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  • Institute of Migration
  • The Emigrant Register - 400,000+ entries.
  • Sources include:
    1. Passport Records, 1896-1915
    2. Passenger Records, 1892-1896, 1899-1914, 1920-1939, 1949-1960
    3. Finns deceased abroad, all countries, circa 1918-1950
    4. The estate records of the Consulate General of Finland in New York, 1918-1950
    5. References to books and newspapers
    6. Passport and passenger records, 1873, 1882, 1890, 1905 and 1913
    7. Church records of Finnish-Swedish congregations in America
    8. Foreign citizens who were naturalized in Finland before 1918
    9. A list of Finns in New Zealand
    10. A list of Finns who traveled to America via Denmark between 1868 and 1896



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