Halland had a population of 327,093. Of these, 310,536 lived in Halland County; 14,205 lived in Väst...
Swedish Americans=During the 19th-early 20th century about 1.3 millions Swedes left their homes and emigrated to the United States. ==Purpose of the project== The primary purpose of this project is to connect Swedish Americans with American Swedes seeking relatives, roots, sharing information sources, tips, etc. This project covers Swedes who have moved to anywhere in the Americas, from Águila ...
Project start 15.6.2018 Under constructionNote that the project is about the present and past city of Kristianstad, not the much larger present municipality nor the previously existing county Kristinstad län. ===History===The city was founded in 1614 by King Christian IV of Denmark, the city's name literally means 'Town of Christian', as a planned city after the burning of the nearby town of Vä...
Scania, Sweden====Scania, known in Scandinavia as Skåne is the southernmost province of Sweden. Within Scania, there are 33 municipalities that are autonomous within the Scania Regional Council. Scania's largest city is Malmö, which is also the third largest in Sweden, as well as the fifth largest in Scandinavia.=== To the north, Scania borders the provinces of Halland and Småland, to the north...
Sjöbo, Scania, Sweden= This is a regional project in Geni for the municipality of Sjöbo , Sweden. Everybody who is interested in the history of the town or its residents is welcome to join the project. Once you have joined the project you can add profiles, photos, documents etc. of people who have resided here or who otherwise are related to the history of the town. This project is a part of a ...
Municipality of Karlskrona, Blekinge, Sweden= This is a regional project in Geni for the Municipality of Karlskrona , Sweden. Everybody interested in the history of the town or its residents is welcome to join the project. Once you have joined the project you can add profiles, photos, documents etc. of people who have resided here or who otherwise are related to the history of the town. This pr...
Blekinge, Sweden Blekinge is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden, situated in the south of the country. It borders Småland, Scania and the Baltic Sea. It is the country's second-smallest province by area (only Öland is smaller), and the smallest province located on the mainland. The name "Blekinge" comes from the adjective bleke, which corresponds to the nautical term for "dead calm". ...
Municipality of Linköping, East Gothland, Sweden= This is a regional project in Geni for the municipality of Linköping, Sweden. Everybody who is interested in the history of the town or its residents is welcome to join the project. Once you have joined the project you can add profiles, photos, documents etc. of people who have resided here or who otherwise are related to the history of the town...
Projektia aloitettu 11.11..2017.* På svenska Suomeksi In English Gamla Uppsala Vanha Uppsala är en modern stad med en lång historia, känd bland annat för sina två universitet, ärkebiskopssätet inom Svenska kyrkan, det rika kulturlivet och den vackra naturen. Uppsala är en av Sveriges äldsta städer. Den kallades för Östra Aros fram till 1200-talet då namnet Uppsala tog över. Idag är Uppsala en a...
Enköping, Uplandia, Sweden= This is a regional project in Geni for the Municipality of Enköping , Sweden. Everybody who is interested in the history of the town or its residents is welcome to join the project. Once you have joined the project you can add profiles, photos, documents etc. of people who have resided here or who otherwise are related to the history of the town. You might also want ...
The town and municipality Kalmar, Småland, Sweden=Kalmar (/ˈkɑːlmɑːr/) is a city in the southeast of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 36,392 inhabitants in 2010 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. Kalmar is situated in the province Småland . It is also the capital of Kalmar County. (Focus for this project group is the town and municipality - not the county Kalmar.)From the thirtee...
Lapin, Norrbottenin ja Finnmarkin alueiden sukututkimusprojekti======Släktforskningsprojekt för Lapplands, Norrbottens och Finnmarks områden======Slektforskningsprosjekt for Lappland, Norrbotten og Finnmark regioner======Genealogy project for Lapland, Norrbotten and Finnmark regions====Lappi, Norrbotten & Finnmark Project in Brief====Regions===The project's regions include the current region of...