Finström Parish, Ahvenanmaa, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Finström is a municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland. The municipality has a population of 2,616 of which 93.8% speak Swedish and 3.4% Finnish as their first language. The municipality is unilingually Swedish.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Bamböle, Emkarby, Finström, Godby, Kulla, Pålsböle, Strömsvik, Tjudö.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Jomala, Sund, Saltvik, Geta, Hammarland

Church

 * 1623-1947 (*); Finströmmin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1645-1850 (*); Finströmmin 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
 * 1758-1869 (*); Finströmmin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Finström 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