Merikarvia Parish, Turku-Pori, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Merikarvia is a municipality of Finland located in the Satakunta region. The neighboring municipalities are Isojoki, Kristiinankaupunki, Pomarkku, Pori and Siikainen. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The coastline was formerly Swedish-speaking. The birth of the earliest villages in Merikarvia - Kasala, Riispyy, Ala- and Yli-Kylä, and Köörtilä - is dated to between the 13th and 14th centuries. As a separate municipality, Merikarvia has existed since 1865. The Swedish name is Sastmola.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Kasala, Kuvaskangas, Köörtilä, Lankoski, Lautjärvi, Merikarvia, Pohjansaha, Riispyy, Tuorila, Ylikarvia.

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

Church Records

 * 1657-1890 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1657-1915 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index & images
 * 1660-1898 (*); Merikarvian seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1670-1851 (*); Merikarvian seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1750-1866 (*); Merikarvian seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1852-1907 (*); Merikarvian seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Merikarvia - Sastmola at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Merikarvia - Sastmola 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