Suomenniemi Parish, Kymi, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Suomenniemi is a former municipality of Finland and it was consolidated with Mikkeli on 1 January 2013. The municipality had the smallest population of the Finnish mainland and the municipality was unilingually Finnish. The church was built in 1866.

Records Loss
The oldest part of the church archives is said to have been destroyed in a fire. The information about the fire in the archive dates back to 1826. When the parish was founded and got its own priest in 1689 and the History books begin in 1772, the Ripkirjat in 1774, the rectory fire may have already happened in the early 1770s. O. Durchman: "The Destruction of Church Archives. Supplement VII." Genos 3 (1932), 6 (1935).

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Karkaus, Luotolahti, Pajulahti, Suomenniemi.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Ristiina, Puumala, Savitaipale, Mäntyharju

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
 * 1772-1854 (*); Suomenniemen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1772-1899 (*); Suomenniemen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Suomenniemi at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Suomenniemi 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

Guardianship Records

 * 1827-1865 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Lappeen tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Taxation Records

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