HelPeR - BYU Idaho Special Collections and Family History
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There are currently 9,885 images in the database.<br />
The other two collections are the Danske billeder <strong>and</strong><br />
Fotograf Tønnies samling (Aalborg).<br />
Ancestry.com<br />
http://www.ancestry.com/search/locality/dbpage.<br />
aspxi=d&tp=1652381&p=5071—Subscription site<br />
At present there is nothing for Denmark except for<br />
a reference to “Sous le masque de “William Shakespeare”:<br />
William Stanley, VIe comte de Derby”<br />
which is a book in French that contains references to<br />
Danemark.<br />
Finl<strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>Family</strong> Search Research Outline for Finl<strong>and</strong>:<br />
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/<br />
Search/RG/guide/Finl<strong>and</strong>.ASP<br />
Finding Records of Your Ancestors<br />
in Finl<strong>and</strong> Before 1900<br />
Color http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/<br />
RG/images/Finding Records Finl<strong>and</strong> 36687.pdf<br />
Finl<strong>and</strong> GenWebProject<br />
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~finwgw/<br />
This site only has some basic information <strong>and</strong> a number<br />
of links.<br />
A little history<br />
In 1808-1809 Sweden lost Finl<strong>and</strong> to Russia. In 1917,<br />
Finl<strong>and</strong> became independent from Russia.<br />
In Eastern Finl<strong>and</strong>, fixed family surnames that<br />
often ended in “nen” were used.<br />
The Genealogical Society of Finl<strong>and</strong><br />
HisKi project<br />
http://hiski.genealogia.fi/hiskien<br />
This site has transcribed <strong>and</strong> indexed church records.<br />
From their Instruction link:<br />
“The data included in the history books<br />
has been put into a database <strong>and</strong> st<strong>and</strong>ardized<br />
so that searches are possible. The data<br />
is intended only for searches <strong>and</strong> not to replace<br />
the original history books or their h<strong>and</strong>written<br />
copies (“black books”). The data may<br />
include mistakes <strong>and</strong> all information should<br />
be checked from the original source. Note that<br />
the database does not include events from the<br />
20th century. Read also the more detailed instructions<br />
for using the books of christened,<br />
married <strong>and</strong> buried as well as of those who<br />
have moved in or out.”<br />
Selecting Alajärvi showed that the following records<br />
were available:<br />
• Christened (1754-1756, 1758-1762, 1764-1855, 1857)<br />
• Married (1754-1863)<br />
• Buried (1754-1864)<br />
• All (1754-1864)<br />
• Statistics (1754-1864)<br />
HisKi Project homepage<br />
Alajärvi Christened: Search results for Anna<br />
Institute of Migration<br />
Siirtolaisuusinstituutti<br />
http://www.migrationinstitute.fi/emreg/rekisteri e<br />
.php—Subscription site<br />
The “List of Databases” at http://www.migrationinstitute.fi/emreg/sr<br />
faq2 e.php includes:<br />
Passenger lists (318,000 records)<br />
“The passenger lists from the Finl<strong>and</strong> Steamship<br />
Company give information on emigrants<br />
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