Sotkamo Parish, Oulu, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Sotkamo is a municipality of Finland, located in the Kainuu region. Sotkamo has grown beside a water route formed by a continuous band of lakes and rivers. The waters of the Sotkamo route run through Kajaaninjoki into Oulujärvi and finally to the Baltic Sea, but in the past the waterways also created an important commercial route to the White Sea in the east. The same water route has been used by soldiers of Russia, Sweden and Denmark to rob and ravage this remote countryside for centuries.

Villages
Between 1919 and 1931 the following villages were found in this parish: Alasotkamo, Jormaskylä, Korholanmäki, Laakajärvi (Laaka), Nuasjärvi (Nuvaskylä), Sumsa, Tipasoja, and Ylisotkamo. As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Juurikkalahti, Laaka, Laakajärvi, Naapurivaara, Ontojoki, Paakki, Paha, Saviaho, Sotkamo, Sumsa, Tuhkala, Vihtamo, Vuokatti.

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

Surnames
1730 1830

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
 * 1683-1865 (*); Sotkamon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1683-1880 (*); Sotkamon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1728-1857 (*); Sotkamon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Sotkamo at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Sotkamo 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