Lehtimäki Parish, Vaasa, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Lehtimäki is a former municipality of Finland that was consolidated to Alajärvi on 1 January 2009. The municipality was unilingually Finnish. Lehtimäki originally belonged to Pietarsaari parish. The village of Lehtimäki belonged to the Lappajärvi chapel from 1637 and to the Alajärvi chapel from 1751. A prayer room (rokushuonekunta) was founded in Lehtimäki in 1799 and was established as a chapel in 1859. It was not until 1904 that an independent congregation was founded. The Lehtimäki church was completed in 1800.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Hernesmaa, Lehtimäki.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Alajärvi, Soini, Ähtäri, Töysä, Kuortane

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
 * 1793-1897 (*); Lehtimäen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1800-1861 (*); Lehtimäen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1800-1883 (*); Lehtimäen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1862-1913 (*); Lehtimäen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Lehtimäki at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Lehtimäki 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