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The Genealogical Society of Finland (Finnish: Suomen Sukututkimusseura, Swedish: Genealogiska Samfundet i Finland) is a national voluntary non-governmental organisation promoting the study of genealogy and social history in Finland. The Society itself doesn't do genealogical research, but its purpose is to act as a facilitator and link between ...
Much of the genealogical records available at the National Archives of Finland consist of parish records from the Lutheran church. The Church Law of 1686 required Lutheran priests to keep parish records containing information on events such as births, marriages, and deaths. These records were used as official census lists for 300 years. As such ...
She also published a personal history collectionSkuggor vid vägen (lit. 'Shadows by the roadside') (1917) about 16th and 17th century events and people of Finland. [3] Ramsay was the first woman to be bestowed an honorary membership of the Genealogical Society of Finland, more than half a century before the next woman was granted the same ...
Family Search : Finland Archives and Libraries; Aalto University Archives; Åbo Akademi University Library : The Archive Collections; Ålands landskapsarkiv; Finnish National Gallery Archives; Helsinki City Archives; Literary Archives of the Finnish Literature Society; National Library of Finland - Manuscript Collection; Turku City Archives
The FamilySearch Research Wiki (formerly also known as the FamilySearch Wiki or the Family History Research Wiki) is a website containing reference information and educational articles to help locate and interpret genealogical records. [1] [2] The wiki is part of the FamilySearch website and was launched in 2007.
In 1994, Elisabeth Thorsell was appointed corresponding member of the Genealogiska Samfundet i Finland ("Genealogical Society of Finland"). [3] In 2006 she was awarded the Victor Örnbergs hederspris ("the Victor Örnberg Honorary Award") by the Federation of Swedish Genealogical Societies for her long-standing contributions to the Swedish genealogical movement.