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Old Handwriting
Some links to resourses on the web.
- Swedish Workshop - FamilySearch
- Swedish Genealogical Dictionary - with handwriting examples
- Läs dig läsa Tyska stilen (Stads- och kommunhistoriska institutet vid Stockholms universitet)
- Deciphering Old Handwriting. From a course taught by Sabina J. Murray
- English Handwriting 1500-1700 – an online course (Faculty of English, University of Cambridge)
- Handwriting styles (Denmark)
- Kimberly Powell: Reading Old Handwriting (Online Document
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Discussion forums and mailing lists
"Nobody is so poor that he cannot help others -...
and nobody so rich that he never won't need help".
This Finnish proverb says something that is really true when you are looking for your roots. We all need help at some point since everybody will hit a brick wall at some point. Of course this can be done through the local genealogy groups and associations but there are other ways. There are many groups on the internet who have joined forces and meet on so called discussion forums -
Ellis Island
Nearly half of America's people can trace their ancestry through Ellis Island
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Research in Finland
By June Pelo
The most important sources for genealogy in Finland are the church records. The best way to research those records is to contact a parish register office and ask for information, or to read church records on microfilm in archives or libraries. Some church records are on microfiche from the period 1850-60 to 1900. If there is no microfiche for this time period locally, one must contact the parish register office. Information in church... -
Researching the Migration
During the past 100 – 150 years close to 1,4 million people have emigrated from the current area of Finland. Several different countries have been receiving them as immigrants - on all the inhabited continents. In the 1500-1600's people from Finland emigrated to what later would be called "Finnwoods" in Sweden and Norway. When Finland was part of Russia people migrated within the Russian Empire. When the Californian Gold Rush started Finns were also on the move. Between 1850 and 1920 some 400.00...
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The History Books – and HisKi
History Books
The so called "History Books" are books kept in the parishes: births, marriages, deaths/burials, moves and banns. The three first were transcribed into what was called the "Black Books" back in the 1900's. At some point volunteers transcribed the three "Black Books" into a digital format – partly this process is still ongoing. Still this day excel documents are being delivered to the Genealogical Society of Finland [GSF] by volunteers, after which volunteers at the GSF ... -
Finland's Family History Association
The Finland's Family History Association is an association founded in 2004, founded to provide an online source of archived materials such as communion books, census records etc. for everyone interested in genealogy.
The project can be found at this web address.
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by HasseSome links to resourses on the web.
- Swedish Workshop - FamilySearch
- Swedish Genealogical Dictionary - with handwriting examples
- Läs dig läsa Tyska stilen (Stads- och kommunhistoriska institutet vid Stockholms universitet)
- Deciphering Old Handwriting. From a course taught by Sabina J. Murray
- English Handwriting 1500-1700 – an online course (Faculty of English, University of Cambridge)
- Handwriting styles (Denmark)
- Kimberly Powell: Reading Old Handwriting (Online Document
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by Hasse"Nobody is so poor that he cannot help others -...
and nobody so rich that he never won't need help".
This Finnish proverb says something that is really true when you are looking for your roots. We all need help at some point since everybody will hit a brick wall at some point. Of course this can be done through the local genealogy groups and associations but there are other ways. There are many groups on the internet who have joined forces and meet on so called discussion forums30-01-11, 12:42 -
by HasseMany of you are aware of the FFHA, the Finland's Family History Association and their scanned image collection on-line (viewable here). In addition to that collection which was started on an association basis there is also an ongoing project under the umbrella of the National Archives of Finland. The National Archives Digital archive on-line is a database growing in volume and importance for genealogists and it might be interesting to know of its existence. At the end of year 2010 the D...27-01-11, 00:44
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by HasseThe Finland's Family History Association is an association founded in 2004, founded to provide an online source of archived materials such as communion books, census records etc. for everyone interested in genealogy.
The project can be found at this web address.27-01-11, 00:42