Projektet och sidan under utformning De äldsta tidmätarna var soluret och vattenuret som användes av kulturfolken. Dessa två kompletterade varandra iom att soluret kunde användas endast vid sol. Med vatten- och sanduret kunde man mäta det som rann ner från ett trattlikande kärl i ett motsvarande. Det första mekaniska uret sägs ha tillverkats av den franska munken Gerbert på 990-talet. Den a...
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...
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...
Return to Lands of Sweden Project Dalarna is a province in Sweden Dalarna is a province or landskap in central Sweden. Another English language form established in literature is the Dales. Dalarna adjoins Härjedalen, Hälsingland, Gästrikland, Västmanland and Värmland. It is also bounded by Norway in the west. Borders of the province mostly coincide with the modern administrative Dalarna Cou...
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 ...
Orsa, Dalecarlia, Sweden This is a regional project in Geni for the Municipality of Älvdalen , 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. You should also consider jo...
Övertorneå Locality Project =Genealogy project for Övertorneå, Sweden.== Övertorneå 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 Vads...
Start 8.4.2018.Under construction Borås (Swedish pronunciation: [b%CA%8A%CB%88ro%CB%90s]%29 is a city (officially, a locality) and the seat of Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 66,273 inhabitants in 2010. Wikipedia Borås I Göteborg I Eskilstuna I Kalmar I Sundswall I Södertälje I Visby I Västerås I
Hietaniemi Locality Project =Genealogy project for Hietaniemi, Sweden.== Hietaniemi 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 Vads...
Russo-Swedish War (1788-1790) The Russo-Swedish War of 1788-1790 , known as Gustav III's Russian War in Sweden, Gustav III's War in Finland and Catherine II's Swedish War in Russia, was fought between Sweden and Russia from June 1788 to August 1790. Background The conflict was initiated by King Gustav III of Sweden for domestic political reasons. Despite having established himself as an autocra...
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...
Heby Municipality Heby Municipality ( Heby kommun ) is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. The municipality seat is located in the town of Heby . The first municipality with the name Heby was created in 1952, during the first of the two nationwide municipal reforms in Sweden, through the amalgamation of three original units in Västmanland County . The name was taken from ...
Tervetuloa Ylitornion paikkakuntaprojektiin! Ylitornio - Övertorneå -projekti kattaa sekä Suomen että Ruotsin puolen Ylitorniot. Suomen Ylitornio (ja Pello) sekä Ruotsin Ylitornio muodostivat yhden yhtenäisen pitäjän ennen vuotta 1809, jolloin Haminan rauhan raja jakoi alueen kahtia. Tuolloin myös nykyinen Pello kuului vielä Ylitornion pitäjään. Projektin tarkoituksena on koota kaikki Ylitorni...
Landskrona, Scania, Sweden=Note that this is a project about the urban area of Landskrona, not about the present municipality Landskrona is a late medieval town in Scania province , Sweden, located at the shores of Øresund , founded at the location of the former Danish fishing village Sønder Sæby in the province of Scania by king Erik of Pomerania early in the 15th century. The location was a n...
Siia projekti soovime Geni'st kokku koguda tuntumaid eestlased Rootsis läbi kõigi ajajärkude. * Gotlandile jõudnud sõjapõgenikud 1939-1945 ja inimeste otsimine Otsimiseks Otsimiseks Otsimiseks * Otsimiseks ARCHIVES Stockholm the acts of all who came as refugees during World War II from Estonia and other countries. There they have left a life story that hopefully is good and information on his f...
The purpose of the Genetic Genealogy in Finland project is to provide information about genetic genealogy and to help utilize the DNA information of profiles in Geni. No profiles are attached to this project DNA test companies FTDNA - Autosomaltest FamilyFinder, Y-DNA tests, mtDNA tests, test results can be linked to Geni MyHeritage - Autosomaltest, test results can not be linked to Ge...
Jukkasjärvi Locality Project =Genealogy project for Jukkasjärvi, Sweden.== Jukkasjärvi 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 V...
Piteå Rural Municipality Locality Project =Genealogy project for Piteå Rural Municipality, Sweden.This is a project aiming at a common, complete, and correct tree built of persons from Piteå Rural Municipality, Norrbotten county, Sweden. If you have people in the tree you are working on from Piteå Rural Municipality, who you could use help with, add their profiles to the project. You can also s...
Äldre svenska frälsesläkter "svenskaregenter" "svenskadel" "Livrustkammaren" "Historiska personer i Sverige och Norden" 124 av dem är gamla frälsesläkter. Flera finns nog, men man får ta tag i dom efter hand. "Introducerad adel" Rekommendationer Observera att adelssuffix med namnformen "af" endast används för personer som i medeltida handlingar kallas så, som tex Niclis Pät...
Royal Order of the Sword ‧ since 1522 ‧ Sweden sources Order of the Sword Träger des Schwertordens Kommendörer med stora korset (KmstkSO) Kommendörer av första klassen (KSO1kl) Kommendörer (KSO) Riddare av första klassen (RSO1kl) (RSO) etc. grades Commander Grand Cross Commander 1st Class Commander Knight 1st Class Knight 2nd Class decorati ——A—— ——B...
Royal Order of Vasa ‧ since 1772 ‧ Sweden grades Commander Grand Cross ‧ wears the badge on a collar (chain) or on a sash on the right shoulder, plus the star on the left chest Commander 1st Class ‧ wears the badge on a necklet, plus the star on the left chest Commander ‧ wears the badge on a necklet Knight 1st Class ‧ member 1st Class for women and clergymen ‧ wears the badge on a ...
Västerbotten Regiment The Västerbotten Regiment (Swedish: Västerbottens regemente), designations I 19, I XIX, I 20 and I 20/Fo 61, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that traced its origins back to the 16th century. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from the province of Västerbotten, where it was later garrisoned. The unit was disbanded as a result of the disarmament policies ...
Great Northern War 1700-1721. Prisoners of war and their descendants in Russia. There were many non-ethnic Swedes. From the Baltic States, Ingermanlandia (Kexholm, Vyborg, Narva, Noteburg (Oreshka), Nyenskans). Joining projects: in the project page, click "Actions" > "Join project". This also includes Swedish soldiers who were captured in Poltava, Russian Empire during the great Northern wa...
"Försvarsmakten" "The Central Soldier Register" "Svenska regementen under indelningsverket" "Nationel Arkiv Databas" "Anarkiv Soldater" Hans Högman Svensk militärhistoria Kampanjerna Trettioåriga kriget 1630-1648 Stora nordiska kriget 1700-1721 Hattarnas ryska krig 1741-1743 Pommerska kriget 1757 - 1762 Gustav III:s ryska krig 1788-1790
Västmanland Regiment The Västmanland Regiment (Swedish: Västmanlands regemente ), designations I 18 and Fo 48, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that traced its origins back to the 16th century. It was disbanded for the first time in 1927 but later reraised and disbanded again in 1997. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from the province of Västmanland , and it was later garri...