Sakkola Parish, Viipuri, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Sakkola is a former Finnish municipality which was ceded to the Soviet Union as part of the Moscow Peace Treaty. It is now known as Gromovo in Priozersky District, Leningrad Oblast, Russia. The old historical name of Sakkola is Sakkula. The name was changed in 1735. Sakkola's first church was built in Kiviniemi village at the end of the 16th century. The prayer house, founded in the 1690s in Metsäpirti, was separated into its own congregation in 1902. The first church was built around 1616. A replacement church was completed in 1674, but it burned down due to a lightning strike in the early 1770s. The next church was consecrated in 1772, but it was also burned by lightning in 1776. The last church was completed in 1779, and was consecrated in 1781.

Villages
In 1922 the following villages were found in this parish: Arkuntanhua, Haitermaa, Haparainen, Kaarnajoki, Karhola, Kelja, Kiviniemi, Kottila, Lapinlahti, Lohijoki, Lupra, Mönkö, Ojaniemi, Petäjärvi, Purpua, Riiska, Röykkylä, Sakkola (Kirkonkylä), Valkjärvi, Viiksanlahti, Vilakkala, and Volossula.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Pyhäjärvi, Metsäpirtti, Rautu, Valkjärvi, Vuoksela, Räisälä

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
 * 1735-1854 (*); Sakkolan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1735-1930 (*); Sakkolan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1748-1909 (*); Sakkolan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1864-1899 (*); Sakkolan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Sakkola at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &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