FALKÖPING, Sweden | 20 Aug 2009 | FamilySearch and Svensk Arkivinformation (SVAR), a division of the National Archives of Sweden, announced today the launch of the largest online indexing initiative ever undertaken. The two groups unveiled plans to engage Swedish-speaking volunteers throughout the world to help create a highly searchable, free online index to the parish registers of Sweden—200 years of recorded Swedish history—comprising over 400 million names.

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