Kärsämäki Parish, Oulu, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Kärsämäki is a municipality of Finland located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. Neighbour municipalities are Haapajärvi, Haapavesi, Pyhäjärvi, Pyhäntä and Siikalatva.The municipality is unilingually Finnish. In 1764, a chapel congregation was formed in Kärsämäki, and in 1865 it was separated into an independent parish. The municipality of Kärsämäki was founded in 1869. The first church in the parish was built in 1764–1765, and demolished in 1841. A new church was built in 1842.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Kärsämäki, Saviselkä, Tulppo, Venetpalo.

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

Surnames
1775 1839

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; *1763-1943 (*); Kärsämäen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1767-1850 (*); Kärsämäen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1769-1864 (*); Kärsämäen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1850-1906 (*); Kärsämäen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kärsämäki at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Kärsämäki 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