Hammarland Parish, Ahvenanmaa, Finland Genealogy

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

History
The municipality is unilingually Swedish. 95% of its population has Swedish as their native language, making Hammarland one of the municipalities with the highest percentage of Swedish-speakers in Finland, and possibly in the world. Märket, the westernmost point of Finland, is an exclave of Hammarland.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Hammarland, Näfsby, Sålis.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Jomala, Finström, Geta, Eckerö

Church

 * 1589-1945 (*); Hammarlandin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1650-1898 (*); Hammarlandin 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
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1754-1865 (*); Hammarlandin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Hammarland 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