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Welcome to the
Finnish Heritage House Genealogical Research Your source for Finnish/American information from around the world |
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| Home | Genealogy Research Sites | Officers | Contact | Events Calendar | News | Sponsors | ||
| Helpful links to other Finnish and Finnish/American websites. | |
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| http://lauri.greatnow.com/Sukupuu.html | List of Finnish Surnames |
| Karelian Database | Compliments the HISKI records for Karelia. |
| Manttari | Mänttäri Family Association was founded in Liikkala village, Sippola parish, province of Viipuri (Viborg), Finland, in 1934. At the moment it is the sixth oldest family association in Finland. Their files now contain 60,000 people, starting in 1610. |
| Järviradio | Great Genealogical site!
Go down four links to: "Amerikan siirtolaisia Järviseudulta" for alphabetical listing of emigrants to USA from central (Karstula parish area) Finland. Also, several family genealogy sites. |
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Mozilla.org's Open Directory Search Tool- Society: Genealogy |
| Sukunimi | This is a Finnish census surname locater. It is all in Finnish, but you can type in the SURNAME you are researching, search under 1944, 1945-65, or 1966-onwards. A map of Finland will indicate where these surnames appeared within that time period, and a list will show the names of the towns and number of these names within it. |
| www.genealogia.fi - Finnish Names | Leif Mether, webmaster for the FINNGEN mailing list, has written a comprehensive explanation (in English) of the origins of Finnish surnames. This is WONDERFUL! Also, a full listing of links (on the left side) will direct you to hundreds of international authors, books, and data on Finnish history and genealogy. |
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Kansallisarkisto. This is the website for the Finnish National Archives. Only for those who are fluent in Finnish, but very complete. |
| Historismi.Net - ENGLISH | Data on many Finnish families. Language in both English & Finnish. |
| Lutheran Parishes in Finland | Suomen evankelis-luterilainen kirkko: seurakunnat. This is a Finnish language website for all current Lutheran Parishes in Finland. These can be helpful for anyone personally contacting a specific church. |
| ePodunk | This is an interesting website for all types of research. Looks like a product by Ancestry.com. |
| SFHS | This is a valuable resource for researching data on the Swedish-Finns. |
| Petersburg Genealogical Portal | This is an interesting site (in English) on researching genealogical data in Russia. |
| Finland Genealogy links | |
| Finlandia University | Finnish American Heritage Center. |
| Historismi.Net | Site dedicated to Genealogy and Local History. |
| The Finlander Forum | Genealogical discussion forum. |
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NARA | US National Archives & Records Administration |
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Great Lakes Passenger Lists |
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Pier21 - Gateway to Canada: Pier21 HomePage
From the twenties to the seventies, Pier 21 was Canada's 'front door' to over a million immigrants, wartime evacuees, refugees, troops, war brides and their children. This enriched our social and cultural landscape and uplifted the very soul of a nation forever. Pier 21, a National Historic Site, has been transformed into a testament to Canada's profoundly emotional immigration experience. The sheer impact of the interactive displays, virtual projections and abundance of fascinating images is simply overwhelming. |
| RootsWeb - St. Albans | St. Albans Lists are lists of immigrants who crossed the border from Canada into the U.S. between 1895 and 1954. |
| Genesearch - US Ports | US Ports of Arrival & Their Available Immigration Records - Passenger Lists |
| uscis.gov | American Names / Declaring Independence |
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| Lotta Svard Organization in Finland | Finnish military gear |
| The Battles of the Winter War | A very comprehensive website on the 1939-40 Finnish-Russian Winter War by Sami H. E. Korhonen. It is in English. |
| Cudgel War | The Cudgel War was fought in the area of Finland in the late 16th Century. At first glance the war may look like an ordinary rebellion started by unsatisfied peasants. However there was much more to it. In the background was the power struggle of two lordly figures: King Sigismund, who was supported by the Finnish nobility, and Duke Carl, who encouraged the peasants to revolt, hoping to ascend to the throne through rebellion. The war got its name from the spiked clubs that the peasants used. Cudgels were the only effective weapon available to the peasants against the heavy armour of the knights..... |
| Finnish-Swedish First Names | This list includes given names found in Finnish historical documents from the 17th through 19th centuries (1600’s through 1800’s) and their modern Finnish and Swedish equivalents. |
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The Sami of Far Northern Europe. This is an excellent website on the people and history of Lapland. |
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Republic of Karelia - Information |
| Luovutettu Karjala | "Ceded Karelia" (Luovutettu Karjala). A Finnish language website by Seppo Rapo. This has a tremendous amount of information on all of the area lost to Russia in 1944. |
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| Virtual Finland | Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. |
| The President of Finland | These pages present information on the institution of the presidency, former presidents and the present incumbent. There are also speeches by the President, her travel programme and picture material showing some aspects of her work. The information contents of the site are continually being added to. |
| Parliament of Finland | This publication deals with the history of the Finnish Parliament, its present-day method of operation, the work of MPs and Parliament House. We hope that the publication will provide a broader perspective on Finnish democracy and political life. |
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Institute of Migration aims to promote and carry out migration and ethnic research and to encourage the compilation, storage and documentation of material relating to international and internal migration in Finland. It serves also as a resource site for genealogists. |
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Statistics Finland operates administratively under the Ministry of Finance, but is fully and independently responsible for its activities, services and statistics. Statistics Finland has a personnel of around 1,100, of whom 200 are employed as statistical interviewers. In addition to its head office in Helsinki, Statistics Finland has regional service offices in Turku, Tampere, Seinäjoki and Oulu.
Statistics Finland combines collected data with its own expertise to produce statistics and information services for the needs of society, promotes the use of statistics and develops national official statistics. |
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| Finnish American Reporter | The Finnish American Reporter is a monthly, English language journal, established in 1986, featuring articles and news reports of interest to Finns across North America, in Finland and around the world. |
| Virtual Finland - News | NewsRoom Finland |
| YLE News | |
| helsinginsanomat | Website of the largest newspaper in Finland.
Helsingin Sanomat's International Edition went online on September 15, 1999. The site contains abstracts in English of a number of daily stories, and also a weekly digest of edited articles from the newspaper. The daily material appears Mondays through Fridays at around 13.00 local time (GMT +2), and the weekly items are posted on the Web on Tuesday afternoons. Naturally major late-breaking stories are covered where possible outside of these hours. |
| WRN | This is Finnish News (in Finnish) from recorded broadcasts of YLE Radio in Finland.
After you get the website, go to the bottom right and click onto the day you want, on the line "1100 UTC Finnish" and turn up your volume. This is a good way to practice your Finnish, by listening to it! (Try either RealAudio or FTP) |
| Washington Post - Finnish blog | Finland Diary. **Warning - This is very large and can cause some slower PC's to lock up. |
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| ilmi johanna | Specializing in Finnish Gifts |
| J. Arthur Jura | Finnish/American Author |
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Finnfacts is an independent media service unit that operates as an interface between foreign media and Finnish Industry.
Finnfacts' mission is to help journalists get to know Finnish industry, companies and business life. Finnfacts publishes information material concerning Finnish industry, and the Finnfacts staff members are experts in organizing visits for reporters to Finnish companies. Finnfacts has a solid network of domestic and international contacts that operates an interface between international media and Finnish companies. Finnfacts' target groups are journalists in national and local newspapers, financial and trade magazines, as well in TV, radio, and other electronic media. |
| Introduction: Finland | Introduction: Finland, basic facts (the s.c.nordic FAQ) |
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Finnish Meteorological Institute
The main objective of the FMI is to provide the best possible information about the atmosphere above and around Finland, to ensure public safety relating to atmospheric and airborne hazards and to satisfy requirements for specialized meteorological products. |
| Finnish names | How to pronounce Finnish names. |
| Terms and abbreviations | This is a VERY useful chart, showing the English meanings of abbreviations found in Finnish Vital Records. It explains some of the most confusing terms that you will find in researching Church records in HISKI. |
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Far from complete, but a valuable series of Links to Census data Online. |
| CemSearch - Online Cemetery Inscription Search | A website for online links to cemetaries, obituaries, and much more. |
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The Population Register Centre produces personal and building data services of the highest quality, as well as identification solutions for electronic services to cater for the different needs of society. |
| Finland - Scandinavica.com | Very handy and concise guide to Finland. Also links to ALL the other Nordic nations. |
| Molecular genetics | Molecular genetics of the Finnishdisease heritage |
| Behind the Name: Finnish Name Days | |
| Citizen's MapSite - National Land Survey of Finland | Excellent source for detailed maps of any segment of Finland. |
| Kantelelaulu | |
| finngrandfest2005 | |
| Finnish Grammar | This is a great site on Finnish Grammar, plus some Sami. |
| City Directory | Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Finland |
| Virtual Cathedral | The Virtual Cathedral is a source of information on a wealth of sacred music and a showcase for the greatest of all instruments - the organ.
The Virtual Cathedral is aimed at church musicians and at anyone else interested in sacred music and organs. It is produced by the Department of Church Music at the Sibelius Academy. |
| How to pronounce Finnish names | Many Finnish names seem quite long and contain strange letters which doesn't make figuring out how to pronounce them very easy. But now this huge problem which has bothered the greatest minds of the world for years has been finally solved :-) Just select one of the nine categories on the linked page and click on the name you want to hear and you'll soon pronounce Finnish names perfectly! |
| Finnish-English Dictionary | FREE Finnish-English Dictionary. |