Miehikkälä Parish, Kymi, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Miehikkälä is a Finish municipality and is unilingually Finnish. Neighbouring municipalities are Hamina, Kouvola, Lappeenranta, Luumäki and Virolahti. The parish was originally part of Virolahti parish until 1863. The current church was completed in 1881.

Villages
Between 1919 and 1931 the following villages were found in this parish: Heikkilä, Hurttala, Kylmälä, Lappjärvi, Miehikkälä, Muurikkala, Muurola, and Saivikkala. As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Kalliokoski, Miehikkälä, Muurikkala, Salomiehikkälä, Suurmiehikkälä.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Luumäkim Ylämaa, Säkkijärvi, Virolahti, Vehkalahti, Hamina, Sippola

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
 * 1880-1907 (*); Miehikkälän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Miehikkälä at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Miehikkälä at HisKi, Genealogical Society of Finland (Suomen Sukututkimusseuta) &mdash; index. More information about the church

Court Records

 * 1744-1809 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Kymen tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

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