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The following map is useful for genealogists because it shows many of the smaller localities: | The following map is useful for genealogists because it shows many of the smaller localities: | ||
*Suomi yleiskartta: Finland Generalkarta (Finland General Map). Helsinki: Maanmittaushallitus, 1950. | *Suomi yleiskartta: Finland Generalkarta (Finland General Map). Helsinki: Maanmittaushallitus, 1950. {{FHL|68304|Item|disp=FHL book 948.97 E7su 1950}}. | ||
This map has been published in several editions. The prewar editions included the areas ceded to the Soviet Union. The various editions of this map show the location of many farms. The text is quite small, and no locality indexes are available. Some of these editions are available at the Family History Library and may be available at public libraries. | This map has been published in several editions. The prewar editions included the areas ceded to the Soviet Union. The various editions of this map show the location of many farms. The text is quite small, and no locality indexes are available. Some of these editions are available at the Family History Library and may be available at public libraries. | ||
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Other helpful atlases and maps at the Family History Library are: | Other helpful atlases and maps at the Family History Library are: | ||
*Choquette, Margarita, Lee Choquette, and Matthew Russell. Parish and County Listing with Maps of Finland. Salt Lake City: Corp. of the President, 1991. | *Choquette, Margarita, Lee Choquette, and Matthew Russell. ''Parish and County Listing with Maps of Finland''. Salt Lake City: Corp. of the President, 1991. {{FHL|558839|Item|disp=FHL book 948.97 E2ch}}; {{FHL|558839|item|disp=FHL fiche 6068252}}. | ||
*Fennia: Suuri Suomi-Kartasto: Kartverk över Finland: Finland in Maps: Finnischer Atlas. Helsinki: W+G, 1979. | *Fennia: Suuri Suomi-Kartasto: ''Kartverk över Finland: Finland in Maps: Finnischer Atlas''. Helsinki: W+G, 1979. {{FHL|76186|item|disp=FHL book 948.97 E7f}}. | ||
An excellent national historical atlas is: | An excellent national historical atlas is: | ||
*Jutikkala, Eino. ''Suomen historian kartasto: Atlas of Finnish History''. Porvoo: Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö (WSOY), 1949. {{FHL|421984|item|disp=FHL book 948.97 E3j}}; {{FHL|421984|item|disp=FHL film 157159}} | |||
* | One atlas that has reference information in separate volumes in Finnish, Swedish, and English and includes several maps is: | ||
*Suomen kartasto, 1925: Atlas of Finland, 1925: Atlas över Finland, 1925. Helsinki: Otava, 1925–29. {{FHL|174924|item|disp=FHL book 948.97 E7s 1925}}. | |||
==== National Land Survey / Maanmittauslaitos ==== | |||
The [https://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en National Land Survey of Finland (NLS) / Maanmittauslaitos (MML)] is responsible for Finland’s cadastral system and other mapping assignments. The first systematic survey of Finland was conducted in 1633. The NLS has 21 district offices and seven national operations and has detailed information and map surveys showing property boundaries. Images of [https://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en/e-services/old-printed-maps old printed maps] and [https://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en/e-services/karelian-maps Karelian maps] are available online. They also have an interactive map service called [https://asiointi.maanmittauslaitos.fi/karttapaikka/ Karttapaikka]. | |||
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The [https://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en National Land Survey of Finland (NLS) / Maanmittauslaitos (MML)] is responsible for Finland’s cadastral system and other mapping assignments. The first systematic survey of Finland was conducted in 1633. The NLS has 21 district offices and seven national operations and has detailed information and map surveys showing property boundaries. Images of [https://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en/e-services/old-printed-maps old printed maps] and [https://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en/e-services/karelian-maps Karelian maps] are available online. | |||
==== Online Sources ==== | ==== Online Sources ==== | ||
*Historical Maps on the Finnish National Archives Website at: http://digi.narc.fi/digi/dosearch.ka?amtun=11231.KA | *Historical Maps on the Finnish National Archives Website at: http://digi.narc.fi/digi/dosearch.ka?amtun=11231.KA | ||
*The [https://www.kansalliskirjasto.fi/en National Library of Finland] has published a collection of historical maps dating from the 16th century to the 1900s at [http://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/78800 Maps and Atlases of Finland] | *The [https://www.kansalliskirjasto.fi/en National Library of Finland] has published a collection of historical maps dating from the 16th century to the 1900s at [http://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/78800 Maps and Atlases of Finland] | ||
*Toimittanut I. Uschakoff, [http://www.histdoc.net/uscha/ A Reference Map of Finland] (Weilin & Göös, 1898); reproduced online by Pauli Kruhse, ''History of Finland'' ([http://www.histdoc.net/uscha/ http://www.histdoc.net/uscha/] : accessed 24 October 2008). In Finnish (for the time being) with an English help page. "The indexes and accurate maps include, in addition to standard contents, sites for industrial enterprises, prominent farms etc." | *Toimittanut I. Uschakoff, [http://www.histdoc.net/uscha/ A Reference Map of Finland] (Weilin & Göös, 1898); reproduced online by Pauli Kruhse, ''History of Finland'' ([http://www.histdoc.net/uscha/ http://www.histdoc.net/uscha/] : accessed 24 October 2008). In Finnish (for the time being) with an English help page. "The indexes and accurate maps include, in addition to standard contents, sites for industrial enterprises, prominent farms etc." | ||
[[Category:Finland Maps and Gazetteers]] [[Category:Maps of Europe]] | [[Category:Finland Maps and Gazetteers]] [[Category:Maps of Europe]] | ||