Hi again...
Thanks for the Finnish info :-)
The following won't help your NZ search, and apologies if you've already done it, but have you considered browsing through the on-line Finnish birth/baptism registers for August 1860 and seeing if a Daniel gets a mention. Will take time and patience but what's new :-)
Here's an example....
In reply to one of your earlier posts (Feb 1999) Robert.T says that
"Priastadt" could be
"Brahestad", which corresponds to the parish of
"Raahe".
Here is the August 1860 baptism register for Raahe/Brahestad...
http://www.sukuhistoria.fi/sshy/kirjat/Kirkonkirjat/raahe/syntyneet_1846-1860_ik56-57/222.htmA bit harsh on the eyes but the names of the children are usually either underlined, as in this example, (Albert, Albert, Samuel, Maria, August etc) or have their own column.
And the numbers next to the name relate to the date of birth and baptism e.g
"12 16 Albert" means Albert born 12 Aug 1860, baptised 16 Aug 1860.
So you'll be looking for a 15 and a Daniel. You can ignore everything else until you find your man. Then just ask for a translation on the Europe board. The other stuff is usually parents names, residence, occupation, sponsors names and priest.
The main problem is that there are a couple of hundred searchable parish registers on-line. This page lists them all...
http://www.sukuhistoria.fi/sshy/kirjat/Kirkonkirjat/arkisto/paikkakunnittain.htmWhat you need to do is check August 1860 in each individual
"Paikkakunta - Parish"You're looking for
"Syntyneiden ja kastettujen luettelot" or
"Syntyneet", which means birth/baptism register. If it's not on the parish page it's yet to be digitised.
A lot depends on the birth date information you have being correct. It may pay to check the Raahe registers either side of 1860.
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A lot of the Finnish birth registers are indexed on FamilySearch but
"only a few localities are included"https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1778464Couldn't find a likely Daniel with a father Aaron. You may have more luck.
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Of course you could just spend 27 Euro (A$35) and become a member of the FFHA site. Then you could have a look at their index of names. Much quicker. (I'm assuming the birth registers have been indexed but it may pay to ask.)
Join the FFHA
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Like I said earlier, apologies for the post if you've already done this.
Regards
Beg
