Peräseinäjoki Parish, Vaasa, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Peräseinäjoki is a former municipality of Finland. Peräseinäjoki merged with the town of Seinäjoki on January 1, 2005. The municipality was unilingually Finnish. In 1798 Peräseinäjoki became a chapel congregation to Ilmajoki parish. The first church was completed in 1784. The current church was built on the site of the previous one in 1892.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Kalakoski, Kihniä, Peräseinäjoki, Viitala.

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
 * 1799-1862 (*); Peräseinäjoen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1799-1862 (*); Peräseinäjoen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1799-1924 (*); Peräseinäjoen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1859-1900 (*); Peräseinäjoen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Peräseinäjoki at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Peräseinäjoki 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