We’ve now successfully worked in just about all of these countries.  Most recent: Denmark (pro bono translation on the FamilySearch Germany/Prussia Genealogy Community (Facebook page where I serve as an admin) & my wife’s ancestry;

Also: Finland (pro bono geographic & parish register ascertaining on the Finland Genealogy Community, where I served as a requested substitute admin/research consultant.)

2010: Lithuania! Littau in German

https://www.familysearch.org/search/search/library_catalog#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=place&searchCriteria=&placeName=Finland,+Vaasa,+Pihtipudas&author_givenName=&author_surname=&subjectCountTotal=2&uri=http%3A//catalog-search-api%3A8080/www-catalogapi-webservice/search%3Fquery%3Dsubject_id%3A337147%26count%3D50&subjectId=337147

Library Catalog

• Finland, Vaasa, Pihtipudas – Church records – Indexes ₍₁₎
  1. Computer printout of Pihtipudas, Vaasa, Finland (1785-1863) : births or christenings A thru Z
     

     author:	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
     availability:	Family History Centers

• Finland, Vaasa, Pihtipudas – Church records ₍₃₎
  1. Kirkonkirjojen kopiot, 1732-1892
     

     author:	Suomen kirkko. Reisjärven seurakunta
     availability:	Family History Centers

  2. Kirkonkirjat, 1870-1899
     

     author:	Suomen kirkko. Pihtiputaan seurakunta
     availability:	Family History Centers

  3. Kirkonkirjat, 1784-1892
     

     author:	Suomen kirkko. Pihtiputaan seurakunta
     availability:	Family History Centers

Karl-Michael Sala    Great, Bradley Marchant!
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Finland, Oulu, Reisjärvi – Church records (3)
… Finland, Oulu, Reisjärvi – Court records (2)
Finland, Oulu, Reisjärvi – Guardianship (2)
Finland, Oulu, Reisjärvi – History (1)
Finland, Oulu, Reisjärvi – Land and property (2)
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 Karl-Michael Sala  Library Catalog
Finland, Oulu, Reisjärvi – Church records (3)

Kirkonkirjat, 1732-1899   … author: Suomen kirkko. Reisjärven seurakunta   availability: Family History Centers

Kirkonkirjojen kopiot, 1732-1892  author: Suomen kirkko. Reisjärven seurakunta

Kirkonkirjat, 1858-1900   author: Suomen kirkko. Reisjärven seurakuntaSee More

 Bradley Marchant The SSHY has a lot of the records online for Finland. After that, the other church records woudl need to be ordered on microfilm and microfiche to her local FHC if she doesn’t live in Utah.

   Karl-Michael Sala This will take you straight to the Reisjärvi FHL Catalog entry: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F91170

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If this title has been microfilmed, see the Film Notes section. It contains a description of the microfilm or microfiche numbers.

  Bradley Marchant And even nicer, here’s a link to their marriage in Reisjärvi. This is the SSHY website I mentioned before: http://www.sukuhistoria.fi/sshy/kirjat/Kirkonkirjat/reisjarvi/vihityt_1860-1880_ik160/2.htm

SSHY – Reisj�rvi , Vihityt, 1860-1880 – Kuva 2    www.sukuhistoria.fi

 Bradley Marchant The farmer’s son Wilhelm Mattsson Hindikka from Pihtepudus (sp?) Chapel and the farmer’s daughter, the young maiden Kaisa Lisa Henriksdatter Syriä from Kangaskyla (the name of the village within Reisjarvi) No. 10 married at the Prestgarden, 17 February 1860.

  Bradley Marchant Thats a basic translation. 🙂

   Karl-Michael Sala Pihtipudas, Finland www.maps.google.com    Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps

  Karl-Michael Sala Reisjärvi, Kangaskylä, Suomi keyword for www.maps.google.com    Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps

 Bradley Marchant I have found the parish of Wilhelm’s birth … its in the scans I have ready to email at work.

 

 Karl-Michael Sala ‎85930 Kangaskylä   in Reisjärvi, Nivala-Haapajärvi, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland

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Mary Harrell    Can someone please help read where Simon Szczesniak was born? I can’t seem to locate the town on a map. See Section 5 on the WWI Draft Registration. Thank you so much.

<whew> More solid teamwork! After much ado about something, and after having cracked another Europe (Mecklenburg) case today for a fellow teammate, Kelly, who Skyped me & provided me the rootsweb link below for Poland towns, here are the best phonetic hypotheses (yes, plural) of Karl-Michael Sala !

Isn’t this great fun?[these 3 are ALL in the region aka] Wojewodztwo Zachodniopomorskie PolandKedzierzin city

Kedzierzyn-Kozle city

Kedzierzynka city

Karl-Michael Sala A 2nd witness for one of these places, rapidly provided to me by Kelly, on our Skype group page, is at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~polwgw/towns.html

‎77th endorsement received online from a fellow volunteer admin consultant on the FamilySearch Germany/Prussia Genealogy Research Council (Facebook page):

Betseylee Browning, VP, Browning Technologies (colleague) worked directly with you:

“Karl-Michael is a competent genealogist in German and Polish research. He also does research in various countries in mainland Europe. He has a broad knowledge of sources and records. He also speaks the language with proficiency. As a fellow genealogist I have admired his skills and I would recommend him highly.” December 6, 2011

Robin Foster   I love the teamwork that brought down this brickwall! Nice GERMANY/PRUSSIA!

• You and Janell Larson Vasquez like this.   Karl-Michael Sala Now, that’s what I’m talkin’ ’bout{;>)

Karl-Michael Sala Good work, Debbie Furgat Dunn! Contrary to the patron’s (oh, that’s you) line of thought, changing the letter R to an S, the Matzling as Maeteslinck IS a VERY close phonetic match! I’m buying it, at least to get the records for THAT place. The Z in that word is pronounced like an s after the t & the -ing is pronounced precisely like -inck! Because we want an Austria location, THIS is phonetically as close as it gets, my friend! “You gotta Like the teamwork, baby”{;>) I believe we might just about have this one in the bag! You get to now ascertain what church & what the parish would be for the Matzling location in an Austrian (Österreich) gazetteer! I would like your post, but for some reason, it is not accepting any comments or likes, so I’ll Like it here.

  Debbie Furgat Dunn Wooo hooo! Thanks this is a huge leap forward for me.

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