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We study series of the form ${\displaystyle \sum _M|{Aut}_R{\left(M\right)|}^{-1}{\left|M\right|}^{-u}}$, where $R$ is a commutative local ring, $u$ is a non-negative integer, and the summation extends over all finite $R$-modules $M$, up to isomorphism. This problem is motivated by Cohen-Lenstra heuristics on class groups of number fields, where sums of this kind occur. If $R$ has additional properties, we will relate the above sum to a limit of zeta functions of the free modules $R^n$, where these zeta functions count $R$-submodules of finite index in $R^n$. In particular we will show that...