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Emigration from Finland and Scandinavia - GENERAL      

Guest articles: John Victor Johnson Odyssey from Finland to Florida by Sandra Johnson Witt  

Finns Abroad by Olavi Koivukangas  There may have been some Finns from Northern Scandinavia sailing with Leif Ericson or with other Norwegian Vikings who explored the New World a thousand years ago. But the documented Finnish presence in America starts with the "New Sweden" colony at the mouth of the Delaware River, in March 1638. The first four European nationalities to settle permanently in the present United States were the English, the Dutch, the Swedes and the Finns. Major contributions made by the early Finnish settlers in America were burn-beating, a new way to build log-cabins, and the art of living at peace with Indians. A descendant of these early Finns was John Morton who signed the USA Declaration of Independence in 1776.

North America

The Journey from Finland to America [www.genealogia.fi]
Scandinavian Emigration to North America This website is part of the exhibition describing the emigration from the Nordic countries, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden to North America during 1825-1930.
The Finns in America by Taru Spiegel, Library of Congress. This presentation provides information about immigration from Finland to the United States, and about the activities of Finnish-American immigrants in the United States from the 17th to the 20th centuries. Information is contained in a chronology and selected bibliography.

Regional

• The Finnish of Houghton Co. and the U.P.
• MIGenWeb Archives Search Engine Michigan's records online

Australia

History of immigration and settlement from Finland to Australia by the Migration Museum, Adelaide, South Australia

History of International Migration Site

The Migration Heritage Centre values and promotes our diverse cultural heritage

Statistics on the Finns in Australia 1921-1996 by Jouni Korkiasaari
Emigration from Finland to Australia 1945-96 (Finnish citizens) by Jouni Korkiasaari

South Africa

100 years since the young Saarukka men mined gold in Africa - some examples of emigrants from Ostrobothnia to the gold field in Johannesburg by Ole Granholm

Emigration statistics
Finnish international and internal migration statistics by the Institute of Migration ,Jouni Korkiasaari

• Emigration 1870-1945 (transatlantic)
• Emigration 1860-1996 Finns abroad 1996

Guest Gallery:
Postcard pictures of Finnish emigrant ships by courtesy of Aleksi Lindström.
Click at the thumbnails.

• s/s Aallotar
• s/s Arcturus
• s/s Ariadne
• s/s Astraea
• s/s Ilmatar
• s/s Oberon
• s/s Oihonna
• s/s Polaris
• s/s Titania
• s/s Urania
• s/s Wellamo I
• s/s Wellamo II

Emigrant ships & passport and passenger lists

Finland Sweden Norway Denmark Iceland Estonia Latvia Germany United Kingdom USA Canada South America Australia New Zealand General

Finland

Finnish Genealogy: Passenger Lists introduction by Leif Mether [www.genealogia.fi]
Emigration And Immigration concise guide by the FamilySearch.org
The F.Å.A. Line's Passenger Lists [www.genealogia.fi]

The Emigrant Register "The Emigrant Register was established in 1989 as a service for genealogists and the descendants of Finnish emigrants.The foundation of the Register was a part of the Delaware 350 Anniversary, to commemorate the beginning of Finnish Emigration to North America. Sources include passport records (from the year 1890 up to 1950), passenger records of the Finnish Steamship Company (from the year 1892 up to 1910) and information on Finns deceased abroad (from 1918 up to 1950). A computerized database of these and many other sources is currently being compiled. To date over 550,000 entries have been made. The Register receives a large number of enquiries from abroad as well as from Finland."

Limited search (free). Registered customers can search for information in the following databases: Passenger lists (318 000 records) Passport records (180 000 records) References to books and newspapers (19 000 records) Register of Australian Finns (3 800 records) Register of New Zealand Finns (1100 records) Finnish American records (146,000) Sheriff's records (Vaasa province, 39,000) Farm names (Vaasa and Oulu provinces, 155,000) 19.05.2006

Limited search in the emigrant register (free)

• Passenger lists (318 000 records)
• Passport records (189 000 records)
• References to books and newspapers (19 200 records)
• Register of Australian Finns (3 800 records)
• Register of New Zealand Finns (1 100 records)
• Finnish American records (146,000)
• Sheriff's records (Vaasa province, 39,000)
• Farm names (Vaasa and Oulu provinces, 155,000)

Full search (paid service for registered users)

• Passenger records (318,000)
• Passport records (189,000)
• Reference records (19,200)
• Australian Finns (3,800)
• New Zealand Finns (1,100)
• Finnish American records (146,000)
• Sheriff's records (Vaasa province, 39,000)
• Farm names (Vaasa and Oulu provinces, 155,000)

More information on the Emigrant Register

Information on Finnish Passport Records
Information on the Finland Steamship Company's passenger lists (in Finnish) Suomen Höyrylaiva Osakeyhtiön matkustajaluettelot

Siirtolaisrekisteri  Vuonna 1989 perustettu siirtolaisrekisteri palvelee sekä sukuhaarojaan tutkivia suomalaisia sukututkijoita että suomalaisia juuriaan etsiviä siirtolaisten jälkeläisiä ulkomailla. Tietoja voidaan käyttää myös tieteelliseen tutkimukseen. Rekisterin päätietokantoja ovat lääninhallitusten ja maistraattien passiluettelot, Suomen Höyrylaiva Osakeyhtiön matkustajaluettelot, ulkomailla kuolleita suomalaisia koskeva ulkoasiainhallinnon aineisto sekä ns. lehti- ja kirjallisuusviitetietokanta. Niiden lisäksi rekisteriin kuuluu kymmeniä pienempiä atk-tietokantoja ja muita hakemistoja. Siirtolaisrekisterin atk-tietokannoissa oli vuoden 2005 alussa yhteensä yli 550 000 tietuetta. Osa näistä tietokannoista on käytettävissä internetin kautta. Lisäksi rekisteriin kuuluu sellaisia tietokantoja ja aineistoja, joita ei ole vielä tallennettu atk:lle.

Siirtolaisrekisterin tietoja voi kysellä seuraavilla yhteystiedoilla: Siirtolaisuusinstituutti / Siirtolaisrekisteri Linnankatu 61, 20100 Turku Puh. 02-2840 440 (ulkomailta: +358-2-2840 440) Fax 02-2333 460 (ulkomailta: +358-2-2333 460) Sähköposti: ks. henkilökunta/osasto

Emigrantregistret  Emigrantregistret, som inrättades år 1989, betjänar släktforskare och efterkommande till emigranterna från Finland. Registrets huvudserier utgörs av länsstyrelsernas och magistraternas passförteckningar från början av 1800-talet till år 1920, Finska Ångfartygs Ab:s passagerarlistor fr.o.m. 1892 samt ett material fram till år 1950 från Utrikesförvaltningens arkiv. Alla dessa håller på att överföras på adb. Emigrantregistrets databas har redan nu över 550 000 poster...

Närmare uppgifter om emigrantregistret per brev, telefon eller e-mail Migrationsinstitutet / Emigrantregistret Slottsgatan 61, 20100 Åbo, Finland Tel. 02-2840 440 (från utlandet + 358-2-2840 440) Fax 02-2333 460 (från utlandet + 358-2-2333 460) e-mail: v.g. se Kontaktinformation - Personal (på finska eller engelska)

DATABASE of IMMIGRANTS from Ostrobothnia, Finland by June Pelo

Emigrants from Pedersöre who died in America by June Pelo

Emigranter från byarna Höstves och Runsor i Korsholm - Emigrants from the villages of Höstves and Runsor in Korsholm by Eric Skjäl

Sheriff's Passport List 1863-1916 "The Provincial Archives in Mariehamn, Åland, has the Sheriff's Archive of the Åland Islands. In the series Bb. Passförteckningar there are "Förteckning över utfärdade resepass 1863-1916" [List of issued passports 1863-1916]. In the list there are the names of over 10,570 applicants and also many family members."

Borough Administrator's Passport List 1882-1903 The Provincial Archives in Mariehamn, Åland, has the Borough Administrator's Archive of the Åland Islands

Sweden

Find your Swedish Roots

• Emigrant Traffic on the North Sea by Nils William Olsson

Nättidningen Rötter has everything about Swedish genealogy

Emigrantforum En interaktiv databas för emigranter till och från Sverige

• Att söka emigrerade släktingar How to trace emigrants
• A CD-ROM filled with emigrants
  It is possible to purchase the CD "Emigranten" from Göteborgs-Emigranten, P.O.Box 53066, S-400 14 Göteborg, Sweden.

Finns also traveled through the ports of other countries, primarily Göteborg, Malmö, and Stockholm in Sweden, and Trondheim in Norway. The Swedish and Norwegian passenger lists were actually lists kept by the local police of people leaving the country. These lists generally include: Name. Age. Destination. Last residence (the specific place of residence is given about half the time; otherwise, it lists only Finland). Below is a list of the ports and their records available through the Family History Library. For complete bibliographic information and film numbers, please search the Family History Library Catalog.

• Göteborg Original records 1869-1920 Index 1869-1951 Index of Finns 1869-84 (FHL film 1043046; computer number 0391618)
• Malmö Original records 1874-80 Index 1874-1939 Index of Finns 1879-1916 (FHL film 1613007; computer number 091474)
• Stockholm Original records 1869-1904 Index 1869-1920 Index of Finns 1880-1932 (FHL films 1613015-18; computer number 0062993)

American West European Emigration
Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center
Emigration och immigration  Immigrant-institutet Forsknings- och dokumentationscentrum om invandrare och flyktingar Kulturernas mötesplats

Norway

Emigrant ships from Norway The Solem, Swiggum & Austheim ship index. An excellent site.

• Hunting Passenger Lists a guide on how to trace Norwegian emigrants from various records
• The Transatlantic Crossing, Norwegian emigrants on the Atlantic by Børge Solem

Digitalarkivet

• Emigrant databases

Dis-Norge

Denmark

Emigration lists - Danish State Archives

The Danish Emigration Archives

Iceland

Emigration from Iceland to America by Halfdan Helgason

Icelandic genealogy database "Use of the database is free of charge, but initially only an Icelandic interface is provided, and access requires an Icelandic ID number - access for descendants of Icelandic emigrants will be enabled soon, and an English interface will be provided later."

Estonia

Eesti Genealoogia Selts The Estonian Genealogical Society
Estonian Biographical Center - help with genealogy research by hiring a professional

Latvia

Roots = Saknes - Family History and Genealogy in the region of Latvia, 1800 - 1950

Germany

Deutsche Auswanderer-Datenbank
State Archive - LinkToYourRoots Hamburg Emigration Lists.The data bank currently contains years 1890-1902 that can be searched:
Bremen Project Transcribed passenger lists of ships departing Bremen, Germany and arriving in the U.S.A. can be searched
German & European Passenger Departure Records Links by Joe Beine

United Kingdom

General Information on Availability of Passenger Lists in the UK
Passenger lists; ships; ship museums Links by Chris Gaunt
British Passenger Lists 1878 - 1960   commercial site
Transmigration via the port of Hull by Nicholas J. Evans

USA

http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Effective today (April 17 2001), old passenger manifests covering arrivals at Ellis Island from 1892 through 1924 are scheduled to go online. The database was extracted from microfilms of the original paper manifests. The Mormon Church provided the labor for this project which required 8 years and 12,000 volunteers who dealt with 22 million passenger records, trying to read the handwriting of the last century. The web site will bring up page after page, column after column of names, ages and other particulars such as the name of the ship, its departure and arrival dates, the name of the relative's contact in the US and the names of anyone who shared the journey. JP.

• Searching the Ellis Island Database in One Step by Stephen P. Morse
• Morse's Code The Making of the Ellis Island Database ´One-Step´ Search
• Step Webpages by Stephen P. Morse

Interpreting Passenger List Annotations, Manifest Problems & Search Methodology

• A Guide to Interpreting Passenger List Annotations by Marian L. Smith
• Emigration - Immigration by Ted Margulis
• Ellis Island Database Tips by Megan Smolenyak

http://www.castlegarden.org/ offers free search of the Castle Garden online database currently containing 10 million immigrants from 1830 through 1892.
Boston arrivals 1848-1891 "Over one million immigrants came through the Port of Boston during this time period. Through the Archives Volunteer program volunteers are entering this information into a computerized database."

Welcome to the Texas Seaport Museum Immigration Database Login

Finding Passenger Lists 1820 to the 1940s arrivals at US ports from Europe by Joe Beine
Genealogical Resources at the National Archives

All about immigration and migration by Genealogy.com

Special topic: Articles about New Sweden [www.genealogia.fi]

A Brief History of New Sweden in America

Delaware River Settlements of the Dutch, Swedes, and Finns, 1631-64 Map

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Canada

Pier 21 - Halifax, Canada Canada's Historic Soul.
Immigrants to Canada in Nineteenth Century Ships Emigration Reports Emigration Handbooks by Marj Kohli
Norway-Canada
Passenger Lists 1865-1922 "The National Archives of Canada holds immigration records from 1865 to 1935. The names of immigrants arriving from overseas are recorded in passenger lists. Those arriving from or via the United States are recorded in border entry lists. A series of old nominal indexes exist for the 1925 to 1935 records. In cooperation with the National Archives of Canada, the Pier 21 Society in Halifax, Nova Scotia, has input the information from the passenger list indexes into this database. Also included are border entries for individuals whose surname starts with the letter C." Search Immigration Records (1925-1935)

in Geneas Canadian Genealogy "The inGeneas Database contains passenger list records for immigrants arriving at Canadian ports between 1748 and 1873. For the most part, these records have been extracted from microfilm of the original manifests held at several archives and libraries.
The inGeneas Database contains records from a variety of immigration records (other than passenger lists) for the time period of 1748 to 1906. For the most part, these records have been extracted from microfilm of the original records held at several archives and libraries."

St. Albans Lists FAQ St. Albans Lists are lists of immigrants who crossed the border from Canada into the U.S. between 1895 and 1954

By Way of Canada: U.S. Records of Immigration Across the U.S.-Canadian Border, 1895-1954 (St. Albans Lists) By Marian L. Smith

Australia

Unassisted Shipping Index Victoria 1852-1911 Index of Inward Passenger Lists for British and Foreign Ports 1852-1899. You can search this index for names of unassisted passengers who boarded ships to Victoria, Australia from British and Foreign ports between 1852 and 1911

Australian Shipping Arrivals and Departures, 1788 to 1967
Shipping,Passenger Ships and passenger lists to Western Australia 1829-1901
AUSNZ Passenger Lists List of passenger ships

New Zealand

Literature:

• Sten Aminoff: Svenskarna i Nya Zeeland. Den svenska utvandringen till Nya Zeeland fram till 1940. Växjö 1988. (Emigration from Sweden to NZ until 1940. Names of about 3 000 emigrants. It can be found in NZ in The University of Waikato Library and the National Library, Wellington, NZ)
• Olavi Koivukangas: From the Midnight Sun to the Long White Cloud. The Finns in New Zealand

Locating New Zealand Immigrant and Vessel Arrival Information

CIMO - Cimorelli Immigration Manifests Online

Magellan   The Ships Navigator

Immigrant Ships Ship Descriptions

The Olive Tree Genealogy: Index to Ships' Passenger Lists by Lorine McGinnis Schulze

• Naturalization Records USA & Canada These databases include passport applications early 1800s, indexes to naturalization records, Declarations of Intent, Petitions for Naturalization, Almshouse records from NY City with dates of arrival, ship names, ports of departure and entry... You can search for your immigrant ancestors in online naturalization records and learn where to find declarations of intent, first papers, alien registrations, passport applications, petitions of naturalization, certificates of citizenship etc.
• Search most online ships passenger lists to the USA and Canada.

Finding Passenger Lists 1820 to the 1940s arrivals at US ports from Europe by Joe Beine, German Roots Webmaster
What Passenger Lists Are Online? Internet Sources for Transcribed Passenger Records & Indexes by Joe Beine
Ships & Passenger Lists Cyndi's List by Cyndi Howells

• Ports of Departure
• Ports of Entry

Register of Ships "...transcribed from the Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping from 1764 up to 2000" by Gilbert Provost
KinShips: The Passenger Vessels of Your Immigrant Ancestors Ship List
Ships and Passenger Lists by Jenny Williams Fawcett
Immigration and Ships Passenger Lists Research Guide by Arnie Lang
TheShipsList "...was established to assist those seeking information on the vessels which brought their ancestors to their new home, be that the United States, Canada, Australia, or another part of the world. Some ships passenger lists, schedules, wreck data, and other information which is not readily available, has been collected, along with links to other sites of interest."
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
Scandinavian Emigrant Ship Descriptions and Voyage Narratives (1852-1868)
The Great Ocean Liners
The Art of European Migration by the Association of European Migration Institutions
Royal Regals | A history of Ocean Liner A history of the great transatlantic ocean liners - RMS Queen Mary, Andrea Doria, Lusitania, and others. Pictures of interior spaces.
The Maritime Heritage Project: Gold Rush Ships, Passengers, Captains. "The Maritime Heritage Project is a California non-profit dedicated to preserving California's shipping history from the 1850s to the turn of the Century." by Dianne Levy

Special topic:

The Finns on the Titanic by Peter Björkfors

DNA Test Confirms Identity of TITANIC’S Youngest Victim by Hilda Kotkamaa

Shipping lines

Finland Steamship Co. LTD. Fleet List
The Emigrant Route Hangö-Copenhagen-Hull by Gunnar Damström
The F.Å.A. Line's Emigrant Traffic

White Star Line 25 June 1892 - 27 May 1931
Cunard Line 25 April 1896 - 6 June 1931
'Numbered Series' 10 June 1893 - 18 February 1931
'Unnumbered series' 26 August 1899 - 20 May 1931
'New Series' 3 June 1931 - October 1976
The lists are archived in the Manuscript Department of Åbo Akademi University Library, Turku, Finland.
Ship Company Websites: Finland Steamship Co (1), Finland Steamship Co (2), Blue Star Line, American President Line, Messageries Maritimes ,Union-Castle Mail SS Co (1), Union-Castle Mail SS Co (2), Union-Castle Mail SS Co (3), French Line (C.G.T), British India S.N.Co, Holland America Line, Cunard Line, Royal Mail Line, Canadian Pacific, Blue Funnel Line, London & Overseas Freighters, Glen Line, P & O Line, Port Line, Wm.Milburn & Co, J. P. Corry & Co, T. B. Royden & Co., G. D. Tyser & Co., Andrew Weir & Co (Bank Line,) Shire Line, White Star Line, McCorkell Line, Pacific Steam Nav. Co.(1), Pacific Steam Nav.Co.(2), Union S.S.Co of N.Z., United States Line, Italia, East Asiatic Line, Matson Line, Hawaiian S.S.Co., Los Angeles S.S.Co., Moore-McCormack Line, Lloyd Triestino, Swedish American Line, New Zealand Shipping Co., Ben Line, K.N.S.M., Oranje Lijn
P&O - Orient Lines
Search for a shipping line or agent at the Solem, Swiggum & Austheim emigration ship index: Allan Line Feeders & transatlantic service, Anchor Line (Anker Linien) Feeders & transatlantic service, Cunard Line Transatlantic service, Fred Olsen Line Feeder service, Hamburg America Line (Scandia Line) Transatlantic , National Line Transatlantic, Norwegian America Line Direct transatlantic, Norwegian American Steamship Co. Direct transatlantic in the 1870s, Norway-Mexico Gulf Line Direct to North American ports, Thingvalla & Scandinavian America Line Scandinavian ports direct, Swedish America Line Sweden direct to New York, White Star Line (Hvide Stjerne Linien) Transatlantic service, Wilson Line Feeder service Norway - England.
The Fleets by Sue Swiggum and Marjorie Kohli

Pictures of ships

Postcard pictures of Finnish emigrant ships

s/s Aallotar

s/s Arcturus

s/s Ariadne

s/s Astraea

s/s Ilmatar

s/s Oberon

s/s Oihonna

s/s Polaris

s/s Titania

s/s Urania

s/s Wellamo I

s/s Wellamo II

Immigration and Ships Passenger Lists Research Guide Section 6.0 How to get pictures and information for your ancestor's ship by Arnie Lang
Ocean Liner Postcards marvellous artist cards by Roger Hare

• Ships of the Finland Steamship Company on Postcards

Maritime timetable images Finska Ångfartygs AB - FÅA Finland Steamship Co.
Great Ships The postcard and ephemera collection of Jeff Newman.
Simplon Postcards The Ship Postcard Website

• Ocean Liner Postcards

Finnish coastal steamships

Mailing lists & Message boards

General

Institute of Migration Migration Forum

Ships and passenger lists

Emigration/migration ships and trails mailing lists Index
The ShipsList mailing list. Archives To subscribe, send a message to: TheShipsList-D-request@rootsweb.com for the digest mode or TheShipsList-L-request@rootsweb.com for the mail mode with the one word SUBSCRIBE in the body of the message

eMIG Message Board  Archive - eMIG Message Board is a place where you can search for your ancestors and trace their emigrant/immigrant journeys, communicate and request information pertaining to migration and emigrants/immigrants, emigrant ships, genealogy and related matters

Shipping and seamen

The Mariners mailing list To subscribe, send a message to Mariners-L-request@rootsweb.com with the one word SUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.

General genealogy

The SFHS Finlander Forum
The old "Finlander" mailing list archive
More than 1.000.000 individual records in the Gedcom database accessible to registered users and participators of the TALKO project.
Finland Genealogy Forum
RootsWeb Message Boards Finland
soc.genealogy.nordic in English

Anbytarforum Nättidningen RÖTTERs diskussionsforum
Diskutera släktforskning i Österbotten Discuss genealogy in Ostrobothnia

sfnet.harrastus.sukututkimus in Finnish
Sukututkijat On kaikille sukututkimusta harrastaville tarkoitettu vapaa keskustelulista. Punomme elämän juonta sukupuuluurankojen ylle.
PohjalaisSuvut Pohjanmaan sukuja tutkivien sukututkijoiden vapaa keskustelufoorumi.
SatakuntalaisSuvut Satakuntalaisia sukuja tutkivien sukututkijoiden vapaa keskustelufoorumi.
KarjalaisetSuvut Kohtaamispaikaksi niin aloitteleville kuin kokeneemmillekin harrastajasukututkijoille, joiden tutkimukseen historiallinen ja nykyinen Karjala sisältyy.
SavolaisetSuvut Kohtaamispaikaksi niin aloitteleville kuin kokeneemmillekin.harrastajasukututkijoille, joiden tutkimukseen sisältyy savolaisia juuria.
HamalaisJuuret Keskusteluryhmä on tarkoitettu tutkijoille joiden juuret ovat Hämeessä.
kainuunsuvut Kainuun sukuja tutkivien keskustelukanava.
Keski-Suomi Keski-Suomen sukuja tutkivien oma sivu.
Kymenlaakso Kymenlaakson tutkijoiden vapaa keskustelufoorumi.
Varsinais-SuomenSuvut Varsinais-Suomalaisia sukuja tutkivien keskustelukanava.
Uusimaalaisia sukuja Uudenmaan sukuja tutkivien keskustelu ryhmä.

Finngen Archives in English [www.genealogia.fi]
- old Finngen mailing list archives
The Suku Archives in Finnish and Swedish [www.genealogia.fi]
- old Archives

Genealogy Research

Genealogical Society of Finland HisKi project [www.genealogia.fi]
Finnish Genealogy: Finnish Church Records introduction by Leif Mether [www.genealogia.fi]
Where Can One Find Finnish Church Records [www.genealogia.fi]

Naturalization Records What records are most likely to provide you with the name of the ancestral village in the "old country"?

• Search by place name - LDS Family History Library Catalog

Finnish Genealogical Societies

Information of Finnish parishes in English. Brief information about every Finnish parish, microfilm catalogues, microfiche catalogues, addresses to parish register offices, old parish names, neighbouring parishes, lists of villages and maps of the parishes with bordering parishes. - In Finnish Tietoja Suomen seurakunnista - In Swedish Finlands församlingar

Addresses of parishes in Finnish

Finland's Family History Association - an online source of archived materials such as communion books, census records etc. - 50 000 images available.

FamilySearch Internet - SearchOnline searchable database of vital records for Scandanavia. Contains approximately 3.6 million birth and christening records and 1 million marriage records from Denmark, Norway, Sweden & Finland

Genealogy Research by June Pelo   particularly written for Americans tracing their roots in Finland and the Scandinavian countries.

• Emigration from Ostrobothnia
• Departure of emigrants
• The Immigrant Journey
• Ellis Island

June Pelo´s bibliography Articles about genealogy, emigration from Finland and immigration to America, culture, folklore and customs in Ostrobothnia and Finland.

Finland Research Outline comprehensive guidance by FamilySearch.org

GenDir.com Genealogy directory and research site. Includes surname searches and a genealogy discussion forum.

Mary's Genealogy Treasures genealogical links by Mary Tollestrup

Genealogy Today

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter A Free Genealogy Newsletter, Published Daily

Genealogy in the News

GeneaSearch by Donna Trewitt   Genealogy research on the internet with lookups, family newsletters, books from societies & individuals, queries, Female Ancestors, announce new sites, beginner's guide.

• Crew Agreements and Crew Lists
• Photo Albums on the Web

Photography

Photohistory 19th Century Photography by Andrew J. Morris History of Photography, Types of Photographs, Dating Card Mounted Portraits, Photography and Genealogy

JB Designs NorthWest - many photos of emigrants from Finland by Judy Wilson

Victorian and Edwardian Photographs by Roger Vaughan

Dating Old Photographs

City-Gallery.com Popular History of Photography and Family History

Photographers and studios in Finland 1839- Index in Finnish. SVM: Museovieras: Kokoelmat, valokuvaajat ja arkisto: Valokuvaajat 1839-

Photographers

• Ina Roos (1866-1931) Kristinestad, Helsinki.

Selected sites with Finnish and Scandinavian contents

Finnish Genealogy by Timothy Laitila Vincent

Genealogy & Family History by David S. Saari

Kent Randell genealogy site

Kevin Paavola's website

Historismi.net by Harri Hirvelä

• Historismi.net - Paikanna itsesi ajassa in Finnish

Hans Högman's Genealogy Page släktforskning by Hans Högman

Släktforska med dator kurs av Mac Ramsay

Claes Bernes släkt- och historiesidor in Swedish

Databases sorted by main region and author (the links are often the home pages of experienced genealogists)

- under construction

Ostrobothnia

• Anders Enges
• Margaretha Lindholm
• Henrik Mangs
• June Pelo sydaby.eget.net, finlander.eget.net
• Karl-Olof Reinlund
• SFHS finlander.eget.net

Special topic:

The Mumma surname DNA project Tracing members of the Mumma/Momma family with DNA testing by Douglas M. Mumma

DNA genealogy:
In the name of the father: surnames and genetics by Mark A. Jobling
The Y-Chromosome in the Study of Human Evolution, Migration and Prehistory by Neil Bradman and Mark Thomas

• Maritime history: Literature & links Toivanen, Pekka: "Bröderna Mommas skeppsvarv i Jakobstad 1666-1672". Jakobstads Museums publikationer nr 15. Jakobstad 1982
• Skeppsbyggeri i Österbotten: Skeppstyper på 1600-talet
• Laivanrakennus Pohjanmaalla 1600-luvulla by Pekka Toivanen

Migration Research

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