Sund Parish, Ahvenanmaa, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Sund is a municipality of Åland (Ahvenanmaa). It is an autonomous territory of Finland which is very rich in history and culture, being one of the official 27 National Landscapes of Finland. The municipality is unilingually Swedish. The old Medieval post route from Stockholm, Sweden to Turku, Finland passes through Sund.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Bomarsund, Finby, Hulta, Kasteholm, Sund, Tosarby.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Lumparland, Vårdö, Saltvik, Finström, Jomala

Church Records

 * 1636-1890 (*); Sundin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1640-1860 (*); Sundin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 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
 * 1697-1857 (*); Sundin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * Sund 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