About Järna (Dala-Järna)

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• Järna parish is in the old province of Dalarna. The county was formerly known as Kopparberg County. Today it is Dalarna County. The County Code is (W).
• Since 1971, Järna is in Vansbro municipality.
• Järna, Vansbro in Wikipedia (en). The Wikipedia pages in Swedish will have more information. There will be a page for the parish, a page for the locality, and so on.

Parishes surrounding Järna

• Malung
• Venjan
• Sollerön
• Leksand - About Leksand
• Nås - About Nås
• Äppelbo - About Äppelbo

Järna touches a corner of Floda and a corner of Säfsnäs

Maps

• Järna and Vansbro Google map - more likely to have street view for main roads
• Järna and Vansbro Eniro map - more likely to have many of the old village names
• Presentday map of Järna med Nås och Äppelbo församling
• Historical maps at Lantmäteriet - the map from 1872 shows the whole parish
• Kopparberg County Parishes overview map at FamilySearch.

Church records

Church records for Järna include marriage records from 1671 and death records from 1672. Birth records start as late as 1718. The first household records start in 1716. There may be gaps (Birth records for 1810-1837 were destroyed by a fire in the rectory in 1838)

• Järna church records at Riksarkivet SVAR
• General information about church records in the National Archives
• NAD Nr SE/ULA/10501
• Arkiv Digital, Kopparberg County (paysite with excellent digitizations)