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| − | '''Capital ''' Helsinki<br> | + | '''The content of this page has been moved to a new location in the Reference Library which can be accessed via the <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.familytreeforum.com/content.php Home Page]</span> of the forum.''' |
| − | '''Languages''' Finnish, Swedish<br>
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| − | '''Currency ''' Euro<br>
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| − | Finland is situated in northern Europe, and is bordered by Sweden, Russia, Norway and Estonia.
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| − | It is a country with thousands of lakes and many islands, with little arable land, being mostly forested. Finland has a strong Lutheran following, and much of the country is scattered with churches and monuments reflecting this. Helsinki, the capital city centres around fine old architecture, where many galleries and museums can be found, along with most of the big industries that form todays economy.
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| − | Finland is, of course, the home of Father Christmas and many people visit the country for is fine christmas celebrations, as well as skiing and sledging.
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| − | *[http://genealogy.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&zTi=1&sdn=genealogy&cdn=parenting&tm=391&gps=134_730_962_551&f=00&tt=14&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//www.narc.fi/ Finnish National Archives]
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| − | *[http://genealogy.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&zTi=1&sdn=genealogy&cdn=parenting&tm=286&gps=88_242_962_551&f=00&tt=14&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//genforum.genealogy.com/finland/ Finland Genealogy Forum]
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| − | *[http://www.rootsweb.com/~finwgw/ Finland GenWeb]
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| − | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland Finland Wikipedia]
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| − | *[http://www.genealogia.fi/sss/indexe.htm Genealogical Society of Finland]
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| − | *[http://www.dis.se/search_fi_index_e.htm The DISBYT Database]
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| − | *[http://virtual.finland.fi/History/ History of Finland]
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| − | *[http://vesta.narc.fi/cgi-bin/db2www/sotasurmaetusivu/main?lang=en World War One War Victims]
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| − | *[http://www.freedict.com/onldict/fin.html Finnish/English -English/Finnish on line Dictionary]
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| − | *[http://www.rootsweb.com/~bwo/finland.html Finland Books We Own]
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| − | *[http://www.genealogia.fi/emi/krono/indexe.htm Aland Island Sheriff's Passport List 1863-1916]
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