POPUM - Demographic Data Base

SND-ID: ext0083-1.

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Contact

Mattias Sandström

mattias.sandstrom@umu.se

Alternative title

Kyrkoboksdatabasen

Research principal

Umeå University - Centre for Demographic and Ageing Research, Demographic Data Base rorId

Description

The POPUM database contains personal records entered from parish registers from the areas around Linköping, Sundsvall, large parts of the Västerbotten county and the inland of Norrland. The database covers parish registers from the end of the 17th century until the end of the 19th century. The personal records stem from different types of parish registers such as catechetical registers, birth and baptism registers, banns and marriage registers, migrations registers, and death registers.

These datasets, ranging from birth to death, provides possibilities to link together individuals and generations. The life stories of individuals as well as family histories can be tracked. Moreover, the dataset offers the possibility to study demographical and socio-economic changes over time across different regions and parishes.

The purpose of the POPUM database is to provide detailed individual records from church books between the late 1600s and around 1910 for research. It enables studies on demography, social structures, and historical development in Sweden. POPUM offers data on, among other things, po

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The POPUM database contains personal records entered from parish registers from the areas around Linköping, Sundsvall, large parts of the Västerbotten county and the inland of Norrland. The database covers parish registers from the end of the 17th century until the end of the 19th century. The personal records stem from different types of parish registers such as catechetical registers, birth and baptism registers, banns and marriage registers, migrations registers, and death registers.

These datasets, ranging from birth to death, provides possibilities to link together individuals and generations. The life stories of individuals as well as family histories can be tracked. Moreover, the dataset offers the possibility to study demographical and socio-economic changes over time across different regions and parishes.

The purpose of the POPUM database is to provide detailed individual records from church books between the late 1600s and around 1910 for research. It enables studies on demography, social structures, and historical development in Sweden. POPUM offers data on, among other things, population development, migration patterns, economic changes, industrialization, agricultural communities, small-scale farming, Sámi history, and urbanization. Show less..

Data contains personal data

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Language

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Time period(s) investigated

1600 – 1900

Data format / data structure

Data collection
Language resources
Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic description: Parishes in the areas around Linköping and Sundsvall. Parishes in large parts of Västerbotten County, the inland of Norrland, and Swedish Sápmi (Sameland).

Lowest geographic unit

Parish

Highest geographic unit

Major socio-economic region (NUTS 1)

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Centre for Demographic and Ageing Research, Demographic Data Base

Topic and keywords

Research area

Migration (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Morbidity and mortality (CESSDA Topic Classification)

History and archaeology (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

History (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

History of religions (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Demography (population, vital statistics, and censuses) (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Censuses (CESSDA Topic Classification)

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