Map of Götaland, showing the smaller regions (landskap). CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0). Available from Wikimedia Commons.
This map shows the provinces that make up Götaland, one of the three lands of Sweden. All of my known Swedish ancestors came from Götaland.
My ancestors were from Gotaland also, mostly Vastergotland and perhaps some from Smaland, not sure about that yet. I haven't really dug into Swedish records yet, but I'm hoping to do so in the next year.
ReplyDeleteI have ancestors from Västergötland too.
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