Thanks Bo, I appreciate the help. Message: 1 Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:58:56 +0200 From: Bo Johansson <bo.h.johan56@telia.com> Subject: Re: [SWEDEN] Village names in Kalmar Lan To: sweden@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <5072B1F0.6070803@telia.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Steve & Shirley wrote 2012-10-08 04:20: > > In the 1800?s in Kalmar, there is a village or croft named > Drageryd and it has several parts or section or something. > For example: Drageryd #1, #2 etc. How do I explain this in > a written history. Are they separate farms or villages? -- Drageryd was a village in H?gsby parish, consisting of 6 farms named Drageryd number 1 to number 6. In the HFL you can see that number 1 to 3 were of size 1 mantal, number 4 to 6 of size 1/2 mantal. These 6 farms were then further subdivided, so that in the H?gsby HFL 1861-1870, Drageryd number 2 was divided like this: - one farm of 1/8 mantal on page 139 - one farm of 1/8 mantal on page 140 - one farm of 1/8 mantal on page 141 - a "torp" Hultem?la on page 142 - one farm of 1/8 mantal on page 143 - one farm of 1/8 mantal on page 144 - a "torp" B?ckhult on page 145 - one farm of 1/8 mantal on page 146 - one farm of 1/8 mantal on page 147 - a "torp" Petersberg on page 148 - one farm of 1/8 mantal on page 149 - a "torp" Gjutem?la on page 150 - a "torp" L?fdal on page 151 - a "torp" Nym?la on page 152 - a cottage(?) Dumpemon page 153 - a "torp" Stens? on page 150. The other farms in Drageryd village were similarly subdivided. H?gsby AI:16 (1861-1870) Bild 132 / sid 124 (AID: v22381.b132.s124, NAD: SE/VALA/00160) // Bo Johansson