SLIG 2018 Course 5

Using a Full Array of Sources to Find Your Finnish and Swedish Ancestors

Presentations

• Research Fundamentals
• Where Are The Records?
• Migration
• The Archives
  • Archives Presentation URLS

Bibliography

2018 Course Bibliography

Charts and Tables

Monarchs, Regents, Rulers, and Presidents Of Norden, 1389-2017

Merchant Marine

• Finland
• Sweden

FamilySearch

Library Catalog

• Title Number Search: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/ append the title number to this URL

Legacy Record Collections

Finland

• Finland Baptisms, 1657-1890
• Finland Burials, 1725-1909
• Finland Marriages, 1682-1892

Sweden

• Sweden Baptisms, 1611-1920
• Sweden Burials, 1649-1920
• Sweden Marriages, 1630-1920

Research Wiki

Finland

• Finnish Language Characteristics
• Finland Historical Geography
• Finland Public Records

Sweden

• Historical Maps of Sweden
• History of Swedish Counties

Maps and Online Gazetteers

Gazetteers

• Finland See References used in the Family History Library Catalog
• Roséen, Svenska orter (tn 182327)
• Runeberg.org: Svenska ortnamn i Finland. Med finska motsvarigheter (1963) Swedish Place Names in Finland : With Finnish Equivalents
  • Finskt - svenskt register Finnish-Swedish Index
• Institute för de inhemska språken, Svenska ortnamn i Finland
• Land Ceded to Russia National Archives of Finland (Internet Archive)

Finland

• Maanlittauslaitos / Lantmäteriverket (National Land Survey)
  • Asioi verkossa / E-tjänster / E-services
  • Karttapaikka / Kartplatsen / MapSite

Sweden

• Lantmäteriet (National Land Survey)
  • Kartsök och ortnamn
  • Historiska kartor

Nobility

Uradel

Nobility that can trace its privileges back to 1350

Unintroduced nobility

Not presented to the monarch and not recognized as part of the Swedish nobility. This includes foreigh-born nobles.

Introduced nobility

Presented to the monarch at Riddarhuset and accepted as part of the Swedish nobility

Finland

• Ritarihuone
  • Ätter och vapen

Books

• Tor Carpelan, Ättartavlor för de på Finlands Riddarhus inskrivna efter 1809 adlade, naturaliserade eller adopterade ätterna, 1945 (tn 227845)
• Tor Carpelan, Ättartavlor för de på Finlands Riddarhus inskrivna ätterna, 1966 (tn 227901)
• Torsten G. Aminoff, Finlands ridderskaps och adels kalender (tn 303345)

Sweden

• Riddarhuset
  • Arte et Marte bi-annual publication
  • Ätte- och vapendatabas
  • Adelskalendern
• Adelsvapen Wiki
• Wikipedia
  Swedish nobility | Adel i Sverige
  • Adelsprivilegier i Sverige
  • Royal Order of the Seraphim |Serafimerorden

Books

• Gustaf Elgenstierna, Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor (tn 188697)
• Sveriges ridderskap och adels kalender (tn 410225)

Local Heritage Societies

• Finland: Suomen Kotiseutuliitto | Finnish Local Heritage Society | Finlands Hembygdsförbund
• Sweden: Sveriges Hembygdsförbund

Other Materials

• Hans Høgman Indelningsverket, Finlands indelningar (1)
• EU Data Protection Reform
• Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek: Emigrationsutredningen (Emigration Survey)
• Siirtolaisuusinstituutti / Migrationsinstitutet Emigrant Register Free Search
• Siirtokarjalaisten tie Karelian migrants
• Finlandia University, Hancock, Michigan
  • Finnish-American Archive Tools and Resources
  • Finding Aids - [Newspapers and] Periodicals
• Residence and Property Marks House Marks | Bomärke | Bumerke

Library of Congress

• Finnish Collections
• Finnish language newspapers
• Swedish Collections

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