Digiarkiston keskustelufoorumi

Thank you for further explaining it to me!
Thank you,
Lynette

Thank you for your reply. I am still a bit confused. By farm does that mean the entire farm - the Anttila farm No 6 is six pages in the Communion Book - or each individual farmer? And how did they determine how much money the farm had to pay? What would happen if the farm could not pay the money? Th...

I found some records in the file “lahoitusvarojen” or Accounts of Endowment Funds for the Alajärvi Parish. I found my ancestors on some of the records and can’t find a description of what this file actually is. I am thinking that it is the money that the families donated to the church. Is this corre...

Thank you! I am hoping to visit Finland next summer and would like to see where my family lived.

Thank you so much for the information.
I am trying to decipher the Communion books and could not find the answer to these question anywhere.
Thank you,
Lynette

I am researching my great-grandparents from Finland - Heikki Erkinpoika Anttila and Maria Mattsdotter Karvala. They immigrated to the United States in 1880 and 1881 settling in Maple, WI where they received 80 acres through the Homestead Act. Some very basic questions: Is there a map somewhere in th...

I am researching my Finnish heritage and am trying to figure out what some of the symbols on a household examination page mean and can’t find the answer anywhere. The Anttila family - Page 107 1843-1849 of the Alajärvi Parish - what do the symbols “F”, “t” and the pitchfork mean to the left of the f...