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31/03/2021

Who Was That Soini? The Origin of the Name of Soini Parish

An article on the origin of the name of Soini municipality — tracing it to a Savonian settler, Suni (Sven) Leppäinen, who founded a farm in Ähtäri village in 1567. Published in Genos 2/2002.

genealogy nomenclature South Ostrobothnia Ähtäri