He wrote: > > I have found this name in Sweden (Maria Turpiainen > was mentioned in some article about folklore). > I know that 40000 Finns moved to "Finnskogarna" > Sweden during 1600's. There's only one family in Finland > having this name and because it is my mother's maiden name, > I am very interested in any information about persons and > families carring this name. I can handle the research in Finland > but in Sweden, Norway, United Staes and Russia or Carelia, > if you have paersons with this name in your genealogical path > I would preciate information. > Thank you, > Hessu. Being more specific (thank you answer anyone who answered) Turpeinen and Turpiainen seems to me not being the same name, altough Turpiainens (Turpia, Turpiain) are many time misspeculated to be Turpeinens.