Kuhmo Parish, Oulu, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Prior to 1937 the municipality was called Kuhmoniemi. Kuhmo is a town and a municipality in Finland. Neighboring towns are Hyrynsalmi, Lieksa, Nurmes, Ristijärvi, Sotkamo and Suomussalmi. Across the Russian border is Kostomuksha. Vartius, one of the border crossing points between Finland and Russia, is located in northern Kuhmo. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. In 1753 it became a chapel of Sotkamo parish and was separated from Sotkamo as an independent parish in 1854.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Hukkajärvi, Iivantiira, Katerma, Korpisalmi, Kotajärvi, Kuhmo, Kuumo, Lammasperä, Lentiira, Lentua, Tervasalmi, Vieksi, Viiksimo, Ylivieksi.

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

Surnames
1757 1851

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
 * 1700-1900 (*); Kuhmon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1757-1857 (*); Kuhmon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1772-1865 (*); Kuhmon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1866-1906 (*); Kuhmon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kuhmo at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Kuhmo 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