Tru here.

Anders Hindersson “Kast” was born 1698, probably in Falun (since that is where his eldest son was born).  He is a grandfather in the “Wester” branches of our tree.  We dont know when he died, but the 1749-1762 parish records show the death of his wife in 1753.  So Anders was still alive in 1762 (at 64 years old).
My Swedish cousins say that Anders was a miner by profession.

The Great Copper Mountain in Falun is on the World Heritage List (see Links).

Wiki says “since mining was often done in an unplanned manner, it was not uncommon for collapses. In 1687 most of the mine collapsed. Fortunately, it happened in the middle of summer, during one of Sweden’s biggest holidays, and nobody was hurt.”  The mine collapsed on 25 June 1687 … so Anders’ mining was done AFTER the big collapse.

“The area is divided into three parts: the city of Falun, the mine and the miners’ buildings. The mine is the central part of the company and has traces back to the 700s. The extraction of copper ore was very important, especially in the 1600s and 1700s, and did at the time Falun to Sweden’s second largest city. The copper ore was exported to most of Europe .” — Google translation from https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falun_og_Kopparbergslagen

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World Heritage Site at http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1027/ .

Wiki at https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopalnia_w_Falun .

 

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Our village in a nutshell.

Written By: Elisabet Hemström , and shared with permission.  Translation by Google.

Falubygdens Släktforskarförening’s area of ​​interest and activity consists in principle of the current Falu municipality, ie the city of Falu and the old parishes Aspeboda, Bjursås, Enviken, Kopparberg, Sundborn, Svärdsjö and Vika. The latter two also include Svartnäs and Hosjö chapel parishes. In addition, we must to some extent be allowed to count Torsång in our area, as it is the old mother parish for the entire area around Kopparberget. The parish boundary between Torsång and Aspeboda has also been changed on several occasions, so that some current Torsång villages previously belonged to Aspeboda and vice versa.

In general, the area has very old origins. The lands around the widely branched system of lakes and rivers with Lake Runn in the center have attracted settlement since the Old Stone Age. Since the ore deposit at Tiskasjöberg – ie the Falu mine – was discovered during the Iron Age or the Viking Age, colonization gained further momentum. In summary, it can be said that Stora Kopparberg, Aspeboda, Vika and partly Sundborn are the parishes where mining was more important than agriculture. Other parishes in the municipality are predominantly agricultural.

Below is a brief presentation of the parishes, hopefully for the benefit of those genealogists who do not know the area.

Aspeboda

Borders in the northeast to Kopparberg parish, in the east and southeast to Torsång, in the southwest to Stora Tuna and in the northwest to Åhl. The parish’s old main settlement is located along Aspån, which connects the lakes Stora and Lilla Aspan with Runn.
The current church was built in 1963. It replaces an older church from 1681 which was destroyed by fire in 1959. The first chapel was built in 1609.
Older main industries: agriculture and copper handling.
Older industries: Valsfors blast furnace and manufactory, copper cabins, brickworks.
Preserved church books: fvd 1661-1671, 1680-ff, communion length 1684-88, hfl 1706-ff.
Literature:Aspeboda church books 1-2: transcripts. (1989). (Part 1: Born 1661-1733; Part 2: Married 1661-1670, 1680-1735, died 1661-1735, communion length 1684-1688 and bench book end of the 17th century.) * Svinhuvud-släkten i Aspeboda: släktkrönika 1534-1991 . (1992). * Churches of Sweden: Dalarne 1: 2 (1920). * Ahlberg, Hakon, Dalarnas kyrkor i ord och bild (1996).

Bjursås

Borders in the north and northwest to Leksand, in the southwest to Åhl, in the southeast and east to Kopparberg parish and in the northeast to Svärdsjö and Enviken. Hilly, beautiful area, which is popularly called “Dalarna Switzerland”.
The current church was taken into use in 1797 and replaced an older one from 1599. Before that, there had also been a medieval wooden chapel.
Older main industries: agriculture and forestry.
Older industries: Sågmyra nickelverk, Svanshammar’s manufactory, Tidstrand’s wool factory, shoemaking, mills, saws, brickworks, etc.
Preserved church books: fvd 1666-ff, hfl 1710-ff.
Literature:Bengtsson, Ludvig, A Dala Parish Tells (1950). * Forsslund, Karl-Erik, With the Dalälven from the springs to the sea part 1:10: Bjursås and Ål (1923). * Churches of Sweden: Dalarne 1: 1 (1916). * Garmo, Sune, Bjursås kyrka (1995). * Ahlberg, Hakon, Dalarnas kyrkor i ord och bild (1996). * Books about individual villages, published by study circles.

Enviken

Borders in the north to Alfta sn in Hälsingland, in the east and south to Svärdsjö and in the west to Bjursås, Leksand and Rättvik. Chapel parish under Svärdsjö until 1864. The
new church was inaugurated in 1957. The old wooden church from 1669 remains and is used at midsummer.
Older main industries: agriculture and forestry.
Older industries: manufactories, sawmills and mills.
Preserved church books: own hfl 1849-ff. See also under Svärdsjö.
Literature:Bergquist, Rudolf, Envikens parish 100 years (1964). * Forsslund, Karl-Erik, With the Dalälven from the springs to the sea part 3: 1 Enviken and Svartnäs (1929). * Linge, Karl, Svärdsjö parish with Envik’s chapel (1929). * Churches of Sweden: Dalarne 1: 2 (1920). * Ahlberg, Hakon, Dalarnas kyrkor i ord och bild (1996).

Falun

According to the latest findings, the Falu copper mine has been in operation since the 600s and 700s or perhaps even earlier. Mining and smelting of the ore required workers and eventually a settlement grew in the vicinity of the mine. In 1641, Falun received city privileges and became Sweden’s second city in size. Towards the end of the 17th century, the ore supply in the mine decreased and thus also the city’s expansion. In 1761, most of Falun was destroyed by two large fires. In the middle of the 19th century, a new upswing came with the railway, which opened up the possibility of new industries. Falun has been a city of residence in Kopparberg (now Dalarna) county since its foundation. The city is also one of Sweden’s best-preserved wooden cities.
Kristine Church was built 1642-1660. Kopparbergs church, which is the city’s oldest church, see Kopparbergsparish.
Preserved church books: f 1694-ff, v 1694-1703, 1730-ff, d 1694-1703, 1776-ff, hfl 1776-ff. Some church books were destroyed by fire in 1761.
Literature:Forsslund, Karl-Erik, With the Dalälven from the springs to the sea part 3: 6 Falun west of the river (1939). * Hildebrand, Karl-Gustaf, Falu stads historia till år 1687 (1946). * The Houses Tells (1988). * Lyberg, Ernst, Falun city and citizens before 1641 (1940). * Sahlström, Nils, Stadsplaner och stadsbild i Falun 1628-1850 (1961). * The city at Falan (1925). Wijk, Carin, Kolonisationen kring Kopparberget (1997). * Östberg, Axel, Det gamla Falun i ord och bild (1978). * Östberg, Axel, Hantverkare i Falun från skråtid till nutid (1973). * Ekström, Gunnar, Kristine church: historical overview and guidance (1974). * Churches of Sweden: Dalarne 2: 1 (1941). * Ahlberg, Hakon, Dalarnas kyrkor i ord och bild (1996).

Kopparberg parish

Encloses the city of Falu and borders in the northeast to Svärdsjö, in the east to Sundborn and Vika, in the south and southwest to Torsång and Aspeboda and in the west and northwest to Ål and Bjursås. Low-lying landscape at Runn, otherwise mountainous.
Stora Kopparberg’s church, located in Falun, was probably built in the 15th century and rebuilt and extended in the 17th and 18th centuries. Until the middle of the 17th century, it functioned as a church for both the city and the parish.
Older main industries: mining and copper handling, agriculture, forestry.
Older industries: mines, copper cabins, Korsnäs blast furnace, ironworks and rolling mills, Korsnäs, Näs and Karlsfors and others. sawmill, Grycksbo paper mill, small saws, mills, brickworks etc.
Preserved church books:f 1683-ff, v 1729-ff, d 1726-ff, communion length 1749-1787, hfl 1776-ff. Some church books were destroyed by fire in 1761.
Literature: Forsslund, Karl-Erik, With the Dalälven from the springs to the sea, part 3: 4 Stora Kopparbergs parish (1934). * Stora Kopparbergs socken: sockenhistorik (1969). * Ekström, Gunnar, Stora Kopparbergs kyrka (1952). * Hammarström, Eric, Older and newer sights wid Stora Kopparberget part 2 (1990, facsimile of the 1789 edition), has i.a. a. list of graves in the church. * Churches of Sweden: Dalarne 2: 1 (1941). * Ahlberg, Hakon, Dalarnas kyrkor i ord och bild (1996). * Books about individual villages, published by study circles.

Sundborn

Borders in the north to Svärdsjö, in the east to Ovansjö and Torsåker in Gästrikland, in the south to Vika and in the west to Kopparbergs parish. Most of the cultivated land is located in the western part of the parish by Svärdsjöån and Lake Toftan. The eastern part is forest, formerly with many summer cottages.
The church from 1755 replaces an older one from 1619.
Older main occupation: agriculture.
Older industries: Korså ironworks and sawmills, mines, copper cabins, mills, saws, etc.
Preserved church books: b 1680-81, 1685-ff, CEO 1680-ff, hfl 1680-ff.
Literature:Forsslund, Karl-Erik, Med Dalälven från källorna till havet part 3: 3 Sundborn (1931). * Sellfors, Adolf, Sundborn: parish description (1916, fax 1988). * Sundborn: the local history association’s yearbook 1997/98. * Sjöholm, Gunnar (ed.), Kyrkiones book wijdh Sunborgen (1963). Transcript of the oldest church book from Sundborn, 1620-30s. * Sjöholm, Gunnar, Sundborn’s church (1962). * Churches of Sweden: Dalarne 1: 2 (1920). * Ahlberg, Hakon, Dalarnas kyrkor i ord och bild (1996). * Books about individual villages, published by study circles.

Svärdsjö and Svartnäs

Borders in the north to Bollnäs parish in Hälsingland, in the east to Ockelbo and Ovansjö in Gästrik-land, in the south to Sundborn and in the west to Kopparbergs parish, Bjursås and Enviken. The actual area is located in the Swedish part of the parish, around Svärdsjön and Svärdsjöån.
The church can be from the 14th century and probably had a predecessor of wood already in the 13th century. A settlement is also found in the northeast of Svartnäs mill, largely colonized by Finns in the 16th and 16th centuries. Svartnäs got its own chapel in 1794 and partly has its own church books. In 1919, it became a formal chapel congregation under Svärdsjö.
Older main industries: agriculture and forestry.
Older industries: Vintjärn iron mines, Sjögruvan, Svartnäs and Ågs järnbruk, saws, mills, flax shafts, brickworks etc.
Preserved church books: fvd 1677-ff, hfl 1676-ff. Svartnäs own hfl 1841-ff.
Literature: Almegård, Nils, Svartnäsfinnar (1993). * Forsslund, Karl-Erik, With the Dalälven from the springs to the sea part 3: 1 Enviken and Svartnäs (1929). * Forsslund, Karl-Erik, With the Dalälven from the springs to the sea part 3: 2 Svärdsjö (1930). * Linge, Karl, Svärdsjö parish with Envik’s chapel (1929). * Ekström, Gunnar, Svärdsjö church (1953). * Churches of Sweden: Dalarne 1: 2 (1920). * Ahlberg, Hakon, Dalarnas kyrkor i ord och bild (1996). * Books about individual villages, published by study circles.

Torsång

Borders in the north to Kopparbergs parish, in the east to Vika, in the south to Gustafs and in the west to Stora Tuna and Aspeboda. One of the oldest parishes in Dalarna, former mother parish for the entire area around Kopparberget, which was Torsång’s summer pasture.
Ornässtugan is known from Gustav Vasa’s adventures in Dalarna. The church is believed to be from the 14th century.
Older main occupation: agriculture.
Older industries: Haganäs match factory, saws and mills.
Preserved church books: fv 1629-33, 1644-45, 1677-ff, d 1629-34, 1645, 1648, 1677-ff, hfl 1712-ff. Some of the older books are badly damaged by water, hfl 1874-83 destroyed by fire.
Literature:Torsångs hembygdsförenings årsblad 1960-ff. * Ahlund, Thorild, Torsångs kyrka (1982). * Churches of Sweden: Dalarne 1: 3 (1932). * Ahlberg, Hakon, Dalarnas kyrkor i ord och bild (1996).

Vika and Hosjö

Borders in the north to Sundborn, in the east and southeast to Stora Skedvi, in the south to Gustafs and in the southwest and west to Torsång and Kopparbergs parish. Hosjö is the northern part of the parish. The cultivated area is located mainly on the eastern shore of Lake Runn. The rest of the parish consists largely of forest.
Vika church was inaugurated in 1469. Hosjö chapel was built in 1663 but had a predecessor in “Capella Norwika” from the 14th century.
Older main industries: agriculture and copper handling.
Older industries: copper huts, Saw hut (copper and sulfur works), mines, sawmills, mills, brickworks, etc.
Preserved church books: fv 1682-ff, d 1677-ff, hfl 1664-92, 1775-ff. Hosjö’s own birth records 1725-ff, hfl 1683-ff.
Literature:Johansson, Arndt, Vika in historical lighting (1976). * Lagergren, Helmer, Hosjö – an ancient strange village (1931). * Norberg, JE, Vika minne (1937). * Kilström, Bengt Ingmar, Vika church (1983). * Churches of Sweden: Dalarne 1: 2 (1920). * Ahlberg, Hakon, Dalarnas kyrkor i ord och bild (1996).

 

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