Åland Islands

Geta

Land & Livelyhood

Geta is the northernmost parish of the Åland Islands.

Parish Records

HisKi project findings were used as a starting point to identify parish villages. 8 Then Parish Communion Records of 1867 – 1886 and Land Records were used to confirm village and identify farm names. 9, 10 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 farms names.

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

This map that highlights the Geta parish from 1938 displays on the HisKi project website, made available by the Genealogical Society of Finland. 8

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Villages & Farms

No farm names listed.

No farm names listed.

  1. Södergård
  2. Norrgård

  1. Vestergård
  2. Ostegård
  3. Mellangård

No farm names listed.

  1. Östegård
  2. Vestergård

  1. Östegård
  2. Vestergård

No farm names listed

No farm names listed

  1. Norrgård
  2. Nygård
  3. Södergård
  4. Knuts

  1. Vestergård
  2. Östegård
  3. Korsnas

  1. Markusas
  2. Andersas
  3. Gäfstrom
  4. Backa

  1. Södergård
  2. Norrgård

  1. Östegård
  2. Norrgård
  3. Utgård
  4. Staffans
  5. Bengts
  6. Eskils
  7. Pellas

  1. Berglund
  2. Toböle
  3. Påvals
  4. Vestergård
  5. Kapellansbohl
  6. Södergård
  7. Gropens
  8. Månsas
  9. Norrgård
  10. Furuholm

Parish Church

  • Built in the 1460’s
  • Made of Åland’s red granite
  • Rectangle shaped
  • Located in the village of Västergeta
  • Used as a chapel until the early 1900’s

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

St. Görans Kyrka or Saint George’s Church 1, 3, 4 Attribution:  Erik Brunström / CC BY-SA 5 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)

Folk Dress

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

Geta folk dress photo used with permission of the Brage costume agency. 7

Resources:

  1. Finstrom-Geta Parish, https://www.finstromgeta.ax/kyrkor-och-lokaler/geta-kyrka
  2. Geta, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terj%C3%A4rv
  3. Geta Church, https://www.kyrkor.ax/churches/foglo-church/
  4. Geta Church, https://www.spottinghistory.com/view/4/geta-church/http://www.muuka.com/finnishpumpkin/churches/aland/church_aland.html
  5. Geta Church image, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geta_kyrka.JPG
  6. Geta Folk Dress image, Brage costume agency, https://www.brage.fi/sve/draktbyra/draktbyran/folkdrakter/view-163648-55
  7. Geta Forsamling, https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geta_kyrka
  8. Geta Parish, Genealogical Society of Finland, HisKi project, http://hiski.genealogia.fi/hiski/fr4lat?en+0047
  9. Geta Parish Communion Records, 1867 – 1886, https://app.arkivdigital.se/volume/v199429?image=1
  10. Åland landkapsarkiv, Land Records, https://www.arkivet.ax/en/digital-material/search-land-register