How to trace your roots in Finland - Siirtolaisuusinstituutti

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The Institute of Migration The Institute of Migration was founded in 1974, and has its headquarters in Turku. The Institute is maintained by a non-profit-making trust and is basically financed by an annual operating grant from the Finnish Ministry of Education. The Institute carries out and promotes research in the field of migration, historical as well as contemporary and also collects and stores different kinds of material relating to migration and ethnic questions. The Institute maintains a register of researchers working in these fields, arranges seminars and conferences to promote scholarly collaboration. The Institute is responsible for six series of scholarly publications and publishes its own quarterly periodical Siirtolaisuus-Migration. The Archives of the Institute contain approx. 220 meters of documents, ca. 14 000 photographs, letters, post cards, interviews, musical recordings, museum pieces etc. The Institute Library specializes in scholarly and other publications relating to international and domestic migration. The Library subscribes to most of Finnish newspapers and magazines published in other countries around the world and to many specialist periodicals dealing with migration. The library counts more than 7 000 titles, and information service is available for the public. One important way in which the Institute promotes a greater awareness of migration is through arranging exhibitions. The Emigrant Register was established in 1989 as a service for genealogists and the descendants of Finnish emigrants. The foundation of a computerized register was a part of the Delaware 350 Anniversary, to commemorate the beginning of Finnish Emigration to North America. The data is mostly related to the migration event, the databases of the main sources of information, official passport registers and passenger lists of the Finland Steamship Company are available on the Internet. The web site of the Institute at http://www.migrationinstitute.fi / provides articles, reports, the institute’s periodical, statistics, picture galleries, exhibitions, a web shop where you can buy books, useful links and other information concerning Finnish migration. Institute of Migration Eerikinkatu 34, 20100 Turku, Finland Tel. +358 2 2840 440 www.migrationinstitute.fi 2
Contents The Institute of Migration 2 Introduction 4 Overview of Finnish Migration to America 5 Start Your Search in North American Records 5 Family Papers 5 Official Records in North America 6 Vital Records 7 Census 7 The SSDI 8 Church Records 8 Other Documents 8 Documents Related to the Journey 8 Lists of Arrivals 10 St. Albans Border Crossings 11 Lists of Departures 11 The Passenger Lists of the Finland Steamship Company (F.Å.A) 11 The Passport Lists 12 Finnish Names 13 Emigrants Changing their Names 14 Records in Finland 15 Church Records 15 The Genealogy Method and available Church Records 16 Other Archival Sources 18 Literature 20 Research Guide Books 20 Finnish History and Migration 20 Addresses 22 3
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