Loimaa Parish, Turku-Pori, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Loimaa is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The town of Loimaa merged with Loima municipality on January 1, 2005 and with the municipalities of Alastaro and Mellilä on January 1, 2009. Loimaa's neighbouring municipalities are Huittinen, Humppila, Koski Tl, Marttila, Oripää, Punkalaidun, Pöytyä, Somero, Säkylä and Ypäjä. The Swedish name is Loimijoki.

Records Loss
From the register of the church of Neovius 1898, Hist. section, p. 17, the information taken "part of the archive must have burned in the rectory at the beginning of this century or at the end of the last" is confirmed by the minutes of the Turku clergy meeting 16-20/9/1807, p. 49, which shows that the rectory burned in 1807. The fire happened at night 2/5 1807. The church burned down with the bell and casters 10-11/8 1888, but the archive was saved. There are two archival accounts of the church fire: Otto W. Mattson, The church fire in Loimaa, which destroyed the expensive temple of the Lord by lightning on August 10, 1888, late at night, Turku 1888; Viktor Myllykorpi (Myllykorsi) aka Ritala, One new and sad song from Aiwan about the miserable fire of Loimaa church, which happened on 10 days in August 1888, Tampere 1888; O. Durchman, "The destruction of church archives". Genos 3 (1932), "Supplement III" and "IV" Genos 4 (1933), "Complete fires in church buildings." Genos 6 (1935).

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in Loimaa parish: Haitula, Kojonkulma, Kojonperä, Loimaa, Piltola and these villages were found in Mellilä parish: Huovintie, Mellilä..

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

Lomijoki chapel (Alastaro)

Surrounding Parishes
Alastaro, Punkalaidun, Metsämaa, Ypäjä, Koski TL, Marttila, Pöytyä, Oripää

Census

 * 1540-1713 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1556-1934 (*); Loimaan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1631-1852 (*); Loimaan 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
 * 1707-1858 (*); Loimaan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1839-1903 (*); Kanta-Loimaan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Loimaa at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Loimaa 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