Tohmajärvi Parish, Kuopio, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Tohmajärvi is a municipality of Finland. The church which was completed in 1756, is the oldest wooden church in North Karelia. In the Peace of Moscow in 1940, which ended the Winter War, the majority of Tohmajärvi remained in Finland but a small area on the border of Kitee and Pälkjärvi and on the border of Pälkjärvi and Värtsilä were included in the territories handed over to the Soviet Union. Tohmajärvi and Värtsilä municipalities merged in 2005, the parishes already merged two years earlier.

Records Loss
During the Great Hatred in 1709, the church was looted, the parsonage was burned, and so were both parsonages in 1742. O. Durchman, "The Destruction of Church Archives." Genos 3 (1932).

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Akkala, Järventaus, Kaurila, Niirala, Onkamo, Saario, Tikkala, Tohmajärvi, Uusivärtsilä.

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

Surnames
1730 1830

Surrounding Parishes
Kiihtelysvaara, Tuupovaara, Värtsilä, Pälkjärvi, Kitee, Rääkkylä, Pyhäselka

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
 * 1686-1860 (*); Tohmajärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1686-1904 (*); Tohmajärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1733-1872 (*); Tohmajärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1831-1900 (*); Tohmajärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Tohmajärvi at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Tohmajärvi 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