Reisjärvi Parish, Oulu, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Reisjärvi is a municipality located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. Neighbouring municipalities are Haapajärvi, Kinnula, Lestijärvi, Pihtipudas and Sievi and the municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Kalaja, Kangaskylä, Köyhänperä, Levonperä, Reisjärvi.

Place Names
Anttila, Autio, Cärpula, Haikola, Hautala, Heikkilä, Hyväin, Ikontsi, Itkonen, Jauhoniemi, Järvenpää, Kalajanniska, Karjula, Kellokangas, Kesänen, Kiljain, Kilju, Kinnunen, Kiviniemi, Koivuniemi, Korpioja, Kukkatarha, Kulkkula, Kumpumäki, Köyhä, Laitinen, Lammasnirmi, Landeri, Lehtola, Leppänen, Lokkinen, Luomala, Luotoniemi, Lyyrälä, Maliniemi, Mattola, Mustikkaniemi, Niemi, Niinikoski, Niska, Niskala, Paavola, Pafvola,Parkkila, Parkkinen, Partanen, Peltoniemi, Piedilä, Podingi, Puurula, Ruisaho, Räisälä, Räisänen, Siipola, Sipola, Sitkiä, Suihkonen, Suikkonen, Suntakanen, Suontaka, Suontakanen, Särkioja, Syrjä, Tossavainen, Vattuniemi, Vedenpää, Viljamäki, Änäckälä

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
 * 1732-1892 (*); Reisjärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1732-1899 (*); Reisjärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1757-1837 (*); Reisjärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1858-1900 (*); Reisjärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Reisjärvi at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Reisjärvi 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