Vehmaa Parish, Turku-Pori, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Vehmaa is a municipality of Finland and is unilingually Finnish. Vehmaa is mentioned as an independent parish in 1331. The stone church was built between 1425 and 1450 and is consecrated to Saint Margaret. The parish is home to Amberla manor. The Swedish name is Vemo and Wehmo.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Ennyinen, Himoinen, Kaivoinen, Kiimkallio, Kirkkomäki, Lahdinko, Rautila, Vehmaa, Vinkkilä.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Laitila, Mynämäki, Meitoinen, Askainen, Taivassalo, Lokalahti, Kalanti

Census

 * 1540-1713 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1632-1890 (*); Vehmaan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 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
 * 1685-1838 (*); Vehmaan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1694-1860 (*); Vehmaan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1859-1903 (*); Vehmaan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Vehmaa - Vemo at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Vehmaa - Vemo at HisKi, Genealogical Society of Finland (Suomen Sukututkimusseuta) &mdash; index. More information about the church

Court Records

 * 1704-1861 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Vehmaan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1810-1818 (*); 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