It also works to lobby the interests of genealogists in Finland and provides considered opinions within the area of its remit.
The Society is officially bilingual working both in Finnish and Swedish.
[1] Finnish teacher, journalist and genealogist Eeli Granit-Ilmoniemi founded the Society in 1917.
To meet its objectives the Society arranges seminars and educational events, publishes genealogical research, produces and provides research data services, maintains a library in Helsinki specialising in family and personal history and undertakes collaborative work with other agents in the field.
In addition it also publishes the Genealogical Society of Finland publications series, the Genealogical Society of Finland Guides series and Genealogical Society of Finland Year Book series, which has been published since 1917.