Ancestral records

Lindfinn · Post by **Lindfinn** » Mon Dec 07, 2015 6:22 am

Looking for help on where I could find any ancestral records on my great grandfather, he was born in finland when it was apart of Russia, around 1865.

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StellaS · Post by **StellaS** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 7:44 pm

Which parish? They might be available online on either digi.narc.fi or sukuhistoria.fi. Try the Facebook group called Finnish genealogy.

Pursuivant · Post by **Pursuivant** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 9:58 pm

Theres a website... Genealogia.fi ? Theres quite a few peole done family research, so you actually might find yourself in a already in a tree

If you have facts, and you got to quite old date, there are church records, quite meticulously kept. Some have been lost, and then trying to decipher the 'crow-toes' of imbibed clerics and the Swedish is another challenge.

Also, Mormon church in USA has some weird "spirit marriage" business going on, to save your ancestors' souls, so they have gone and microfilmed even the Finnish church records, so if you are inthe US, they have... 'Family center' or something like that you need to visit to get access...

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