Suoniemi Parish, Turku-Pori, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Suoniemi is a former municipality of Finland in the former Turku and Pori Province, nowadays in the Pirkanmaa region. It was consolidated with Nokia in 1973, which was located in the Häme Province at the time. The area was originally part of the Karkku parish, In 1973, it was incorporated into Nokia municipality and moved from Turku-Pori county To Häme County. The estates of Kulju and Kauniainen were formed in 1641 from properties donated by Queen Christina of Sweden to Colonel Helmut Wrangel. Records from this parish are found under Turku-Pori, Suoniemi in the FamilySearch Catalog.

It was founded as Karku's chapel in 1693. In 1863, Suoniemi was ordered to be merged with its parent parish and a new church had to be built in the middle of both old churches. The orders were canceled in 1893 and Suoniemi continued as a chapel until 1908, when it was ordered to be separated into its own parent church. Joined the Nokia congregation in 1973.

- The church burned down from a thunderstorm on Midsummer's Day 24/6 1799.

- History books (not 1759) Karku's books include births, marriages and deaths from 1750-54, which earlier are included in Karku's own. The lists are therefore the oldest compiled in the parish, even though Karku's chaplain lived here from 1716. The history books kept independently in our own archive, all series, start in 1759. [O. Durchman: The destruction of church archives. Genos 3(1932). Supplement VIII. Genos 15(1944)]

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Kulovesi, Sarkola, Suoniemi.

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

=== Surrounding Parishes ===


 * Hämeenkyrö - Tavastkyro
 * Karkku
 * Mouhijärvi
 * Nokia
 * Tottijärvi Suoniemi, Hame, Finland.jpg

Census

 * 1540-1714 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1540-1809 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

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
 * 1683-1918 (*); Suoniemen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1729-1865 (*); Suoniemen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1759-1864 (*); Suoniemen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1859-1904 (*); Suoniemen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Suoniemi at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Suoniemi 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