Saarijärvi Parish, Vaasa, Finland Genealogy

Guide to Saarijärvi parish, Finland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

History
Saarijärvi is a town and municipality of Finland and it is located in the Central Finland region. Neighbouring municipalities are Kannonkoski, Karstula, Multia, Soini, Uurainen, Ähtäri and Äänekoski. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The neighboring municipality of Pylkönmäki was consolidated to Saarijärvi on 1 January 2009.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Häkkilä, Kalmari, Lannevesi, Linna, Mahlu, Saarijärvi, Tarvaala.

Place Names
To see what kind of place it is you will need a Finnish gazetteer.

Surrounding Parishes
Kannonkoski, Konginkangas, Äänekoski, Uurainen, Multia, Pylkömäki, Karstula

Census

 * 1550-1809 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1760-1809 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1657-1890 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1657-1915 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index & images
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1726-1871 (*); Saarijärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1726-1873 (*); Saarijärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1788-1854 (*); Saarijärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1856-1900 (*); Saarijärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Saarijärvi at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Saarijärvi at HisKi, Genealogical Society of Finland (Suomen Sukututkimusseuta) &mdash; index. More information about the church

Court Records

 * 1703-1798 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Sääksmäen tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1776-1809 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Rautalammin tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1776-1860 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Rautalammin tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1796-1860 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Pohjanmaan itäinen tk.) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1798-1809 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Pohjanmaan itäinen tk.) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1811-1860 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Pohjanmaan itäinen tk.) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1832-1860 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Saarijärven tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1890-1918 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Saarijärven tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Emigration and Immigration Records

 * 1900-1920 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index

Taxation Records

 * 1809-1915 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images