I am helping out in the search for Daniel HENRICKSON, son of Aron HENRICKSON, born 15 August 1860, somewhere in Finland.
For more than twenty years the family have been trying to find a record of his birth. They know of two possible birth places.
One birthplace is Priastadt, mentioned in Daniel's Australian naturalisation papers.
Image 6 - Naturalisation Papers
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/NAAMedia ... 74&S=6&T=P
Priastadt may be Brahestad (Raahe). I have looked through several of the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa parish records on SSHY and Arkistolaitos. Unfortunately I could not find a Daniel.
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The other birthplace is a village which "sounds like Koomeny". In 1860 the village was fourteen miles from the Russian border. I hoped "Koomeny" was Kunonniemi but there was no Daniel in the 1853-64 Lastenkirja.
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I have also traced several Aron HENRICKSON's on HisKi and then Rippikirja but none have a son called Daniel.
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My question is have the Lastenkirja or Rippikirja been indexed by first name and surname. They are amazing resources but rely on knowing a birthplace or village name. Without a birthplace you need to go parish by parish and page by page which is a huge job - a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack (neula heinäsuovassa according to Google Translate

If there is no index (which I suspect is the case) can someone suggest how I should continue the search for Daniel. Or is it simply a case of continuing my page by page search through the parish archives.
Many thanks for your help
Beg