Finby

Parish Records

Because parish Communion records are listed by village and farm names 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 1871 – 1880 were used to confirm village and identify  farm names. ^{6, 7 &  8} 

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

Parish Church

Finby Church (in Finnish – Sarkisalo Church)

• Built of logs
• Completed in 1760
• Resources disagree on the church builder, either
  • Matts Sander, a native of Turku -or-
  • John Backman
• Separate wooden belfry completed in 1762   ^{2, 3}

Image attribution: Kyzyl 17:17, 4 September2006 (UTC) / CC BY-SA (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) ⁴

Folk Dress

Each parish has a unique folk dress.  Parish folk dress can be recognized by its style, colors, and patterns.

Finby folk dress photos used with permission of the Brage costume agency. ⁵

Resources:

1. Finby, https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finby,_Salo
2. Finby Church, https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finby_kyrka
3. Finby Church, http://www.wakkanet.fi/~museot/english/sarkisalo.htm
4. Finby Church Image, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:S%C3%A4rkisalo_church_and_belltower.JPG
5. Finby Folk Dress, Brage costume agency – Women’s: https://www.brage.fi/sve/draktbyra/draktbyran/folkdrakter/view-163648-40 Men’s: https://www.brage.fi/sve/draktbyra/draktbyran/folkdrakter/view-163648-119
6. Finby Parish, Genealogical Society of Finland, HisKi project, http://hiski.genealogia.fi/hiski/aal8tv?en+0041
7. Finby Parish Communion records of 1871-1880, https://www.sukuhistoria.fi/sshy/index_eng.htm
8. Finby Parish Communion records of 1871- 1880, https://www.sukuhistoria.fi/sshy/sivut/HisKi-digiarkisto.php?bid=8842
9. Salo Congregation, https://www.kyrktorget.se/salo (Finby is now a part of the Salo congregation.)