Finland Genealogical Records

Finland Birth & Baptism Records

Finland Baptism Index (1657-1890)

An index to close to 4.8 million birth and baptism records, listing parents' names.

Finland Marriage & Divorce Records

Finland Marriage Index (1682-1892)

An index to over 600,000 marriage records, including date and place of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.

Finland Death & Burial Records

Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Registry (1550-Present)

A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.

Finland Burial Index (1725-1909)

An index of around 100,000 burial records. The index may include names of relatives and details of the death.

Newspapers Covering Finland

Name Card Index to AP Stories (1905-1990)

An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.

Subject Card Index to AP Stories (1937-1985)

An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.

AP Stories & Newsfeatures (1937-1985)

An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.

Finland Immigration & Travel Records

Swedish Emigration Records (1783-1951)

Abstracts of details found in passenger lists, passport records, correspondence and seaman records, which may list name, age, gender, birthplace, occupation, residence, destination, emigration date and more. Most passengers were traveling to North America.

Finland Directories & Gazetteers

CIA World Factbook (1994)

A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.

World Foreign Gazetteer (1998)

Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.

Finland Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.

Finland Histories & Books

Ancestry Member Photos & Documents (6000 BC-Present)

Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.

Ancestry Member Stories (6000 BC-Present)

Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.

Finland Occupation & Business Records

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Finland

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Ancestry Member Family Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Ancestry World Tree (6000 BC-1997)

A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.

Finland Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Finland Maps

Old Maps Online (1497-2010)

An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.

Finland Reference Works

Nordic Names (1000 BC-Present)

A reference dictionary of Nordic names and details on their history.

Historical Description

The Republic of Finland has an area of 145,588 square miles and a population (1921) of 3,331,814. Capital, Helsingfors. Population of Capital, about 185,510. Principal towns, Abo, Tammerfors, Viborg, Vasa, Jyvaskyla, Uleaborg, Bjorneborg. Imports, from U.K. (1920), Finnish marks 803,800,000. Exports to U.K., Finnish marks 1,059,400,000.

The Newspaper Press Directory and Advertisers' Guide (1922)

Most Common Surnames in Finland

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequency
1Korhonen24,1441:228
2Virtanen23,1801:237
3Nieminen21,2701:258
4Mäkinen21,1241:260
5Hämäläinen19,4461:283
6Mäkelä19,1621:287
7Laine18,5131:297
8Heikkinen18,4421:298
9Koskinen17,7151:310
10Lehtonen16,8981:325
11Järvinen16,7151:329
12Lehtinen15,6901:350
13Saarinen15,0811:364
14Salminen14,8531:370
15Heinonen14,8381:370
16Heikkilä14,5611:377
17Niemi14,4241:381
18Salonen14,1841:388
19Laitinen14,0211:392
20Turunen13,8001:398
21Kinnunen13,4711:408
22Tuominen13,0931:420
23Savolainen13,0601:421
24Salo13,0371:422
25Rantanen12,8351:428
26Jokinen12,7081:433
27Miettinen12,6921:433
28Mattila12,5341:439
29Karjalainen12,2851:447
30Räsänen11,5311:477
31Ahonen11,2571:488
32Lahtinen11,1281:494
33Pitkänen10,7981:509
34Hiltunen10,6621:516
35Ojala10,4611:525
36Leppänen10,3991:529
37Aaltonen10,3571:531
38Leinonen9,9491:552
39Kallio9,8811:556
40Väisänen9,8761:557
41Anttila9,8501:558
42Mustonen9,8051:561
43Hakala9,7591:563
44Laaksonen9,7391:564
45Manninen9,4961:579
46Koivisto9,3661:587
47Lehto9,2971:591
48Laakso9,2921:592
49Hirvonen9,2041:597
50Toivonen9,1141:603
51Kettunen9,0571:607
52Hartikainen9,0151:610
53Nurmi8,9231:616
54Niskanen8,8931:618
55Aalto8,8081:624
56Partanen8,7741:626
57Peltonen8,7641:627
58Rantala8,7581:628
59Lappalainen8,5241:645
60Pulkkinen8,3441:659
61Niemelä8,3311:660
62Rissanen8,2821:664
63Seppälä8,2711:665
64Saari8,1771:672
65Kauppinen8,1731:673
66Hakkarainen7,9841:688
67Hänninen7,9251:694
68Huttunen7,8281:702
69Seppänen7,7101:713
70Moilanen7,7051:713
71Salmi7,6871:715
72Suominen7,6611:717
73Koskela7,5501:728
74Halonen7,4751:735
75Kemppainen7,4671:736
76Lahti7,4621:737
77Mikkonen7,4041:742
78Peltola7,3901:744
79Parviainen7,3791:745
80Kärkkäinen7,3611:747
81Ikonen7,3501:748
81Leskinen7,3501:748
83Aho7,3391:749
84Ahola7,3351:749
85Koponen7,2931:754
86Pesonen7,2451:759
87Oksanen7,1401:770
88Vainio7,0431:780
89Lindholm6,9691:789
90Heiskanen6,9281:793
91Vuorinen6,9151:795
92Johansson6,8551:802
93Rautiainen6,8441:803
94Mikkola6,8421:803
95Toivanen6,8301:805
96Karppinen6,7591:813
97Nurminen6,7101:819
98Koski6,6551:826
99Immonen6,6471:827
100Honkanen6,5321:842
101Nyman6,4821:848
102Kokkonen6,3841:861
103Vartiainen6,3711:863
104Harju6,3121:871
105Heino6,3071:872
106Hyvärinen6,1901:888
107Leino6,1801:889
108Mäki6,1761:890
109Martikainen6,1371:896
110Juntunen6,0671:906
111Rajala5,9961:917
112Jääskeläinen5,9871:918
113Määttä5,9721:920
114Holopainen5,9461:924
115Laukkanen5,9151:929
116Kangas5,8461:940
117Karlsson5,8191:945
118Ruotsalainen5,8011:948
119Nykänen5,7791:951
120Hyvönen5,7611:954
121Uusitalo5,7121:962
122Mäenpää5,6661:970
123Laurila5,6251:977
124Keränen5,6111:980
125Viitanen5,5761:986
126Paananen5,5021:999
127Makkonen5,4801:1,003
128Lindström5,4371:1,011
129Tikkanen5,3961:1,019
130Kukkonen5,3241:1,032
131Kokko5,3221:1,033
132Nevalainen5,2361:1,050
133Tamminen5,2011:1,057
134Väänänen5,1931:1,058
135Salmela5,1811:1,061
136Häkkinen5,1581:1,066
137Ranta5,1261:1,072
138Jaakkola5,0991:1,078
139Tiainen5,0681:1,085
140Hietala5,0631:1,086
141Pasanen5,0271:1,093
142Korpela4,9931:1,101
143Kosonen4,9891:1,102
144Kujala4,9831:1,103
145Karvonen4,9821:1,103
146Härkönen4,9701:1,106
147Jokela4,8861:1,125
148Eriksson4,8851:1,125
149Lindroos4,8541:1,132
150Valtonen4,8501:1,133
151Kuusisto4,8481:1,134
152Timonen4,8291:1,138
153Andersson4,7341:1,161
154Virta4,6581:1,180
155Asikainen4,6521:1,182
156Karhu4,6351:1,186
157Tolonen4,5411:1,210
158Sillanpää4,5301:1,213
159Saarela4,5271:1,214
160Kolehmainen4,5011:1,221
161Koistinen4,4781:1,227
162Tirkkonen4,4741:1,229
163Rinne4,4661:1,231
164Rautio4,4591:1,233
165Lindqvist4,4331:1,240
166Malinen4,4321:1,240
167Jussila4,4261:1,242
168Autio4,4111:1,246
169Lampinen4,3961:1,250
170Hokkanen4,3931:1,251
171Kivelä4,3141:1,274
172Eskelinen4,3011:1,278
173Puustinen4,2621:1,290
174Huhtala4,2581:1,291
175Voutilainen4,2551:1,292
176Nissinen4,2471:1,294
177Räisänen4,1851:1,313
178Nousiainen4,1681:1,319
179Laakkonen4,1551:1,323
180Pietilä4,1501:1,325
181Kainulainen4,1351:1,329
181Kuusela4,1351:1,329
183Tolvanen4,0791:1,348
184Koivula4,0501:1,357
185Pirinen4,0281:1,365
186Lepistö4,0141:1,369
187Tuovinen3,9941:1,376
188Taskinen3,9901:1,378
189Pennanen3,9771:1,382
190Suhonen3,9761:1,382
191Penttinen3,9551:1,390
192Luoma3,9351:1,397
193Pelkonen3,9131:1,405
194Helenius3,9041:1,408
195Marttila3,8791:1,417
196Pakarinen3,8561:1,425
197Liimatainen3,8491:1,428
197Riikonen3,8491:1,428
199Karttunen3,8451:1,430
200Hietanen3,8201:1,439