Thank you so much for the website information. I found in the church records the dates that she was absolved so nice to see this information. Linda in Minnesota > Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:03:46 +0000 > From: judymo73b@comcast.net > To: sweden@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SWEDEN] Absolution by Swedish church > > Hi Linda, > > In one of excellent articles by the Swede Ingela Martenius, she tells about the different treatment of a wife after birth (churching) and the treatment of the mother of an illegiimate child when they were allowed to return to church. (Women, married or not, were considered "unclean" until a few weeks had gone by. > > This is her article on birth/baptism customs. > > http://web.comhem.se/~u31263678/genealogy/Baptism.pdf > > This is her website with other excellent articles. > > http://web.comhem.se/~u31263678/genealogy/ > > Judy > Orland Park, Illinois > Sent: 11:03 A.M. U.S. Central Time, October 17 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > My great grandmother was absolved by the Swedish church because of illegitimate births (1881 and 1895). I have tried to find information on what the process was to gain absolution but have not had luck discovering what she needed to do. I am hoping one of the listers can give me some information. > > Thanks > Linda in Minnesota > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SWEDEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message