Åland Islands
Lemland
Parish Records
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 1879 – 1888 and Land Records were used to confirm village and identify farm names. 6, 7, 8
To open a printable list of villages and farms (pdf), click here.
This map of the Lemland Parish in 1938 displays on the HisKi project website, made available by the Genealogical Society of Finland. 6
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Parish History
The parish of Lumparland was once a chapel church reporting to the Lemland parish
Of Interest
During the Finnish War in 1808, Swedish King Gustav IV Adolf had his headquarters in the Lemland parsonage. 1
Villages & Farms
- Norrgård
- Mellangård
- Hinders
- Södergård
- Andersas
- Jakos
- Hinders
- Johans
- Mickels
- Södergård
- Sjulsons
- Smedas
- Mattssons
- Nedergård
- Pellas
- Andersas
- Gåstgifvars
- Nybondas
- Erkas
- Österby / Österlund
- Ollas
- Hansas
- Jakos
- Vesterby
- Joans
- Klemets
- Östegård
- Vestergård
- Uppgård
- Norrgård
- Mellangård
- Börs
- Norrgård
- Mellangård
- Östegård
- Nilsas / Mellengård
- Vestergård / Michels
- Mellangård
- Norrgård
- Södergård
- Södergård
- Vestergård
- Norrgård
- Östegård
- Norrgård
- Vestergård
- Jakos
- Ollas
- Hansas
- Klockars
- Nybondas
- Vestergård
- Seffers
- Skallfogdas
- Mattas
- Norrgård
- Vestergård
- Mellangård
- Österby
- Uppgård
- Södergård
- Vestergård
- Norrgård
Parish Church
St. Birgitta Church 2, 3, 4
- Is in the village of Söderby
- There was once a wooden church, believed to have been built in the 1200’s
- The current church, built in the late 1200’s is made of Åland red granite (rapakivi)
To read more detailed information on the history of the Lemland church, click here.
Attribution: Håkan Henriksson (Narking) / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) 4
Folk Dress
Each parish has a unique folk dress. Parish folk dress can be recognized by its style, colors, and patterns.
Lemland folk dress photos used with permission of the Brage costume agency 5
Resources:
- Lemland, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemland
- Lemland Church, https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terj%C3%A4rv_kyrka
- Lemland Church, http://www.muuka.com/finnishpumpkin/churches/aland/church_aland.html
- Lemland Church Image, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lemland-church-2009.jpg
- Lemland Folk Dress image, Brage costume agency, Woman’s – https://www.brage.fi/sve/draktbyra/draktbyran/folkdrakter/view-163648-11 Man’s – https://www.brage.fi/sve/draktbyra/draktbyran/folkdrakter/view-163648-10
- Lemland Parish, Genealogical Society of Finland, HisKi project, http://hiski.genealogia.fi/hiski/fr4lat?en+0290
- Lemland Parish Communion Records, https://app.arkivdigital.se/volume/v199324?image=1
- Åland landkapsarkiv, Land Records, https://www.arkivet.ax/en/digital-material/search-land-register
