Nomenclature and glossaries
Updated 4.10.2023
– Sirkka Paikkala – Last Names in Finnish Genealogy (might take a while before the right page uploads)
– Sirkka Paikkala – First Names in Finnish Genealogy (might take a while before the right page uploads)
– Finnish Genealogical Society: this page contains sources of information on Finnish personal names, surnames, given names and patronymics, not forgetting matronymics.
Name changes which have been published on the newspapers:
Suomen Virallisessa lehti vuodesta 1888 alkaen
Finlands allmänna tidning -lehti vuosina 1875–1913,
Karjalan vartia -lehti vuosina 1919–1920
Karjalanääni -lehti keväällä 1934
Oikeusministeriön luettelot nimenmuutoksista vuosilta 1935–1937
– The Finnish Genealogical Society’s SukuHaku data service. In the service, you can search the directory by, for example, a new or old name, and to use the name change directories you need to log in to SukuHaku, which is a member service of the Society.
– The Finnish Genealogical Society’s collection of Finnish, Swedish and Latin abbreviations that you may come across when doing genealogical research.
– Project Runeberg’s digital visual edition of the work Pieni Tietosanakirja, 4 parts, 1925-1928.
– A list of links to useful dictionaries and glossaries for genealogists, compiled by the Finnish Genealogical Society