Loviisa Parish, Uusimaa, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Loviisa is a municipality and town on the southern coast of Finland. The city was founded in 1745 as Degerby, named for the nearby Degerby estate, as a border town after the Peace of Turku in 1743. In 1745 it was visited by king Adolf Fredrik and renamed Loviisa after his wife, Queen Loviisa Ulrika. In 1748 construction on the fortress and the Svartholm fortress ten kilometers south began. Most of the fortifications of both sites have been preserved. About 43 per cent of the population is Swedish-speaking. The neighboring municipalities of Liljendal, Pernå and Ruotsinpyhtää were consolidated with Loviisa on January 1, 2010. The Swedish name is Lovisa, until 1752 it was called Degerby.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Loviisa, Valkom.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Pernaja, Ruotsinpyhtää

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
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1728-1907 (*); Loviisan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1748-1860 (*); Loviisan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1749-1941 (*); Loviisan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1750-1860 (*); Loviisan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1775-1815 (*); Jägerhornin rykmentti, Loviisa at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1799-1847 (*); Suomen sotilasseurakunnat at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Loviisa - Lovisa at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Loviisa - Lovisa at HisKi, Genealogical Society of Finland (Suomen Sukututkimusseuta) &mdash; index. More information about the church

Court Records

 * 1748-1810 (*); Raastuvanoikeus (Loviisa) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1752-1794 (*); Erikoistuomioistuimet (Loviisa) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1760-1805 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Porvoon tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1810-1861 (*); Raastuvanoikeus (Loviisa) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1810-1862 (*); Kämnerinoikeus (Loviisa) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1811-1919 (*); Kansallisarkisto (Helsinki) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

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