Record Atlas
8 FamilySearch collections · 1 archive · 19 places · 1600–1920

Finland

Where the records of Finland are, who holds them, and what it costs to look. 39,743,508 indexed records reachable through FamilySearch alone.

Where to start in Finland

1 of the 1 checked source here can be opened tonight. 1is free images with no account. On top of that, 9 worldwide services reach Finland without a subscription.

Write to Kansallisarkisto / HisKi for what is not online. FamilySearch has 8 collections covering it, running 1600–1920, 39,743,508 indexed records. One piece of this ground is mapped for jurisdiction, so the atlas can say whose archive held it in a given year.

19 places placed, 0 volumes walked. Not one of them has had its paper counted yet, so treat the shelf here as a list of somewhere to look rather than a list of what survives. Open Finland on the map, or tell us what is missing.

Whose archive this ground was

Record regions mapped in Finland — which empire held the ground, and therefore which archive holds its paper.

  • Finland 4 eras Helsinki, Turku, Vyborg, Ostrobothnia, Karelia

The archives

  • Kansallisarkisto / HisKi free Helsinki, Finland

    The Finnish National Archives, plus the Genealogical Society's HisKi parish transcriptions. Free.

And 12 worldwide providers reach Finland too — the full list.

8 FamilySearch collections

Grouped by the ground each one covers, nationwide. A free account opens the images; some are restricted to a Family History Centre.

Finland — nationwide 8

2 more collections, contributed

A directory David assembled, sorted by what kind of record each one is. Read this differently from the rest of the page. The descriptions are his, not an archive's catalogue, and nobody here has opened the volumes behind them. Every link was tried on 2026-09-20 and answered; the ones that did not are not listed.

Church and parish registers 2
Probate, land and notarial 1
Military and wartime 1
Cemeteries and burials 1

19 places, 0 volumes

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