[email protected] wrote 2014-05-31 02:30: > > I am following the Erik Johan Skogstrom family at Grava AI:19 > (1866-1870) Bild 297 / sid 294 (AID: v11302.b297.s294, NAD: SE/VA/13155) > and note that 20/7 1868 Erik Johan was sentenced to one year > straffarbete and 10 years loss of civic confidence (förlust af > medborgerlig förtroende för förfalskningsbrott) for falsifying something. > In the record quoted there are 2 words I cannot read which come after > "förfalskning" in the first line. It would be great to know where he > was working when this happened and maybe they relate to the place. --- "dömd till", so it didn't tell what he falsified/counterfeited. > > The pastor was so thrilled with this story, he repeated it in the > next book: Grava AI:20 (1871-1875) Bild 350 / sid 345 (AID: > v11303.b350.s345, NAD: SE/VA/13155), but there are no new details > except the number "350" under Moved out. But Erik Johan doesn't show > up on page 350 of the HFL or the moving-out book or the missing > person book. He seems to stay put with his family in Norra Skived. --- It had to be repeated at least until the loss of confidence was over. Could "350" be the page in the next volume? And an error for 250... > > The next pastor tells the story again at Grava AI:22 (1876-1880) > Bild 254 / sid 250 (AID: v11305.b254.s250, NAD: SE/VA/13155) and > this time he gives the number 233 under moving out (no year). > Cannot find anything anywhere at 233. --- PAge 233 in next volums, in the came from column is 345, which was the page in the previous volume. > > And finally, the pastor at Grava AI:24 (1881-1885) Bild 238 / > sid 233 (AID: v11307.b238.s233, NAD: SE/VA/13155) gives a > much shorter story, but interestingly says "Dömd 68 20/7> _ sc (?) G.B.." I thought this might mean Gillberga or Göteborg, > but I find no prison reports for Skogstrom in either place. --- "se G.B." ("se gamla boken" = see the previous volume). Perhaps it is less important now, when he has civic confidence again. > > I would really appreciate any help with my 4 questions: > 1) can anyone please read the two words I cannot decipher > in Grava AI:19 (1866-1870) Bild 297 / sid 294, --- Se above. 2) can anyone think of a way to see if Erik Johan Skogstrom > got a prison record somewhere, --- There are prison archives for Karlstad ("Fångvårdsanstalten i Karlstad") > 3) what does "loss of civic confidence" actually mean for a person, > was he barred from working for the community or did people stop > speaking to him and --- Not eligible for government employment at any level, not able to take oath, not allowed to vote, and other stuff... > 4) does straffarbete mean "hard labor" in a prison or some sort of > public service he had to perform. --- Prison labor. > > Of course, if there is any way to find out what he actually did, > that would be great! Thank you for your consideration. --- Perhaps there are details in the prison records? And there are court records, unfortunately not on-line. // Bo Johansson