The Registry of Christenings is the best place to confirm the date and location of an ancestor’s birth. Although most birthdates in the Communion records are correct, errors can occur. The most accurate source for the birthdate is the Registry of Christenings. In addition, the Registry of Christenings provides the parents’ full names and often the father’s occupation. Some records also give the mother’s age at the time of the birth. All records list the godparents. Some may be relatives.
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The Communion Books (rippikirjat in Finnish) are an important source of genealogical information. Unlike birth and death records, they provide information about an entire family. From them, you can learn the names and birth dates of a person’s family members. In this post, I will show you how to access the Communion Book information available on the Internet. As in my previous post, I will use the family of knife fighter Antti Isotalo as my example.
Continue readingKnife-fighters (Puukkojunkkarit in Finnish) were troublemakers who were active in Southern Ostrobothnia region in Finland in the 19th century. Antti Isotalo was a well known knife-fighter and I use him as an example, how to find the birth record of a person who lived in Finland during 1700 to 1900 and who were his/her parents.
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