Ancestors in Finland

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Birgitta

Ancestors in Finland

Legg inn av Birgitta » 28 mar 2005 13:57:56

Hi

In search of my maternal grandfather's birthplace
in the Swedish part of Finland I am looking for
a way - archives - to find out WHERE to start
looking. Would anybody be able to help me?
Birgitta Nilsson
Vero Beach Florida

Hasse Andtbacka

Re: Ancestors in Finland

Legg inn av Hasse Andtbacka » 28 mar 2005 14:49:42

Hello Birgitta,

try to start telling the name, date and place of birth of your grandfather.
Maybe there is a way to find what you are looking for.

Hasse from Swedish speaking Finland.

"Birgitta" <birgitta@starband.net> skrev i meddelandet
news:97f3a$4247fd92$943f240b$12659@STARBAND.NET...
Hi

In search of my maternal grandfather's birthplace
in the Swedish part of Finland I am looking for
a way - archives - to find out WHERE to start
looking. Would anybody be able to help me?
Birgitta Nilsson
Vero Beach Florida

Birgitta

Re: Ancestors in Finland

Legg inn av Birgitta » 29 mar 2005 00:38:58

Hej Hasse!
Tack för snabbt svar. Min morfar Emil Wickman föddes 28 jan 1870
antagligen i Österbotten i Finland. I 3-årsåldern följde han med
sin mamma + syster till Norrbotten i Sverige, där han bodde till
20-årsåldern då han ca 1890 emigrerade till USA, där han bodde
i Jamestown New York. Från början hette han Vikman men tog sig
namnet Wickman när han emigrerade till Amerika. Vid sekelskiftet
ca 1900 återvände han till Sverige och träffade min mormor i
trakten av Varberg, där de gifte sig 17 sept 1904. Mormors namn
var Josefina Dorotea Stöberg från Förlösa i Kalmar län, Sverige.
Morfar dog 22 aug 1926 i Bruzaholm Ingatorps socken Jönköpings län
Sverige. Har ingen aning om VAR han föddes och tillbringade sina
första levnadsår i Finland men förmodar det är trakten kring Vasa.
Kan Du eller någon annan hjälpa mig att hitta sätt att ta reda på
detta? Tacksam för alla slags svar om hur jag skall hitta vidare!
Birgitta i Vero Beach FLorida
Hasse Andtbacka wrote:
Hello Birgitta,

try to start telling the name, date and place of birth of your grandfather.
Maybe there is a way to find what you are looking for.

Hasse from Swedish speaking Finland.

"Birgitta" <birgitta@starband.net> skrev i meddelandet
news:97f3a$4247fd92$943f240b$12659@STARBAND.NET...

Hi

In search of my maternal grandfather's birthplace
in the Swedish part of Finland I am looking for
a way - archives - to find out WHERE to start
looking. Would anybody be able to help me?
Birgitta Nilsson
Vero Beach Florida



Leif Rasmussen

Re: Ancestors in Finland

Legg inn av Leif Rasmussen » 30 mar 2005 19:35:17

"Birgitta" <birgitta@starband.net> skrev i meddelandet
news:97f3a$4247fd92$943f240b$12659@STARBAND.NET...

Hi

In search of my maternal grandfather's birthplace
in the Swedish part of Finland I am looking for
a way - archives - to find out WHERE to start
looking. Would anybody be able to help me?
Birgitta Nilsson
Vero Beach Florida



Hi Birgitta


Maybe it would be worthwhile searching the HisKi-project database found
here: http://www.genealogia.fi/historia/indexe.htm

Probably not the easiest and/or fastest way to find your ancestors, and the
parish records may not have been transcribed yet, but maybe still worth
trying.

Leif
(from the Danish speaking part of Denmark....;o))

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