Merikarvia Parish, Turku-Pori, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Merikarvia is a municipality of Finland located in the Satakunta region. The neighboring municipalities are Isojoki, Kristiinankaupunki, Pomarkku, Pori and Siikainen. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The coastline was formerly Swedish-speaking. The birth of the earliest villages in Merikarvia - Kasala, Riispyy, Ala- and Yli-Kylä, and Köörtilä - is dated to between the 13th and 14th centuries. As a separate municipality, Merikarvia has existed since 1865. The Swedish name is Sastmola.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Kasala, Kuvaskangas, Köörtilä, Lankoski, Lautjärvi, Merikarvia, Pohjansaha, Riispyy, Tuorila, Ylikarvia.

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

Aaka, Ahola, Alikasa, Bakka, Brännås, Eklund, Erckilä, Haanpää,Hautala, Heikkilä, Honga, Isostricka, Kallio, Kasaböle, Keldakangas, Koittankoski, Kortesaniemi, Korvenkangas, Kristola, Kuggi, Karppala, Kärri, Lähteenmäki, Mahlamäki, Marttila, Mattila, Måggi, Myllykallio, Myllyviita, Mäkelä, Norrbacka, Näsi, Ohtama, Åhtama, Åtama, Paulakangas, Pitkäranada, Peldomaa, Randala, Rikalaissalo, Rompponen, Sastmola, Seppälä, Takalahti, Tommila, Tuominiemi, Walenius, Vanhatalo, Warsamäki, Viikilä, Viitala, Välineva, Ylihuhtala, Ylijummpi, Yliknuusi, Yliponnikka

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
 * 1660-1898 (*); Merikarvian seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1670-1851 (*); Merikarvian seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1750-1866 (*); Merikarvian seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1852-1907 (*); Merikarvian seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Merikarvia - Sastmola at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Merikarvia - Sastmola 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