Finding a person lost in WW2.

[neJANIS]

Moi!

I don't know if this is the right place where to search/ask this kind of information, but I really don't know where to begin. Since I'm living for few months in Finland my grandmother asked to search for her brother who got lost in World War 2 and might have lived in Finland. While he himself probably is already dead he might have had an family here. All I know about him is that he was latvian, his name and surname (if he didn't change them in FInland), birth data and names of relatives. So maybe someone can suggest where I should go/ask for this kind of information?

Kiitos!

[Upphew]

Moi!

I don't know if this is the right place where to search/ask this kind of information, but I really don't know where to begin. Since I'm living for few months in Finland my grandmother asked to search for her brother who got lost in World War 2 and might have lived in Finland. While he himself probably is already dead he might have had an family here. All I know about him is that he was latvian, his name and surname (if he didn't change them in FInland), birth data and names of relatives. So maybe someone can suggest where I should go/ask for this kind of information?

Kiitos!

http://kronos.narc.fi/menehtyneet/
Try to search just by the surname (sukunimi).

[neJANIS]

Thank you for your response.

No results.
What about this Kansallisarkisto (National archives of Finland)? Is it something I could look into?

[Upphew]

What about this Kansallisarkisto (National archives of Finland)? Is it something I could look into?

Sure. Just a heads up: narc.fi = National Archives .Finland

[neJANIS]

Ok, kiitos!

[Keravalainen]

Hi!
If he was actually serving in the Finnish armed forces, there's a record ("Kantakortti") of him to be found in the military archives.
See description and instructions here: http://wiki.narc.fi/portti/index.php/Ka ... C3.B6ni.3F

- - That's all in Finnish, but if you don't know the language, use Google Translate to get an idea of the instructions.