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From: "gladys johnson" <>
Subject: Re: [Sweden] RE: [Sweden] Jönköping site
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 08:35:35 -0500
In-Reply-To: <2063-50979@sneakemail.com>


Hi

I agree with Mary, it is the official designation for counties in Sweden, to
use the
letter code designed by the SCB.

Perhaps in your family tree you can include the list of the ln codes.
See in
SweGGate Themes: Geography: Facts

Gladys

>From: "Bob" <>
>
>** Reply to message from "maryheilman " on Mon, 31 Jan 2005
>18:43:54 -0500
>
> > Each of the counties in Sweden has a letter designation assigned to it.
>This
> > letter is used in most official and genealogical documents. The
>genealogical
> > researchers in Sweden identify the location of a parish by using the
>letter
> > designation of the county the parish is located in: for example,
>Burseryd
> > (F) = Burseryd parish, Jnkpings ln.

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