bble. Following the listings for Nybble, the abbreviation St:a is found. St:a is the abbreviation for Stora (greater). The information to the right of this abbreviation pertains to the place called Stora Nybble.
In the 1965 edition of Svensk Ortforteckning on page 655 is the listing for "Nybble". There are 16 separate listings for the place name "Nybble". Three of these listings are "Nybble" in Örebro county. One of the three listings follows:
Nybble – by hl lg: er fabr Tysslinge (Vintrosa) ÖREB P Vintrosa Tf 019 Ör Tg Örebro 15 J Fjugesta 10 Örebro 19.
This listing can be interpreted as follows:
Nybble – a village with apartments and factory located in Tysslinge civil community (Vintrosa parish) in Örebro county, the nearest post office is in Vintrosa parish, the telephone prefix is 019 and the nearest telegraph office is located in Orebro City.
The crucial information for the researcher is that Nybble is a village formerly located in the parish of Vintrosa in Örebro county. Now that this information is known the researcher can look up the Lutheran Church Records by the name of the parish.
The Swedish Postal Guide (Svensk Ortförteckning) is available at the Family History Library and has the call number of FHL 948.5 E8sv.
Geografiskt - Statistiskt Handlexikon öfver Sverige
This gazetter, published 1882-1883, is excellent for showing the spellings of Swedish place names prior to the spelling reform, which took place in 1906. As a result of the 1906 spelling reform, "c" became "k", "z" became "s", "w" became "v", "q" became "k", and places with an initial or interior "e" changed to "Ä" or "ä". Below are some examples of the 1906 Swedish spelling reform.
C became K Carl became Karl
Z became S Zidzel became Sidsel
W became V Wilhelm became Vilhelm
J became I Jngerd became Ingerd
Q became K Qvistberg became Kvistberg
E e became Ä ä Elfsborg became Älvsborg
Interior “f” became “v” or was dropped all together. For place names beginning with “Hv” or “Hw”, the initial H was dropped. Some examples follow:
F became V or was dropped Arfwid became Arvid
Hv or Hw became V Hvena became Vena
Hwällinge became Vellinge
For this gazetteer, it will be necessary to know the following Swedish word terms and their English equivalents:
Sn (Socken) Parish
Hd (Härad) Court District
On page 270 of Volume 3, the following citation is found:
Nybble i Örebro län och hd, Vintrosa sn. By. 3 mtl lyda under Svartå i Qvistbro sn.
This entry translates in English as:
Nybble, in Örebro county and court district, Vintrosa parish. Village. 3 mantals (acres) taxed under Svartå in Kvistbro parish.
Geografiskt-Statistiskt Handlexikon Öfver Sverige is available at the Family History Library with the call number of FHL 948.5 E5r.
This gazetteer is available on line through Svar Riksarkivet. A subscription membership is required. Access is available at the Family History Library and the Family History Center system. The gazetteer is found under the Shortcuts - Databases and is called " Rosenberg -- Geographic dictionary of Sweden. The website for Svar is: http://svar.ra.se/
This online gazetteer is provided by the Språkrådet (the Institute of Language and Peoples Heritage). It's a great reference to find Swedish place names, whether old and new, residential or landscape. It is a free website. Web address: http://www2.sofi.se/SOFIU/topo1951/_cdweb/index.htm
Svenska Orter, Atlas över Sverige med Ortbeskrivning
(Volume 1, parts 2 & 3, Volume 2, parts 1 & 2, Volume 3, parts 2 & 3)
This gazetteer allows the researcher to identify the names of the farms and villages in each Swedish parish. The six books are divided into three volumes with two parts per volume. The first book or part is for place names beginning with letter
A-K. The second book or part is for place names beginning with letter L-Ö. (This set is found at the Family History Library with the call number of 948.5 E5so, Volume 1, parts 2 & 3, Volume 2, parts 1 & 2, Volume 3, parts 2 & 3.)
Under the listing for each parish, the researcher will find in italized letters the terms Herrgård (large farms), Byar (vil