Tornio Parish, Lappi, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Tornio is a city and municipality in Lapland, Finland. The city forms a cross-border twin city together with Haparanda on the Swedish side. It borders the Swedish municipality of Haparanda. In spite of being a border city Tornio is unilingually Finnish with a negligible number of Swedish speakers.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Tornio.

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

Census

 * 1734-1750 (*); Lääninhallitus (Lapin lääni) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

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
 * 1659-1850 (*); Tornion seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1665-1898 (*); Tornion seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1780-1862 (*); Tornion seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1818-1901 (*); Tornion seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Tornio - Torneå at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Tornio - Torneå 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

Probate Records

 * 1666-1878 (*); Raastuvanoikeus (Tornio) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1666-1913 (*); Kansallisarkisto (Helsinki) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Schools and Education

 * (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Taxation Records

 * 1809-1915 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images