VästerbottenOverview of ArkivDigital's digitalarchives of the Swedish county Västerbottens län. |
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Offical documents from Västerbottens län are stored in Regional archives in Härnösand.
Church records
- Church/parish records from the earliest times to about the year 1948 (or as far as rule of secrecy allows) (household/congregation, migration, birth, marrige and death records)
- Statistiska centralbyråns (SCB; Statistics Sweden) extracts from birth, marriage and death records from the years 1925-1947
- Communion records from the earliest times to about the year 1850
- Account books from the earliest times to about the year 1800
Estate inventories
- Estate inventory from the earliest times to about the year 1948
- Regional archive's estate inventory registers
- Estate inventory (nobility) to about 1916
District courts/Court of Appeal
- Svea Hovrätt (court of appeal) restored court records from the earliest times to about the year 1710. For the rural parts of the county are the years 1711-1749 also photographed.
- Svea Hovrätt (court of appeal) restored protocols concering property deals for häradsrätter (district courts) 1701-1754
Supreme court
- Protocols 1694-1800
Tax/census records
- The chamber archives (Swedish: kammararkivet) copy of tax/census records from the earliest times to the year 1820 (archive holder = Mantalslängder 1642-1820 Västerbottens län 1642-1820)
- District taxation registrar (häradsskrivarens) copy from the earliest times to about the year 1820
- Tax/census records the year 1941
County accounts
- The county's accounts (Swedish = länsräkenskaper) from the earliest times to the year 1749. This material contains both accounts (landsböcker) and verifications (landsboksverifikationer).
Land register
- Land register (Swedish = Jordeböcker) from the earliest times to about the year 1917
Military
- General Musters lists for the regiments that have existed in this county
- The Army's Lists 1620-1723 ("Rullor 1620-1723")
- Stamkort (cards with information about men that have been doing their military service) for people enroled approximately 1902-1950
- Lists of qualifications
- Qualification books (meritband) 1757-1883 (from the archives of the army's pension fund)
- Lists of retired soldiers (Swedish: gratialister) (from Krigskollegium Krigsmanshuskontoret)
Sailor records (Swedish: Sjömanshus)
- Sjömanshuset i Skellefteå from the earliest times to about the year 1939
- Sjömanshuset i Umeå from the earliest times to about the year 1940
Prison and arrest
- Lists of prisoners (from the Office of the Chancellor of Justice) 1750-1825
Aerial photographs
- Aerial photographs (farms, cottages, villas, industrial premises etc.) from the 1950's to the present day.
Right now we are photographing
- Estate inventories 1949-1955