Hammarland Parish, Ahvenanmaa, Finland Genealogy

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

Indexed Collections
FamilySearch Historical Records
 * Suomen Sukututkimusseura = Genealogical Society of Finland - HisKi: Hammarland, More information about the parish
 * Historical Records Collections - Finland
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Taxation

 * 1809-1915 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

FamilySearch Library

 * Hammarlandin seurakunta,
 * Hammarlandin seurakunta,
 * Hammarlandin seurakunta,

History
The municipality is unilingually Swedish. 95% of its population has Swedish as their native language, making Hammarland one of the municipalities with the highest percentage of Swedish-speakers in Finland, and possibly in the world. Märket, the westernmost point of Finland, is an exclave of Hammarland.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Hammarland, Näfsby, Sålis.

Place Names
To see what kind of place it is you will need a Finnish gazetteer. • 3

Surrounding Parishes Jomala, Finström, Geta, Eckerö

Research Helps
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