Finnish Genealogical Word List: Difference between revisions

If you would like to learn more about the language characteristics see the article [[Finnish Language Characteristics|Finnish Language Characteristics]].  

Written Finnish uses three letters in addition to the twenty-six letters used in the English alphabet: ä, ö, and for Swedish names, å. Finnish dictionaries and indexes, this word list, and the Locality Search of the Family History Library CatalogLook this term up in the glossary. all use the following alphabetical order:  

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To find and use specific types of Finnish records, you will need to know some key words in Finnish. This section gives key genealogical terms in English and the Finnish words with the same or similar meanings.  

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| kuulutetut

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| kastetut, kaste-, ristimä-

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| syntyneet, synty-

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| haudatut, hauta-, hauda-

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| lapsi

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| see baptism

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| rippilapset, ripille päässeet

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| isä

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| mies, aviomies

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| vihityt, vihki-, naim-, avio-

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| kuukausi, kuu

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| äiti

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| (suku)nimi

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| vanhemmat parishs seurakunta, kunta

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| vaimo, aviovaimo year vuosi, vuoden, vuonna

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This general word list includes words commonly seen in genealogical sources. Numbers, months, and days of the week are listed both here and in separate sections that follow this list.