Kortesjärvi Parish, Vaasa, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Kortesjärvi is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated, together with Alahärmä and Ylihärmä, to Kauhava on 1 January 2009. The municipality was unilingually Finnish. The municipality has also been known as Markki. In 1789, Kortesjärvi separated from the parent parish of Lappajärvi as its own chapel parish. Three years later, the congregation got its own church.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Kortesjärvi, Peltotupa, Purmojärvi, Rintala.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Evijärvi, Lappajärvi, Kauhava, Alahärmä, Jepua, Purmo

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
 * 1791-1947 (*); Kortesjärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1793-1850 (*); Kortesjärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1795-1859 (*); Kortesjärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kortesjärvi at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Kortesjärvi at HisKi, Genealogical Society of Finland (Suomen Sukututkimusseuta) &mdash; index. More information about the church

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