Vborg

[Karen Bowling]

I have an ancestor whose birthplace is listed as V:borg.  All of my ancestors are from Skaraborg Län, so it would be a safe assumption that V:borg is in Skaraborg.  Does anyone know where this is?
 
Thank you,
Karen

[Heikki Särkkä]

Could he/she be from Viborg i Danmark eller Viborg i Finland?

[Heikki Särkkä]

I mean,of course, Viborg in Denmark or Viborg in Finland.

[Lena Nalmo]

My guess is Vänersborg.

[karen]

Hi Heikki,
I never thought of that.  I just assumed he was from Sweden.  Would it say Demark or Finland next to Viborg?  Because it doesn't say anything but V:borg.  I could be reading it incorrectly.  If anyone has time the Genline ID is 1594.1.39800
 
Thanks for the help Heikki...you gave something else to think about.
 
Best Regards,
Karen

[karen]

Lena,
Is Vänersborg is Skaraborg Län?
 
Karen

[Ellert Peterson]

No, Vänersborg is located in Älvsborgs län.  
Kindest regards,  
Ellert

[Heikki Särkkä]

Viborg in Denmark is quite a bit closer than V. in Finland.
 
Heikki

[Jeff Benson]

Hi All,
 
Vänersborg is in Älvsborg län (county) BUT it is right at the border with Skaraborg län. The city limits of Vänersborg look on the map as if they extend almost right up to the border. Karen, I think it is not at all farfetched that your ancestors had connections to Skaraborg even if one was born in Vänersborg.
 
By the way, Vänersborg (city and parish) is at the southwestern-most fingertip of Lake Vänern in west-central Sweden. Look due west of Stockholm -- but closer to Norway -- on a map and you will find this enormous lake.
 
I too am guessing is V:borg = Vänersborg.
 
Regards,
Jeff

[Karin Bergström]

Karen,
As Jeff and Lena say, I think it must be Vänersborg.My husbands ancestors from Lekåsa,  Skaraborg have also roots in V:borg and that is for sure Vänersborg.
 
Regards,Karin

[Christina Backman]

If we knew the names and the dates for your ancestor maybe we could decide which town we are talking about.

[Karen Bowling]

Thank you everyone.  
 
Christina-- I was looking in the Ullene Household Examination records for 1792-1822.  The farm name was åska Hankansgården.  I saw Jonas Svensson, born in Norra Vånga in 1761, and was interested in his father-in-laws information.  This name is hard to read but his first name in Jacob and it says he was born in V:borg in 1734.  
 
Regards,
Karen

[Heikki Särkkä]

Of course, if V:borg is really an abbreviation rather than a misreading, it cannot represent Viborg.

[Kristina Gunnarsdotter]

Most logical is it to be an abbreviation known to people in the neighbourhood, thus a place not far away. Otherwise you would expect a note of relevant län or country. Vänersborg is my guess too.

[Christina Backman]

Since Jonas was born in Norra Vånga,Skaraborg, about 40 kms from Vänersborg it is reasonable to suppose this is V:borg. Ullene is about 5 kms from Norra Vånga. The farm will have been  Åsaka Håkansgården.

[karen]

Thank you so much everyone has been so helpful.  I just looked up the birth records in Vänersborg and I think I found Jacob!
 
Best Regards,
Karen