Ruotsinsalmi Parish, Kymi, Finland Genealogy

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

Taxation

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

History
Ruotsinsalmi (Ruotsinsalmen merilinnoitus, Swedish: Svensksund) is a naval fortification in Kotka, Finland. It was part of the fortification system of South-Eastern Finland built by the Russians after the Russo-Swedish War of 1788-1790 (Gustav III's War, Finninsh:Kustaa III:n sota). In 1855 the combined British-French fleet destroyed part of the fort. FamilySearch has records of the for soldiers stationed there.