Hi,

My wifes GG Grandfather was a gentleman called John Roti. On his death cert it states his nationality as Finland (not Finnish) however family legend states that he was from Norway and not Finland. In some reasearch on the net I found an interesting reference to Finnmark a province of Norway. Is this true? If it is are there any Roti/Roties that come from that area?

John was born in c.1850 to a David Roti (who was rather unhelpfully a fisherman). John was a sailor who latter married a Welsh girl however he died at sea shortly after his marriage and his Rotie descendants (the surname altered from Roti to Rotie during this time) continued to live in Wales.

Any help or advice on Norweagian internet records (which I can't seem to find) would be fantasic

Many Thanks

Rich