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Your Swedish Roots: A Step by Step Handbook

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If you have any Swedish heritage (and a surprising number of Americans do), then look no further for an informative and practical reading experience about Sweden. It's all here: history, cultural references, highlights of different regions, and maps and old photographs that let you connect with the country-and your heritage.

Do not miss this book if you are planning a trip to Sweden. This book will definitely help sketch out for you what your trip should be about. Then you can go ahead and buy a travel book for the details of surviving and getting around.

But the main focus of the book is tracing your Swedish ancestry through the different available sources. All the other stuff works to support you in your research. There are examples of how to find and use the church records, locations that now have them available on microfiche, other possible sources of information, and up-to-date web references. And it's all presented in a useful, readable, and quotable style. You may even find yourself talking out loud in Swedish as you read what the different church records may have recorded to keep track of the people. I have gone through this book twice on my own, and even now, I still read parts out loud to impress my friends with my Swedish heritage.

I wish I would have ordered this book when I first saw it on Amazon several months ago - I'd have saved hours and hours of Internet searching. YOUR SWEDISH ROOTS is easy to read, loaded with every resource you'll need to trace your family tree, how-to instructions, a dictionary of helpful words, and a chapter suggesting where and how to travel within Sweden to visit the areas of your heritage.

Well written and not too complicated to follow. This book lends great insights into how best to utilize the tools available - especailly when researching data bases available in Sweden.

I had wanted a copy of this book once I used a borrowed one for my Swedish genealogy. It gives so much good background information to help with understanding, and it helps with trying to read Swedish records and understanding the Swedish records that are available. It is a #1 book to have for Swedish research. There's also information having to do with Genline in it, and Genline is an amazing website. I'm so glad it's found in Family History Centers because I wouldn't be able to use that website otherwise.
Between this book and Cradled in Sweden, Swedish research can really be accomplished!

This edition was purchased for a univeristy senior, studying SWEDISH and seeking a graduate program in his future in Gotenburg. The broad subjects within the handbook allow for a better understanding of his grandfather and great grandparents that emigrated from Sweden to USA.

This is the best book I have read on researching your Swedish heritage. It gives good illustrations and gives step by step information on how to work your way through the parish records to find your family. I purchased this before paying for a subscription to Gen Line so I would know what to do and how to go about searching for the records I need. It also tells how to find out which parish to research to locate your family. I discovered that I have more research to do before I spend the money for GenLine. Thanks to this book I'm saving money in knowing what information I need before going through the parish records. This book is worth every penny.

Detailed many things my great-grandparents didn't mention. Have now located the area of my families roots and plan to visit.

Outstanding book to introduce someone to searching their Swedish genealogy. It contains very good background on many of the Swedish customs. It also contains examples of records that are used for genealogy research. Translations are provided for the headings on the records to make it easier for someone who does not read Swedish.

This book gives step by step instructions on how to do Swedish genealogy using all the avaialble resources. Easy to understand and clear