Den 2015-07-14 kl. 08:04, skrev Kevin Walker: > > ... right now and after many hours of searching I have no idea of > Jöns' parents, birth/baptism, marriage, full births/baptisms of the > first 3 children, or his death/burial. And so I need some clues, or > something to work on as regards searches. > > Strangely I cannot find a death record in Farstorp for Jöns. I believe > he is present in the 1789 PR. The line looks like Afs Sold: Lind, h. --- The title looks like "Ihs Sold." (inhyses soldat = lodger soldier), and there is a remark "m i tjänst" (the husband in service), so he was probably not "afskedad" (discharged). There was a war then, so he might have died in Finland, or in the military hospital in Karlskrona. > > Then, in the 1790 PR is Enkan Soldat Lisa. So, working approximately > on your understanding that PRs (tax records) were created around 15 > November, --- But I have seen rare examples of people who died in October or November, in one case even in August, and still were in the "mantalslängd" for that year... > > and as long as I am correct in my reading of the 2 PRs, Jöns died > between 15 Nov 1789 and 15 Nov 1790. But where? I cannot locate him > in the Farstorp register. Perhaps he was out of parish and died or > was killed, then no repatriated for a funeral in Farstorp. > Ddss.nu doesn't have him either. --- Ordinary people were usually not transported any distance to be buried in their home parishes, and this early there would normally not be any mention in the home parish death/burial book. // Bo Johansson