Pello Parish, Lappi, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Pello, known as Turtola until 1949, is a municipality of Finland. Pello is located approximately 12 miles north of the Arctic Circle in the western part of the province of Lapland, and is a part of the Lapland region. The municipality is on the national border with Sweden, by the Tornionjoki-river. The municipality is unilingually Finnish, according to the legal definition in Finland.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Juoksenki, Karunki, Konttajärvi, Lankojärvi, Matinlompolo, Orajärvi, Pello, Rattosjärvi, Turtola.

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

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
 * 1866-1904 (*); Pellon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images

Emigration and Immigration

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

Taxation

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