Kalmar County, Sweden Genealogy

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Guide to Kalmar County, Sweden ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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History
Kalmar County was created with the County organization of 1634, but did not have its current borders until the 1700’s. In many ways the County was divided in two areas a northern and a southern half until the 1970’s. The northern half had Västervik as its capital with Kalmar city as a capital for the southern half.

Kalmar County belongs to Småland Province.

The county letter for Kalmar is: H

Church Records

 * 1577 - 1907 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Parishes

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