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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

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  What information can be obtained from the parishes

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  Ellis Island

  Nearly half of America's people can trace their ancestry through Ellis Island
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  The naming system in Finland

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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...

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  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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  Interviewing Living Relatives

  Before starting to dig in all the interesting resources on the Internet you should consider getting as much as possible documented of the information you can gather from your living relatives. The databases and archives probably will be there for you also later on, but the family stories your relative or family friend has and remembers can be gone tomorrow. Of course it is not that easy to get people to share their stories. It is as difficult to give advice how to best succeed in this ve...

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  Types of resources for researching your ancestors in the US

  By Karen Norwillo

  1. Interview of living relatives
  2. Birth, marriage, death records – can be obtained by contacting the Bureau of Vital Records for the state
  3. Obituaries – can sometimes be found in archives of local newspapers of place of death. Often searchable at local libraries and genealogical societies. Ask a Librarian is often available at the libraries to do photocopies of obituaries.
  4. Photo albums – identify people in photos on back, dates and place, if known. Also, relationship

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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 ...

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  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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