Espoo Parish, Uusimaa, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Espoo is the second largest city and municipality in Finland. It is part of the Finnish Capital Region, and most of its population lives in the inner urban core of the Helsinki metropolitan area, along with the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, and Kauniainen. Espoo shares its eastern border with Helsinki and Vantaa, while enclosing Kauniainen. Other bordering municipalities of Espoo are Nurmijärvi and Vihti in the north, and Kirkkonummi in the west.

Espoo doesn't have a traditional city center, but it has several local regional centers. Espoo is thus divided into seven major areas. The city of Espoo is officially bilingual. The majority of the population, 83.6%, speaks Finnish, while a minority of 8.3% speaks Swedish. Another 8% of Espoo's population has a first language other than Finnish or Swedish. The first mention of the place is in 1431. The Swedish name is Esboo.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Alberga, Björkgård, Bondas, Brinken, Esbo, Espoo, Finnå, Kauklahti, Kilo, Kivilahti, Koivuhovi, Köklaks, Laaksolahti, Leppävaara, Matinkylä, Mattby, Mäkkylä, Pelto, Stensvik, Tuomarila, Westend, Åker.

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

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
 * 1687-1850 (*); Espoon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1687-1949 (*); Espoon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1735-1860 (*); Espoon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Espoo - Esbo at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Espoo - Esbo 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