Halsua Parish, Vaasa, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Halsua is a municipality of Finland. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Halsua originally belonged to Kokkola parish, In 1826 a prayer house was founded, which turned into a chapel congregation in 1856 attached to Veteli parish. The congregation became independent in 1906. The Swedish name is Halso.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Halsua, Kanala, Karvonen.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Kaustinen (Kasutby), Kälviä (Kelviå), Perho, Veteli (Vetil), Alaveteli (Nedervetil)

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
 * 1838-1886 (*); Halsuan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1838-1893 (*); Halsuan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1838-1908 (*); Halsuan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1864-1902 (*); Halsuan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Halsua at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Halsua 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