Titel: SV: Translation help
Skrivet av: Kristina Gunnarsdotter skrivet 2020-01-31, 14:32
Beautiful map! In the 1800-hundreds when a big part of the rural population moved to the cities or emigrated or learned a profession many took a new name instead of their common patronymic name.
Björklund: björk = birch, lund = grove. This type of name with elements from the nature is very common in Sweden. Björkenäs: björk = birch, näs = point (the e is just a connecting letter).
Västerbotten and Lappland are both geographic areas, landskap/province. Västerbottens län/region/county is the administrative area for the province Västerbotten, southern Lappland, northern Ångermanland and a small part of Jämtland.
Sven did not move straight from Blekinge to Västerbotten. He was some time in Malmö, Skåne, and maybe other places. Tracing a person from death to birth, step by step, is the traditional and recommended way to explore your family history. The household records are the main source. Then you confirm your founds in the birth/marriage/death books.
I cannot figure out what your picture shows. Please give a link or a headline. No church books i Hällaryd start in 1638 as far as I can see. The first book of births is CI:1, 1647- 1702.
Here are the addresses to the household books, backwards from AI:10 (where the family moves to Edestad parish) to AI:3 where Jonas Svensson and Elna Persdotter start their family and no children are born yet.