Somerniemi Parish, Häme, Finland Genealogy

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

History
The first church was built in 1682 as a chapel annexed to Somero parish. The existing church was built in 1813. In 1901 it became its own parish, separate from Somero. On 1 January 1977 it was merged with Somero municipality in Turku-Pori. The estates of Palikainen and Kopila are located in Somerniemi. Somerniemi originally was a chapel congregation to Somero. The first chapel church was built in 1682 and the chapel congregation got its first priest in 1695. The current Somerniemi wooden church is from 1813. The parish is home to Palikainen manor. The Swedish name is Sommarnäs.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Palikainen, Somerniemi.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Tammela, Pusula, Nummi, Kiikala, Somero

Census

 * 1539-1713 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1539-1809 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

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
 * 1690-1891 (*); Somerniemen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1735-1928 (*); Somerniemen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1741-1854 (*); Somerniemen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1871-1900 (*); Somerniemen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Somerniemi at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Somerniemi at HisKi, Genealogical Society of Finland (Suomen Sukututkimusseuta) &mdash; index. More information about the church

Court Records

 * 1795-1860 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Ali-Sääksmäen tuomiokunta) 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