Evijärvi Parish, Vaasa, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Evijärvi is a municipality of Finland and is unilingually Finnish. In the middle of the 16th century it was part of Pietarsaari parish. In 1760 it became a chapel congregation of Lappajärvi, and in 1865 it was separated into its own congregation.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Evijärvi, Ina, Kuoppa-aho, Lepistönmäki, Särkilä, Vasikka-aho.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Kortesjärvi, Lappajärvi, Purmo, Teerijärvi (Terjärv), Ähtäva (Esse)

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
 * 1760-1850 (*); Evijärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1760-1861 (*); Evijärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1760-1931 (*); Evijärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Evijärvi at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Evijärvi 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