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Suggestion for creating new categories for Iceland
First step - parishes
The most important geographic regions for genealogy purposes would be the parishes/Sóknir. Since 2011 the church groups those into 9 'Prófastdæmi', before that, over a period of some years, there where 17 'Prófastdæmi'. The geography of the 17 'Prófastdæmi' are mostly the same as those of the counties. Sóknir á Íslandi - (Thorisdottir-4 08:49, 26 May 2019 (UTC))
"Prófastdæmi" would translate to "prophecy" (?) - a federation of parishes.
The 'Prófastdæmi'/Prophecy would be the parent category of the parishes, and parishes are the categories where the profiles should be added. The parishes could also be sub-categories of the counties they are located in.
Iceland (main category for Iceland)
- Iceland, 'Prófastdæmi' - parent category for the 17 'Prófastdæmi' (Prophecy - a federation of parishes)
- Vestur-Skaftafellsprófastsdæmi - one of the 17 'Prófastdæmi', parent category for the parishes in this 'Prófastdæmi'
- Prestsbakkasókn, Vestur-Skaftafellsprófastsdæmi - one of the parishes in Vestur-Skaftafellsprófastsdæmi'
- Staðarsókn, Vestur-Skaftafellsprófastsdæmi - one of the parishes in Vestur-Skaftafellsprófastsdæmi
- Melstaðarsókn, Vestur-Skaftafellsprófastsdæmi - one of the parishes in Vestur-Skaftafellsprófastsdæmi
- Staðarbakkasókn, Vestur-Skaftafellsprófastsdæmi - one of the parishes in Vestur-Skaftafellsprófastsdæmi
- Vestur-Skaftafellsprófastsdæmi - one of the 17 'Prófastdæmi', parent category for the parishes in this 'Prófastdæmi'
- (Thorisdottir-4 08:49, 26 May 2019 (UTC))
Second step - counties/sýslur, hreppar/rural municipality and kaupstaðir/independent towns.
The governing part of Iceland was organised into 23 counties/sýslur of Iceland that were former administrative units (until 1989). In addition to the counties, there was 24 self-ruling towns called kaupstaðir.
Today the smallest governing body is the 'Sveitarfélag' (Kommune). Formerly those where 'Hreppar' and Kaupstaðir. Municipalities of Iceland - Hreppur - Islands sýslur - Íslensk sveitarfélög fyrr og síðar
The counties/sýslur would be the parent category of the hreppar/rural municipality, which is the categories where the profiles should be added. While kaupstaðir/independent towns would be their own category. It would then be possible to add the farms as a sub category of the hreppar. It would be optimal if it was possible to have a farm belonging to a hreppur and a parish, but the hreppur would be the official category. - (Thorisdottir-4 08:49, 26 May 2019 (UTC))
Example; Iceland (main category for Iceland)
- Iceland, Counties - parent category for the 23 counties/sýslur
- Árnessýsla County - one of the 23 counties, parent category for the hreppar in this county
- Gnúpverjahreppur - one of the parishes in Árnessýsla County
- Skeiðahreppur - one of the parishes in Árnessýsla County
- Hrunamannahreppur - one of the parishes in Árnessýsla County
- Þingvallahreppur - one of the parishes in Árnessýsla County
- Farmname, Þingvallahreppur - if needed, the different farms/villages within a hreppur can be listed as sub-categories of the hreppur
- Árnessýsla County - one of the 23 counties, parent category for the hreppar in this county
- Iceland, Kaupstaðir - parent category for the 24 Kaupstaðir
- Akranes - a Kaupstaður
- Housename, Akranes - if needed, the different houses within a Kaupstaður can be listed as sub-categories of the Kaupstaður
- Streetname, Akranes - if needed, the different streets within a Kaupstaður can be listed as sub-categories of the Kaupstaður - (Thorisdottir-4 08:49, 26 May 2019 (UTC))
- Akranes - a Kaupstaður
In my mind this would be the most correct way to build categories for Iceland. This is also the way that most sources are organised. The weak point would be where farms belong to a hreppur and a parish. In older censuses the farms would be organised under the parish, while in newer sources it would be found under Hreppur. - (Thorisdottir-4 08:49, 26 May 2019 (UTC))
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There are two distinct system in Iceland, the church and the state. They are separate but cover mostly the same areas. If we start with the parishes we could try adding the civil name of that parish in the description.
Since we are talking categories and not place names I don't think there is a problem. Most people don't add a category to a profile until there is some knowledge of the person.
Until about 1900 most sources refer to the parish and not the municipally.
Yes, the parishes would be the landing level for profiles, as they are for all(?) Nordic countries. I have asked Dagmar to answer in more detail since she is the one with knowledge of Iceland.
Since there is less than 2000 Icelandic profiles on WT at the moment, I do not think there is any need to go too deep into the category structure, there would not be much need for subcategories to the parish level for the time being.
Will the parish name be a landing level category for profiles if other information is not known? Are parishes civil divisions? (Just a question for my own knowledge, really)
I am imagining someone trying to use an immigration category when it is country/admin unit, but that may be putting the cart before the horse. :-) Thank you for your work on this Dagmar and Maggie! Regards, Natalie (cat. project)