Sweden, Kopparberg, Church Records, 1604-1900; index 1628-1860

What is in This Collection?

The collection consists of church records from the county of Kopparberg. It contains indexes to births, marriages, and deaths along with images of:

• Clerical surveys (Husförhörslängder)
• Registers of birth, marriage, and death (födda, vigda, döde)
• Move-in and move-out lists (in- och utflyttede)
• Confirmations (konfirmation)
• Church accounts (räkenskaper)

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

Reading These Records

These records are written in Swedish. For help reading them see:

• Swedish Genealogical Word List
• Sweden Handwriting
• Latin in Swedish Genealogical Records

To Browse This Collection

You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for Sweden, Kopparberg Church Records, 1604-1900; index 1628-1860.

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The church was the primary registrar of all vital events in Sweden. These records will contain births and baptisms, marriages, confirmations, movement in and out of the parish, and deaths and burials. The names of the principals of each event will generally be recorded, along with their residence and any other persons who may be associated with the event.

Collection Content

For additional details about these records and help using them see Sweden Church Records - FamilySearch Historical Records.

Sample Images

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  Christening Record

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  Marriage Record

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  1827 Burial Record

Coverage Table

As of 24 May 2018 the collection contained the following number of records. Please note that owing to privacy laws not all records in the database may be searchable.

Parish	Baptism	Marriage	Death	Burial
Aspeboda	4,865	1,314	4,177	0
Avesta	2,842	557	2,104	0
Bjursås	12,434	3,159	0	7,790
Boda	5,391	77	0	1,726
Stora Tuna	3,073	375	343	0

An inventory of all the images in this collection can be found at FamilySearch Digital Image Collection for Kopparberg, Sweden