familjebok (type of documentation)

English translation: family book

06:57 Jun 15, 2018
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Swedish term or phrase: familjebok (type of documentation)
In certain official contexts (e.g. tax-related), "familjebok" is listed as a type of document that you can use to prove your identity, or your relationship to certain other people.

How should "familjebok" be understood in English?

I've found some sites suggesting that it is equivalent to German "Familienbuch", which some translate as "family register". But other than that, I have no leads.

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G. L.
United States
Local time: 23:08
English translation:family book
Explanation:
Just say "family book." It's what it is. There's no specific English equivalent other than that, and that's the best and most direct translation to use. It's the records of births, baptisms, etc. kept for a specific family in a church. It used to be the standard way of keeping genealogical records.

Note: If you type "familjebok" into Google, you'll find references to "Nordisk familjebok," a Swedish encyclopedia published between 1876 and 1957. Ignore that information, it is misleading :)

You could say "family register," I don't think there's a specific, official English translation. But "family book" is just as good.
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David Young
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4 +1family book
David Young
4family relationship record
Agneta Pallinder
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Family register definition
Cynthia Coan

  

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family book


Explanation:
Just say "family book." It's what it is. There's no specific English equivalent other than that, and that's the best and most direct translation to use. It's the records of births, baptisms, etc. kept for a specific family in a church. It used to be the standard way of keeping genealogical records.

Note: If you type "familjebok" into Google, you'll find references to "Nordisk familjebok," a Swedish encyclopedia published between 1876 and 1957. Ignore that information, it is misleading :)

You could say "family register," I don't think there's a specific, official English translation. But "family book" is just as good.

David Young
United States
Local time: 23:08
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agree  Cynthia Coan: Or "family register". See reference.
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family relationship record


Explanation:
Skatteverket in Sweden has had to deal with records proving family relationship when registering immigrants. They have chosen to call these records "familjebok", but in English
I think something more descriptive-explanatory would be needed. Examples using the suggested term are here: https://tinyurl.com/y9partrk

Agneta Pallinder
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Reference: Family register definition

Reference information:
"A family register (also known in several variations, such as household register and family album, and, when discussing non-anglophone countries, the native-language names of the registers such as Familienbuch in Germany ... ) is a civil registry used in many countries to track information of a genealogical or family-centric legal interest."


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_register
Cynthia Coan
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