Finland Genealogy

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Welcome
FamilySearch Wiki is a community website dedicated to helping people throughout the world learn how to find their ancestors. Through the Finland page you can learn how to find, use, and analyze Finnish records of genealogical value. The content is variously targeted to beginners, intermediate, and expert researchers. Please visit the help page to learn more about using the site. The Finland Page is a work in progress, your contributions and feedback are essential!

See the tutorials at FamilySearch Learning Center on Scandinavian Research and on Reading Scandinavian Gothic Handwritten Records.

Featured Article
Records of births, marriages, and deaths are commonly referred to as vital records because they refer to critical events in a person’s life. Civil registration is the vital records made by the government. Vital records of Finland have traditionally been kept by the church.

Research Tools
Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:

Finland Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records)

FinlandBurials (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Finland Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Useful Websites
Finland Genealogy links

Finland GenWeb

Finland Letter Writing Guide Wiki article

Finnish Genealogical Word List Wiki article

Germany Handwriting

HisKi project in English

Hiski Project Suomeksi

Hiski Project på Svenska

Institute of Migration - Siirtolaisuusinstituutti (Main page)

Libweb - Directory of Libraries in Finland

Family Tree Magazine: Finnish Toolkit

Federation of East European Family History Societies (FEEFHS)

Digized Finnish Church Records by FFHA

Digitoidut kirkonkirjat (digiarkisto)

Finska kyrkoböcker i digitalformat

Help Wanted
In order to make this wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by:

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