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Shortcut to Sweden – a newsletter about your family history
Shortcut to Sweden is a newsletter all about Swedish genealogy.
It’s a beginner
friendly email course sent to your inbox every other week. Packed
with mini-lessons, tips, insights and more, to help you get the most
out of the Swedish records.
A 3-minute read that will help you discover new ancestors and make sense of your family history.
Thank you for your purchase
Have a great day!
Hej, brave soul! Annika here.
I admire you for diving into the Swedish records, written a long time ago, in a distant country.
I’m a born and raised Swede living in Gothenburg, Sweden. There’s a good chance this is where your ancestor stepped on a ship to start a new life.
I’m a professional genealogist and the owner of Find a Swede. I do what I do because I want to make our shared Swedish heritage accessible.
Family history is more than the dates and places in the records. We also need to know about the laws, traditions, geography, and economics that shaped our ancestors. Much of it are things that Swedes just know – or can read in an obscure book. But it’s harder to find in English.
That’s why I created Shortcut to Sweden. So that you can discover your Swedish ancestry in an easy and effective way.
Let's dig into those records!
If you’re tired of guessing
Building a reliable family tree is tricky. Which records should you use? What do they say and what does it mean? And on top of that you’re doing it in a made up language! Maybe not made up per se, but ”Lefvnads- och Sjukdoms-omständigheter.” Really?
You want to discover what really happened
Maybe you spent
$200 on a subscription only to get irrelevant hints in the hundreds.
Perhaps you've browsed free genealogy sites, unable to tell which Anders Andersson is yours.
You may have searched all of the internet for your family name to find any sort of clue.
There's another way
I’m here to help you discover your Swedish family history and make sense of it.
Even if...
- You don’t speak or read Swedish.
- You have little to no information on your ancestry in Sweden.
- You have a persistent brick wall in the 1850s.
- You are busy, busy, busy.
What if you understood your ancestor?
You’ve traced your Swedish family back to Kerstin Eriksdotter, born in 1736. At age 25, Kerstin was pregnant, unmarried, and facing a life of stigma. She married the father, but life continued to be hard for Kerstin. And in the end, it makes sense that the record says she died at 53 of ”old age.”
You can get there. That’s why I created Shortcut to Sweden.
Presenting
Shortcut to Sweden
Shortcut to Sweden is a beginner friendly email course for busy family historians. It’s a 3-minute read, delivered every other Saturday morning (EST). You’ll soon be equipped to discover your Swedish ancestry secrets.
With Shortcut to Sweden...
- You'll be able to start from
the beginning of your Swedish genealogy journey. The emails are curated
to help you along your path to more advanced research.
- You’ll learn the best methods for researching in Sweden, so that you don’t have to waste time figuring out how it’s done.
- You’ll get familiar with the unique Swedish records types, their history and how to read them, so that you really know what they mean.
- You’ll know about other resources than the genealogy records. So that you can learn more about your ancestor’s day to day life.
- You’ll understand the history of the old Swedish society and how it changed during the life of your ancestor, so that you know what your family faced and what shaped them.
- You’ll be able to follow everything through clear examples.
In each email
you’ll find:
In short
A brief summary of three to five key takeaways.
Try it out
Suggestions and clear instructions for using what you learned in your own family history.
You'll have a Swedish genealogist in your inbox
Some examples of topics
- How to trace your lineage in Sweden
- Swedish place names
- The most useful genealogy records in Sweden
- Is this why your ancestor left Sweden?
- Resources for Swedish genealogy
- The Swedish soldier names
- Household examination records
- Torp, the Swedish croft
- Birth and Christening records
A word from a reader
Shortcut to Sweden has provided the insights into Swedish culture, language and history that I totally lacked but that are essential to understanding the genealogical information you uncover when researching Swedish ancestors.
Annika's knowledge of available online resources also opened up a whole new world of research opportunities that brought me closer to my research subjects.
Totally worth the price in savings of time and filling in knowledge gaps. Thank you!!
Greg Holt
This is for you if....
- You’re looking for a budget friendly solution to deep dive into your Swedish ancestry.
- You feel your research in Sweden can be more effective.
- You’re curious and like to try things out for yourself.
Thank you for subscription!
Have a great day!
Your guarantee
I want to offer you a risk-free guarantee.
When you join, you have 30 days to decide if this purchase was right for you. If, within those 30 days, you feel that Shortcut to Sweden is not for you, I will give you a full refund.
Just send an email to [email protected] and let me know.
Got questions?
I understand wanting to be careful with money. That's the whole reason why this email course exists. Shortcut to Sweden will make your research more effective. Some paid options are mentioned throughout Shortcut to Sweden, but the main focus is on free tools.
Each update of Shortcut to Sweden takes about three minutes to read. You might want to spend another 20 minutes exploring the concepts and action steps, but it’s entirely up to you. That’s time you will easily save on your research.
In Shortcut to Sweden, you get my professional advice from researching across Sweden in different times. I use examples from various locations and ages. All combined with useful tips and context.
Shortcut to Sweden is driven by curiosity and a love for life stories. It's presented with a solid structure and live examples. You will learn the specific methods for genealogy research in Sweden. You will know how to find and use the records, and understand their history. You will have historical insights that make sense of your Swedish ancestry. Each update ends with a summary and steps to try it out.
As far as I know, this is the only course in Swedish genealogy that is focused on being concise. I know you have a full life. I created Shortcut to Sweden to give you access to the Swedish records and history without committing to hours of studying. The updates are structured and clear and take three minutes to read.
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US$7/month
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