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Back to [[Finland | Back to [[Finland]]► | ||
=== Step Backward before Stepping Forward === | === Step Backward before Stepping Forward === | ||
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Record the film number, fiche number, book number, CD number or Web address of the site where informaiton was obtained, along with book, page, and entry number where applicable. The person following your tracks to get to that same information should need just a few minutes to do that, if you've done a good job of documenting. | Record the film number, fiche number, book number, CD number or Web address of the site where informaiton was obtained, along with book, page, and entry number where applicable. The person following your tracks to get to that same information should need just a few minutes to do that, if you've done a good job of documenting. | ||
=== Think Phonetically === | === Think Phonetically === | ||
You may have from family or other sources the name(s) of the place(s) in Finland where your ancestor lived or came from. However, when you try to find that in a place list such as the parish listing for Finland, or, a gazetteer, it doesn't show up. What then? Remember that an "American language" ear heard what your Finnish ancestor was trying to say in his/her "Americanized Finnish or Swedish," | You may have from family or other sources the name(s) of the place(s) in Finland where your ancestor lived or came from. However, when you try to find that in a place list such as the parish listing for Finland, or, a gazetteer, it doesn't show up. What then? Remember that an "American language" ear heard what your Finnish ancestor was trying to say in his/her "Americanized Finnish or Swedish," | ||
A study of the [[ | A study of the [[Finland Language and Languages|Finnish language]] or [[Sweden: Language and Languages|Swedish language]] will help you with pronounciation and by saying the name of a place or person over and over as it was written in America, may lead you to the place or name as it was in Finland. | ||
=== Watch Those Dates! === | === Watch Those Dates! === | ||