HisKi Project abbreviations

Inb Dutch archives you can even find 'Winkeldochter' what means 'Daughter of a store', but I think this means that particular woman had a father with a 'Winkel'=Store. So maybe a daughter of a farmer is to be married to a farmer or something like that.

To Alex Moes:
If it is something you want translated from Swedish to English just send a letter (e-amail).

Arnfred, thank you for the kind offer but it is not a single thing that i wish to translate.
I am looking at the Iisalmen msrk but they use "short hand" which i do not understand.
Bd.s:n B: Bd. Bs: and Bs. and many others

jMu, you could be right but i have another example:

[15.2.1836][28.2.1836][Ollikkala][Bds:n Hemming Hynynen][Feber][77]

This man "Hemming" died in Ollikkala at the age of 77 from a fever, at the age of 77 "farmer's son" seems an odd description!

As being occupation as such (farmer) it was also your social status. This social status was actually recorded rather than your profession. Farmer is farmer farming his own house. Bondeson is relevant as status as it tells us this was independent farmers son, not yet farming his own farm. Equally bondedotter farmers daughter would tell you that this was not lowest level of social life that got married. Inhysing kind of renter tells us that you are able to conduct independent life with your family, you just do not have means to own your own place. Etc, etc.

About your Hemming, it is not at all weird that you can die in old days as bondeson. This man was born bondeson and apparently stayed in his fathers house until his dead, but the main owner became one of his brothers. So he never lived as independent bonde, but nobody could take away him his midclass status as being born as bondeson.

Thank you for these explanations Mika, they are very helpful in improving my understanding.

nice, thank you Mika, for it is the same in Holland, where farmer had a high social status because of their capability to earn their own income. Later it became fashion to marry a man in the city and nowadays you see here on television a programma: 'Boer zoekt vrouw' what means : Father seek a partner.
I visited the Agricultural university in Wageningen as a daughter of the City and had a lot to learn about the way things are going around in farmers circomstances, but I am glad I got that learning experience, especially about the mass of knowledge that is in agricultural lifestyle.

Oh, that english, sorry. Father in my story should ofcourse be: FARMER seeks a partner !

I'm quite sure there was translation list of those abbreviations at one point, but cannot find it from the renewed genealogy site.

Lars sent me this link the other day:
http://www.saunalahti.fi/hirvela/historismi_sivut/termitnew.html

J, we also have Farmer Wants a Wife in Australia as it is a serious problem in rural areas, not enough ladies.
Of course we also had Big Brother which was all your fault too :)
Actually there are several Dutch TV shows aired regularly on Aussie TV

yeah, yeah, the dutchies always get the claims, isn't it? we are like witches, with our red beards and wigs, don't you think too?

sorry, we have orange hair, ofcourse...

Hiski Project Abbreviations for Father's Occupation in Christening Records
Adj. = Adjunkt = Teacher
Bd. = Bonde = Farmer
Bd.s:n = Bondeson = Farmer's Son
Drg. = Dräng = Dreng = Farmhand, Hired-Man
Fattig. = Fattighjon = Pauper, Unemployed
Fiskare = Fisherman
Gruv.by. = Gruvbrytare = Miner
Kyrkoväckt = Church Official, Sexton
Rsth = Rusth = Rusthållare = Rancher (Horses)
Skepp. = Skeppare = Ship's Skipper, Ship's Captain
Skepp.By. = Skeppsbyggare = Shipbuilder
Skrädd = Skräddare = Tailor
Smed = Smith, Blacksmith
Sold = Soldat = Soldier
Timm. = Timmerman = Carpenter
Timm.Hg. = Timmerhuggare = Logger, Timberman
Tp = Torp = Torpare = Crofter, Tenant Farmer

Thank you Steven Craig Excell

A small comment to Steven Craigs list. This because of the great importance of the system, Indelningsverket. Rusthållare was a farmer who was obligated (or agreed) to keep a soldier and his horse for the army. As compensation he was free from some basic taxes. This was a part of a system called "Indelningsverket" created under the king Karl XI. The idea was thai it was too complicated to collekt all taxes (mainly in natura) to the crown and then back to the army, civil servants a s o. This ment that the army (also the fleet) in times of peace was distributed all over the country and lived in the community. Rusthåll kept a soldier and his horse and several farms together were obligated to keep a soldier (with family) in his torp (croft). Officers were - depending on status - placed on bigger or smaller manors belonging to the crown. One or two times a year they had exercise, but other times they used the earth belonging to the "torp" or manor.

Thank you for sharing Ralf Christian Sandman

To complete my note of 7:53: When farmers together kept a soldier the name of this was "rote". You will also find this word in the records. The farmer was a "rotebonde" and the "rote" could be combined with the village name, F I "Falla Rote". Indelningsverket was naturally based on an earlier system, but was developed and completed (1680 - 82) under Karl XI. The last parts of it were in Sweden in use until 1901. In Finland it was replaced with other systems 1809.

What is Inh: qvsp?