Sipoo Parish, Uusimaa, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Sipoo is a Finnish municipality east of Helsinki. The once almost completely Swedish-speaking municipality has become bilingual since 1953, a majority being Finnish speakers since 2003, due to migration from other parts of Finland. Today the Finnish-speaking majority is at 60% and the Swedish-speaking minority is about 39% of the population. It is estimated that the first Swedish immigrants came to the area in the 14th century. Sipoo was initially a chapel congregation of Porvoo. The parish of Sipoo was founded in 1425. The parish is home to several estates such as Östersundom, Hitå, and Eriksnäs which were founded in the 17th century. The Swedish name is Sibbo.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Borgby, Gumbostrand, Hangelby, Kallbäck, Linnanpelto, Martinkylä, Massby, Mårtens by, Nickby, Nikkilä, Paippinen, Sibbo, Sipoo, Tallmo, Talma, Östersundom.

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
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1729-1850 (*); Sipoon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1732-1905 (*); Sipoon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1735-1878 (*); Sipoon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1828-1923 (*); Sipoon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Sipoo - Sibbo at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Sipoo - Sibbo 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