| Socken (parish) |
Värmland
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Töcksmark |
Töcksmarks socken is located in the south-western part of province
Värmland in Årjängs kommun along the
Norwegian border. Part of Nordmarks
härad.
Central town: Töcksfors. Area: 120 sqkm. Pop:
1 502 (1998), 1 406 (1981) |
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Description |
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| General |
SCB #176508 |
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| Geography |
Located around the lake Töck,
along the Norwegian border. Total area 13 337 har (1890),
10% lakes. |
| History |
Omkring Töck och Östen. (Karl A.Östlind) |
Book about Töcksmark and Östervallskog
parishes. (151 p, 1930) |
Lookup service (Haeffner) |
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| History, Name |
Old names:
(before 1850) Tyxzmarck, Tingsmark, Tynmark, Tyxmarck,
Tysmarck, Tygsmark, Tyxmark. |
| Demographics: Population |
| 1750 |
1805 |
1866 |
1880 |
1900 |
1920 |
1925 |
| 593 |
965 |
2 065 |
1 833 |
1 782 |
1 540 |
1 492 |
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Swedish state church buildings |
Descriptions (RAÄ) |
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| Emigration |
SweGGate |
Brief history and statistics |
>Go> |
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| Project |
Project
Töcksmark-Östervallskog. Researching history, farms and
people in Töcksmark and Östervallskog parishes. Contact F Haeffner |
| Researcher |
Dr
Fredrik Haeffner (SWE) |
Researching: Töcksmark,
Östervallskog parishes |
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| Researcher |
Carl
Murphy (USA) |
Researching: see Family Tree
at Ulvenäs |
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| Researcher |
Gladys
Johnson (USA) |
Researching: Nyström,
Olsdotter, Johnson |
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| Researcher |
Charles
Swanson (USA) |
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| Researcher |
Dee
Kleinow (USA) |
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| Researcher |
Kari
Nicolaisen (Norway) |
webpage . Family tree |
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| Local sites |
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| Project |
Project Töcksmark-Östervallskog. Researching history, farms and
people in Töcksmark and Östervallskog parishes. |
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| Church Rec's |
SVAR |
B: 1717-. HFL: (1754), 1797- |
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| Hjonelagslängd |
Ingvar Dahl
(hjonelag = household) |
Tax register (census type) for year
1610 . 1622-28 . 1641 |
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| Family records |
Kenneth Johnson USA |
Contact researcher Gladys Johnson above |
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"mtl" = mantal. "har" = hectare = 10 000
sqmetres = 2.471 acres. "kr" = kronor = SEK. Number
after Parts are # of units (farms). The villages
above usually started as one hemman (farm) and the size
recorded as x "mtl" is the original "taxation
size". "Laga skifte" and "storskifte"
are government regulated redistribution of land. "utjord"
= periferal land.
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| Last updated by |
F Hae |
2005-05-19 18:25 |
© Fredrik Haeffner, 2001-5 |
