Kemiö Parish, Turku-Pori, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Kemiö is a former Finnish municipality. The municipality was bilingual: the majority, or 64 percent, spoke Swedish, and 33 percent spoke Finnish. At the beginning of 2009, Kemiö was incorporated into the new municipality of Kemiönsaari, which in addition to Kemiö consisted of the municipalities of Dragsfjärd and Västanfjärd. The place is first mentioned in a document from 1325. According to records found in Älvsborgs lösen there were 551 persons, in addition to 12 manors (kartano) in the parish in 1571. The Swedish name is Kimito.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Germundsvidja, Kemiö, Kiila, Kimito, Mjösund, Pedersjö, Pederså, Strömma, Vestlax, Vreta.

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

Church Records

 * 1446-1945 (*); Kemiön 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
 * 1679-1853 (*); Kemiön seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1695-1865 (*); Kemiön seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * Kemiö - Kimito at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Kimito - Kemiö 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