lages) and hemman (farms). Under each of these three headings will be listed in alphabetical sequence the names of all the large farms, villages and farms in this parish. This listing enables the researcher to record the correct spelling for each of these place names and to see the choices for places when attempting to interpret place names when using the microfilmed church records.
Because the parishes found in this gazetteer are in an order as if one was moving in Sweden from south to north, the following list of counties and the volume in which the county is located may prove helpful.
Volume 1 counties: (The southern part of the country as far north as an east-westerly line just south of Göteborg)
Blekinge, Gotland (part), Halland, Jönköping (part), Kalmar (part), Kristianstad,
Kronoberg, Malmöhus, Älvsborg (part)
Volume 2 counties: (The area immediately to the north of Volume One and as far north as just south of the capital Stockholm)
Gotland (part), Göteborg och Bohus, Jönköping (part), Kalmar (part),
Skaraborg, Södermanland (part), Örebro (part), Östergötland, Värmland (part)
Volume 3 counties: (The area just north of this line as far north as just south of the city of Gävle)
Gävleborg (part), Kopparberg (part), Stockholm, Södermanland (part), Uppsala,
Värmland (part), Västmanland (part), Örebro (part)
This gazetteer does not list parishes found in northern Kopparberg county, central and northern Gävleborg county, and all of Jämtland, Norrbotten, Västerbotten, and Västernorrland counties. However, 2/3 of the Swedish population lives in the southern ½ of the country. Because of the high concentration of the larger percentage of the total population residing in the southern ½ of Sweden, Svenska Orter is a very useful gazetteer to the researcher.
On page 1470 of Volume 3, Part 3 is found the listing for the parish (socken) of Vintrosa, Örebro county, Sweden. The listing shows the names of the smaller places found within the boundaries of Vintrosa parish. So that you can better understand the arrangement of places in this gazetteer, the following is an example of how place names in Svenska Orter are listed:
Herrgård: (large farms): Nybble. Byar: (villages): Arvaby, Bäck, Eskiltorp, Västra Granhammar, Östra Granhammar, Götavi, Götavitorp, Hyltran, Hässelkulla, Linneberg, Nybble, Ramsta, Sanna, Solberga, Spånga, Svartkärr, Säby, Västra Tomta and Östra Tomta, Västra Via and Östra Via; hemman: Brunnsvik, Fågelmon, Hummelbäcken, Klockargården, Kässlevad, Lannafors, Prästegården, Pölseboda, Rastorp and Svinbron.