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The major collections of Finnish public records are:  
The major collections of Finnish public records are:  


*The Old Collection of Accounts [Vanhempi tilikirjakokoelma/Äldre räkenskapssamlingen] 1531–1634.  
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/254890?availability=Family%20History%20Library The Old Collection of Accounts] [Vanhempi tilikirjakokoelma/Äldre räkenskapssamlingen] 1531–1634.  
*The New Collection of Accounts [Uudempi tilikirjakokoelma/Nyare räkenskapssamlingen] 1635–1809.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=111&query=%2Btitle%3Auudempi%20%2Btitle%3Atilikirjakokoelma The New Collection of Accounts] [Uudempi tilikirjakokoelma/Nyare räkenskapssamlingen] 1635–1809.


These, like other Finnish public records, were created primarily for tax-collection purposes. They include land and tenant records, census records, military records, estate tax and rental records, bailiff accounts, lists of fines, and many other judicial documents.  
These, like other Finnish public records, were created primarily for tax-collection purposes. They include land and tenant records, census records, military records, estate tax and rental records, bailiff accounts, lists of fines, and many other judicial documents.  


These records were not kept uniformly throughout Finland, and in the early years the counties and parishes were not equivalent to the modern divisions.  
These records were not kept uniformly throughout Finland, and in the early years the counties and parishes were not equivalent to the modern divisions.


=== Old Collection of Accounts, 1531–1634  ===
=== Old Collection of Accounts, 1531–1634  ===
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