Noormarkku Parish, Turku-Pori, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Noormarkku is a former municipality of Finland located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Satakunta region. The municipality was unilingually Finnish. Noormarkku was annexed with the neighboring city of Pori on 1 January 2010. The Swedish name is Norrmark

In 1736, a preaching house was established in the area of the Ahlaiten chapel, which was granted the rights of a chapel congregation under the parent congregation of Ulvila in 1771. Formed as an independent parish in 1861, when Ahlainen and Pomarkku were appointed as its chapel parishes. Both separated (Ahlainen 1893 and Pomarkku 1899) into their own parishes. Noormarkku has included the Lassila (Swedish: Klåsmark) preaching house since 1850. Lassila received permission to form a separate parish in 1922, but the permission expired in 1928.

Records Loss
In Ulvila käräjät 30/1-3/2 1727 it is stated that "Normarks Cappel's church book during Russian rule has disappeared". There are entries from Noormark in the parish register of Pori from 1737-43 and in the history books until 1743, so independent accounting apparently started in 1744; became a pulpit ("church cottage") c. 1736. The report of the Archives Commission 1900 states 1918 as the starting year of the history books destroyed in 1774, Ad. Neovius, Register of the clergy, statistical department, p. 17, 1779; became a chapel in 1771. The church burned down during the War of Independence on March 30, 1918, from the explosive bullets fired at it by Russian soldiers, when Ripkirkijat (Communion books) 1747-1805 and Historiakirjat 1774-1829 were destroyed. O. Durchman, "The Destruction of Church Archives." Genos 3 (1932). "Supplement VIII." Genos 15 (1944).

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Finpyy, Harjakangas, Lassila, Noormarkku.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Ahlainen, Kankaanpää, Kullaa, Lavia, Pomarkku - Påmark, Pori - Björneborg, Ulvila - Ulvsby

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
 * 1779-1928 (*); Noormarkun seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1805-1865 (*); Noormarkun seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1806-1860 (*); Noormarkun seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1861-1907 (*); Noormarkun seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Noormarkku - Norrmark at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Noormarkku - Norrmark 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

Taxation Records

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