Ekenäs

Parish Records

When a parish includes city and country folks, it is not unusual for the Communion records of both to be documented in the same book. The records are divided into two parts; city and country dwellers.  This is the case for Ekenäs.

The focus of this project is on the country dwellers – ‘Ekernäs lands forsamlings folk personal’.  Specific directions for locating country records are included in the ‘Resources’ section.

Because the country dweller 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  farms.

HisKi project findings were used as a starting point to identify parish villages. Parish Communion Records of 1869-1883 were the primary resource used to confirm village and identify farm names. ^{9 & 10}

Of Interest

 The name Ekenäs is composed of the Swedish words ‘ek’ (oak) and ‘nas’ (promontory or peninsula).

Attribution: Mikkoau / CC BY-SA
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• 1589 – construction of a small wooden church begins
• 1600 – wooden church is complete
• 1651 – the idea of a new stone church is initiated
• 1680 – the stone church is completed
• 1690 – the wooden church is demolished
• 1821 – a fire breaks out igniting the roof, only a few items are saved
• 1842 – a new church, designed by Charles Bassi and built by Anders Fredrik Granstedt is completed ^{3 & 4} 

To view more of the Ekenäs church, click here. ⁶