Lapua Parish, Vaasa, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Lapua is a municipality located next to the Lapua River in Finland. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The Battle of Lapua was fought between Swedish and Russian forces near the outskirts of the town on 14 July 1808 as part of the Finnish War. In the 1930s the radical anti-communist Lapua Movement was founded and named after the town. At the beginning of the 1590s, Lapua became an independent parish. When Kauhava was joined to Lapua parish in 1608, Suur-Lapua included the chapels of Kauhava, Härmä, Kuortanee, Nurmo, and Töysä. The Swedish name is Lappo.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Haapakoski, Hellanmaa, Hirvikylä, Karhunkylä, Karhunmäki, Kauhajärvi, Lakaluoma, Lapua, Mustamaa, Ruha, Tiistenjoki.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Kauhava, Lappajärvi, Alajärvi, Kuortane, Nurmo, Ylistaro, Ylihärmä

Census

 * 1720-1774 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1637-1924 (*); Lapuan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1657-1890 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1657-1915 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index & images
 * 1659-1850 (*); Lapuan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1680-1860 (*); Lapuan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1861-1907 (*); Lapuan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Lapua - Lappo at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Lapua - Lappo at HisKi, Genealogical Society of Finland (Suomen Sukututkimusseuta) &mdash; index. More information about the church

Court Records

 * 1678-1680 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Keski-Pohjanmaan tk.) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1805-1810 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Keski-Pohjanmaan alinen tk.) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1810-1860 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Alavuden tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - 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