Lumparland

HisKi project findings were used as a starting point to identify parish villages.  Then Parish Communion Records of 1875 – 1884 and Land Records were used to confirm  village and identify farm names. ^{6, 7, 8} 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.

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

This map of the Lumparland Parish in 1938 displays on the HisKi project website, made available by the Genealogical Society of Finland. ⁶

St Andrews Church ^{2, 3, 4}

• A chapel existed as early as 1544
• It was noted to be in disrepair in the early 1600’s; had been built in a marshy area
• Was moved from marshy area to higher location around 1666
• Burnt down during the Northern War (1714 – 1721)
• Rebuilding started in the early 1720’s
• Was expanded in 1812
• Is located on a high hill in Klemetsby
• A white painted, rectangular, wooden church
• Dedicated to Andrew, who was Jesus’s disciple and brother to Peter

To read more detailed information on the history of the Lumparland church click here ²  or here. ³

Attribution: Anna Rydin / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) ⁴