Salmi Parish, Viipuri, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Salmi is a former Finnish municipality which was ceded to the Soviet Union as part of the Moscow Peace Treaty. It is now known as Salmi, a rural municipality in Pitkyarantsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia. The parish was home to the ruins of St. Nicholas' Orthodox Church. The church was built in 1825 and was badly damaged during the Winter War (1939-1940) and Continuation War (1941-1944).

Villages
In 1922 the following villages were found in this parish: Ala-Uuksu, Hanhiselkä, Hiiva, Hyrsylä, Kanabrojärvi, Karkku, Kaunoselkä, Kirkkojoki, Kovero, Kuronlahti, Käsnäselkä, Lunkula, Manssila (Manshila), Miinala, Mäkipää, Oritselkä, Orusjärvi, Palojärvi, Peltoinen, Perämaa, Rajaselkä, Räimälä, Tiijala, Tulema (Kirkonkylä), Työmpäinen, Uuksalonpää, Uusikylä, Varpaselkä, Virtelä, and Ylä-Uuksu.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Impilahti, Suojärvi, Soanlahti, Soanlahden ortodoksinen seurakunta, Salmin ortodoksinen seurakunta

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
 * 1805-1863 (*); Salmen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; 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