Hi Jim, I have used the mantalslängd many times and have found the information interesting. Usually the mantalslängd is a population register for taxes for 1941. Not all parishes have these registers available for viewing yet. Naomi in Illinois ---------------------------------------- Jim Polson wrote Sun Dec 2 11:27:29 Dear List: I've just been helping a new-found 8th cousin from Sweden as she begins her family research. Using doppvittnen and mantalsl�ngder I was able to dig up some ancestors for her outside the parish her people came from. Naturally, she was then interested in mantalsl�ngder and wanted to know more about them, so I put together some brief notes for her. Would it be of any interest to anyone if I posted these notes on this list? It's always seemed to me that mantalsl�ngder are an underused source. Jim Polson Vancouver