Soini Parish, Vaasa, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Soini is a municipality of Finland. Neighbouring municipalities are Alajärvi, Karstula, Kyyjärvi, Saarijärvi and Ähtäri. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The areas of Soin have belonged to many municipalities. The southernmost villages have belonged to Pirkkala, Ruovete, Keuruuse, and Ähtäri, while the northern ones have belonged to Pietarsaari, Lappajärvi and Alajärvi. In 1784, the prayer house of Soini, which was part of Lappajärvi, was founded. In 1859, Soini became the chapel congregation of Alajärvi and it was separated into its own congregation in 1895.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Laasalanmäki, Soini.

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
 * 1780-1935 (*); Soinin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1793-1860 (*); Soinin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1793-1891 (*); Soinin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1863-1900 (*); Soinin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Soini at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Soini 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