Finström

Because parish Communion records are listed by village and farm name and because farm names often were used as a part of a person’s name, it is interesting to note the following farms. HisKi project findings were used as a starting point to identify parish villages.  Then Parish Communion Records of 1877 – 1882, Land Records, and other sources were used to  confirm village and identify farm names. ^{8, 9, 10, 11,12}

To open a printable list of villages and farms (pdf), click here.

This attached map of the Finström Parish in 1938 displays on the HisKi project website, made available by the Genealogical Society of Finland. ⁸

Church of St. Michael ^{2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

Experts disagree when the church of St. Michael was built.  Some experts say it was built in the early 1200’s, others say it was the end of the 1200’s, and still others say it wasn’t built until the mid-1400’s.  What is agreed upon is that the church replaced an earlier wooden church from the 1100’s.

To read more information on the history of the Finström church, click here.

Image attribution: Ulf Rydin / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) ⁶