Lemi Parish, Kymi, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Lemi is a municipality of Finland. Lemi is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the South Karelia region. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Villages
Between 1919 and 1931 the following villages were found in this parish: Ahtiala, Hakulila, Heikkilä, Huttula, Hyvärilä, Iitiä, Juvola, Kaamanniemi, Kapiala, Keskisenpää, Korpela, Kurkela, Kärmeniemi, Laukkola, Lavola, Merenlahti, Metsola, Mikkola, Nisola, Nuppola, Parkkola, Pöllölä, Ruohiala, Ruomi, Sairala, Sorvarila, Suomalainen, Suoniala, Suontakainen, Sutela, Taipale, Tevaniemi, Torvenniemi, Uiminniemi, Urola, Vainikkala, and Värtölä. As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Kangasmäki, Kotimäki, Lemi, Telamäki, Uimi.

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
 * 1738-1911 (*); Lemin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1823-1907 (*); Lemin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Lemi at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Lemi 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