Finnish Research: Getting Started

Begin with family and home sources. Your home is an important source of family history. Look for these items and other similar sources.


 * Birth, marriage, and death certificates,
 * Family Bibles
 * Family records
 * Journals, diaries, and letters
 * Old photographs
 * Obituaries and newspaper clippings

Next ask your relatives for any additional information they may have. It is likely that your second cousin, great-aunt, or other relative already has some family information.

Organize the information you find, and record it on pedigree charts and family group records.