Lestijärvi Parish, Vaasa, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Lestijärvi is a municipality of Finland and is unilingually Finnish. Lestijärvi originally belonged ecclesiastically and administratively to Lohtaja parish. In 1578 a chapel was established in the parish. This was replaced by a new church in 1827.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Lesti, Lestijärvi.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Sievi, Reisjärvi, Kinnula, Perho, Halsua, Kälviä, Toholampi

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
 * 1759-1907 (*); Lestijärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1774-1860 (*); Lestijärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1787-1868 (*); Lestijärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1843-1907 (*); Lestijärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Lestijärvi at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Lestijärvi 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