Töysä Parish, Vaasa, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Töysä is a former of Finland. It was consolidated to Alavus on 1 January 2013. Most inhabitants spoke Finnish. The Töysä region initially was a chapel congregation to Isonkyrö. In 1645, the village was joined to the Kuortanene chapel congregation. In 1789, Perä-Töysä and Ylä-Töysä formed the Töysä preaching house (saarnahuonekunna) belonging to Alavute parish. A wooden church was completed for the parish in 1799–1800. Töysä's preaching house was designated as an independent parish in 1896, but in practice the separation was only realized in 1926.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Hakojärvi, Kitula, Ritola, Suutala, Tuuri, Töysä.

Place Names
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
 * 1797-1940 (*); Töysän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1800-1881 (*); Töysän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1807-1860 (*); Töysän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1862-1901 (*); Töysän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Töysä at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Töysä 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