Church books It is in the church records that all genealogy begins. The priests kept the church records to keep track of what was happening in the congregation and who lived there. In the birth, marriage and death registers, one records chronologically when someone is born, marries or dies. The house interrogation lengths is the collective book where you can see who lives on the farms, when and where they were born, if they move, etc. At the end of 2011, we achieved our first stage goal, namely a complete picture archive of all available church books from ancient times to around 1894 for the whole of Sweden (house interrogation, moved, born, married and dead). As for the so-called modern church books (1895 and onwards), we can photograph those that do not contain any secrecy. This means that in a parish there may be no secrecy limit and in a neighboring parish nothing at all in the 20th century. This is because the volumes have different years and in the latter case it exceeds the confidentiality limit. For example, if a volume goes from 1926-1946, we can not photograph anything in it, because 1946 is after the 70-year confidentiality limit. We have photographed the majority of the modern church books that are not covered by secrecy until around 1940 (parish books, moved, born, consecrated and dead). How far ahead in time we have been able to photograph varies from county to county. See the county pages in the column to the right for further information on what applies to the county (s) you are interested in. We will in the near future continue the photography of confidential modern church books until the year 1945 for the whole country. Of course, there may be volumes that we have missed or are so damaged that we have not had access to them. But if you see any volume that should be included, we hope you write a line to us, so we can check. Movie Tips : How to Find in Birth Books and House Interrogation Lengths? Some examples of church books Click on the image to see them in larger size. Volumes - church books Blekinge Gotland Gävleborg Gothenburg and Bohus counties Halland Jämtland Jönköping Kalmar Kopparberg Kristianstad Kronoberg Malmöhus Norrbotten Skaraborg Stockholm Södermanland Uppsala Värmland Västerbotten Västernorrland Västmanland Åland (Finland) Älvsborg Örebro Östergötland Home ArchiveDigital online The image archive Church books Estate records Mantle lengths Judgment books Military rolls Other volumes Latest volumes AID search Genealogy Why ArkivDigital? Custom photography CD's Customer service About us search Software Windows 2.0 beta 2016-02-25 Mac 2.0 beta 2016-02-25 Linux 32 2.0 beta 2016-02-25 Linux 64 2.0 beta 2016-02-25 Windows 1.5.4 2015-06-02 Mac 1.5.4 2015-06-02 Linux 1.4.4 2013-11-21 iPad 1.1.2 2013-03-14 English NUMBER OF COLOR IMAGES 63 366 254 More info about our color pictures Shopping cart Register Forgot password? Copyright © 2005-2016 Archive Digital AD AB About us | Company information | Contact information | Partners | Press | About cookies