Titel: Household Records Questions
Skrivet av: Mats Pettersson skrivet 2014-11-19, 13:22
1. No idea at all! May be, if in South of Sweden, you mean Gatuhus. It is a crofters house close to the farmers house. Gata menas the village street. 2. Socken: means parish i,e. the geographical area connected to a Church. 3. Backstuga. Means: A hole in a hill. A corfters home, not owned by the inhabitants. 4. Absolvering: After a woman gave birth, she was seen as unclean and not allowed to leave her home until she was kyrktagen = accepted to visit the church and involved in the christian community. The ceremony abs. was performed about 40 days after birth. Trying to answer Mats