Finland Archives and Libraries: Difference between revisions

=== Computer Networks and Bulletin Boards ===

Computers with modems can be useful tools for obtaining information from selected archives and libraries. In a way, computer networks themselves serve as a library. The Internet, certain computer bulletin boards, and commercial on-line services help family history researchers:  

 

*Locate other researchers.  

*Post queries.  

*Send and receive e-mail.  

*Search large databases.  

*Search computer libraries.  

You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Finland in many sources at local, provincial, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most information is available at no cost.

 

Some very useful databases and guides for Finland are available on the Internet. In this outline, you will find references to sites that contain indexes and transcripts of Finnish church records, emigration records, maps, and research guides. You can also find information about addresses and activities of various societies and archives on the Internet.  

General sites that act as an index to many interesting Finnish genealogical sites on the Internet include:

*Family History Finland, part of the WorldGenWeb project:  

*http://www.open.org/rumcd/genweb/finn.html  

*Cyndi’s List for Finland/Suomi: http://www.cyndislist.com/finland.htm  

*Genealogical Research in Finland: http://www.genealogia.fi/index.php?lang=en

*The Swedish-Finn Historical Society, Seattle WA: http://sfhs.eget.net

*Family History Library home page: [http://www.familysearch.org/]