Den 2015-06-29 kl. 21:51, skrev Kevin Walker: > > I'm starting to question whether this Jöns LIND, a soldier, is > the same Jöns LIND in my previous post. He turned out to be a > merchant from Malmö. --- It's not impossible for a retired soldier to become a merchant, but on the other hand, the name is not at all unusual. > > There don't appear to be any HFL records for Farstorp prior to > 1813, though there is a population register for 1742 to 1830. > If that's a forerunner to the HFL then I'll look through it for > the family. --- What is called population register is the "mantalslängd" (taxation roll), and I don't think soldiers and their families were included. There are a couple of different men called Jöns Lind at ddss.nu This seems to be the soldier: Parish: Farstorp Birth date: 1785-02-01 Child's name: Ellna Sex: kvinna [female] Status: inom äktenskapet [within marriage] Father's name: Jöns Lind Father's title: afskiedad soldat [discharged soldier] Address: Farst:s hus Mother's name: Lisa Nilsdoter Mother's birth year: 1742 And this is perhaps Jöns Lind from Malmö: Parish: Hörja Birth date: 1781-12-25 Child's name: Nils Sex: man [male] Status: inom äktenskapet [within marriage] Father's name: Jöns Lind Father's title: krämmare [merchant?] Address: Malmö Mother's name: Elisabeth Nilsdotter Remark: barn som föddes under theras resa uti Biörckery [child that was born during their journey in Björkeryd] There is also a pastor named Jöns Lind: Parish: Osby församling Birth date: 1772-09-12 Child's name: Gustaf Salomo Sex: man [male] Status: inom äktenskapet [within marriage] Father's name: Jöns Lind Father's title: probst och kyrkjoherde [dean and pastor] Address: Prästgården Ousby Mother's name: Henrietta Eva Osterman // Bo Johansson