genealogy

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My grandparents were from Finland years ago (early 1900s), and they came separately to the United States and arrived in Minnesota. My grandfather's name was…	1132		21.6.2000		There is an institute called the Institute of Migration in Finland, their homepage is http://www.migrationinstitute.fi/index_e.php The Genealogical Society of Finland have a page where they answer questions concerning genealogy. Their homepage: http://www.genealogia.fi/index.php?lang=en There are books about genealogy - could you go to a library and find out if they have some books in English? I browsed through one of them (in Finnish; Sukututkimuksen käsikirja by Marjo Hyppönen and Rauno Luttinen, WSOY 1988, ISBN 951-0-14566-1). They recommend the beginning genealogist to start by interviewing his or her living relatives. In other words, you proceed backwords from the present to the past. I think it is worth your while to visit the...
Can you tell me how or where I can find information for when my husband's family who migrated to the US in 1881? The family was in Helsingfors and they named…	1497		12.4.2000		Institute of Migration has a service for genealogists and the descendants of Finnish Emigrants which is called The Emigrant Register. Sources include passport records, passenger records of the Finland Steamship Company (Suomen Höyrylaiva Osakeyhtiö) and information on Finns deceased abroad. For your enquiry the following details are needed: All known names of the emigrant (also patronym if known) and birth date/year. Passport records can be searched online from the homepage. Siirtolaisuusinstituutti -- Migrationsinstitutet -- Institute of Migration Address: Piispankatu 3, 20500 Turku, FINLAND Telephone: 02-2317 536 (from other countries +358-2-2317 536) Fax: 02-2333 460 (from other countries +358-2-2333 460) Email to Webmaster: joukork...