Uusikaupunki Parish, Turku-Pori, Finland Genealogy

Guide to Uusikaupunki parish, Finland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

History
Uusikaupunki is a town and municipality located in the Southwest Finland region and the municipality is unilingually Finnish. The original name of the main village that was incorporated into Uusikaupunki was Kalainen. The surrounding region, and especially the neighboring town of Kalanti, which merged with Uusikaupunki in 1993, was already a lively marketplace for wooden objects and salt in the early Middle Ages. Uusikaupunki was founded to legalize this trade. The town of Uusikaupunki was founded as a town with the rights of commerce in 1617 by decree by Gustav II Adolf. In 1721, the Peace of Nystad was signed in Uusikaupunki, ending the Great Northern War between Sweden and Russia. The Swedish name is Nystad.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Uusikaupunki.

Place Names
To see what kind of place it is you will need a Finnish gazetteer.

Church Records

 * 1643-1924 (*); Uudenkaupungin kaupunki- ja maaseurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1657-1890 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1657-1915 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index & images
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1688-1870 (*); Uudenkaupungin kaupunki- ja maaseurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1737-1859 (*); Uudenkaupungin kaupunki- ja maaseurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1805-1903 (*); Uudenkaupungin kaupunki- ja maaseurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Uusikaupunki - Nystad at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Uusikaupunki - Nystad at HisKi, Genealogical Society of Finland (Suomen Sukututkimusseuta) &mdash; index. More information about the church

Emigration and Immigration Records

 * 1900-1920 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index

Taxation Records

 * 1809-1915 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images