Merijärvi Parish, Oulu, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Merijärvi is a municipality of Finland located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Merijärvi, Pyhäkoski, Ylipää.

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

Alaponnikas, Anttila, Bengtilä, Danskala, Eilo, Eilola, Elsilä, Erikkilä, Eskola, Flakakärri, Haanpää, Haarakangas, Hamppula, Hiitola, Hijtola, Huhtala, Härölä, Järvelä, Kalapudas, Karkulahti, Kauppila, Koskela, Laurin, Mickola, Myllykangas, Nefvanperä, Nevanperä, Niemelä, Nivala, Njemelä, Ojala, Ollika, Ollila, Paavonperä, Pahkasalo, Perälä, Pirttikoski, Puckarila, Pyhälä, Pärkälä, Salmela, Saukoniemi, Takala, Talus, Toppila, Tuomela, Tyngilä, Tähjänjoki, Tähjänsuu, Wahvamaa, Wiitala

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
 * 1781-1867 (*); Merijärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1781-1876 (*); Merijärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1781-1903 (*); Merijärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1846-1902 (*); Merijärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Merijärvi at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Merijärvi 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