Satakunta
6 articles
The Free Company of the Turku and Pori County Cavalry Regiment
A previously unpublished article (2004–2005) on the Free Company of the Turku and Pori County Cavalry Regiment during the Great Northern War — an obscure unit that appears in muster rolls for January–May 1712.
The Oldest Parish Registers of Tyrvää 1693–1722
The book Tyrvään vanhimmat rippikirjat 1693–1722 has long been sold out and is now available as an e-book — an unusually rich early source for genealogists researching families from Tyrvää, Kiikka and Kiikoinen.
Soldier Nicknames: Heard in Finnish, Written in Swedish
A research note on the problem of soldier additional names in the Pori Regiment muster book during Gustav III's Russian War (1788–1790) — how Finnish spoken names were distorted when written down by Swedish-speaking clerks.
A Small Find on the Map
A 1650 map of Ylä-Satakunta shows the village name "Meürenen" — confirming that Mäyränen and Meuronen are variant spellings of the same name, both deriving from the word for badger.
The Genealogist's Problem: Was the Common Ancestor Mauri or Mäyrä?
A personal research puzzle: tracing the paternal line back to Juho Laurinpoika Mäyränen (1606) and investigating whether the name Meuronen of Lapee and Mäyränen of Ruovesi are the same — and what the ancestor's first name really was.
Pori County Infantry Regiment — General Muster Roll 1728
A transcription of the general muster roll of the Pori County Infantry Regiment from 1728 — an essential genealogical source for soldiers from the allotment system in Satakunta and surrounding areas.