Swedish Genealogical Society of Minnesota
"Your Swedish Roots - A Step by Step Handbook"!
The book, "Your Swedish Roots - A Step by Step Handbook" , by Kjell Andersson and Per Clemensson, two well-known Swedish genealogists. It is a modern genealogical guide written primarily for Swedish-Americans who want to research their family history using Swedish sources. The book is a joint publishing project between Genline AB in Sweden and MyFamily, Inc. in the United States. (It is written in English.)
In 220 pages, the book gives a basic orientation about the main Swedish sources. By using a typical case from around 1880, the reader is shown how the different sources can be interpreted. Examples are given from all of the main church records as well as other important sources. Column titles and important terms are translated from Swedish, and the different entries are explained in detail. This is especially helpful to researchers not well versed in the Swedish language and the older script commonly used.
Swedish records are unusually complete, due mainly to not having a war in nearly 200 years. The most commonly used records are now available online! The way to access them is detailed in the book.
Comments from people who have purchased the book.
- "Purchased the book at Saturday meeting, went home and started to read it. I could not put it down until I finished it after midnight. A very interesting book and very easy to read and understand. Starting with basic genealogy in the USA, it then goes on to describe the basics of Swedish records, how to obtain them and then how to read them."
- "… This book is laid out in a step by step order, using case studies to illustrate how to do Swedish genealogy research. It is well illustrated and REALLY easy to read and comprehend...."
- "... will be an excellent book to study...."
- "...the best step by step book I've seen on genealogy..."