Föglö Parish, Ahvenanmaa, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Föglö is a group of islands and municipality in Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland. The municipality has a population of 501. Erik Adolf von Willebrand discovered von Willebrand disease of the blood by observing a family in Föglö.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Degerby, Föglö, Järsö, Skogboda, Sonnboda, Ulverso, Överö.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Kökar, Sottunga, Vårdö, Lumparland, Lemland

Church

 * 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
 * 1691-1943 (*); Föglön seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1693-1860 (*); Föglön seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1739-1861 (*); Föglön seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Föglö at HisKi, Genealogical Society of Finland (Suomen Sukututkimusseuta) &mdash; index. More information about the church

Emigration and Immigration

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

Taxation

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