Haapavesi Parish, Oulu, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Haapavesi is a town and a municipality of Finland located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. Neighbour municipalities are Haapajärvi, Kärsämäki, Nivala, Oulainen, Raahe, Siikalatva and Ylivieska and the municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Ainali, Aittovaara, Haapavesi, Humaloja, Karhukangas, Kytökylä, Mieluskoski, Mieluskylä, Vatjusjärvi, Karsikas.

Place Names
Ala, Alatalo, Ahonperä, Alikoski, Eskilä, Filpula, Hatunen, Heiska, Hinttala, Hirsikoski, Hirvikoski, Hotakka, Huikari, Huiska, Humaloja, Hurnasti, Huttuinen, Huttunen, Jokitaloi, Junno, Juntoinen, Jylkö, Järvenpää, Karsikas, Karvoinen, Kativoinen, Kervinen, Korpi, Koskela, Kulju, Käräjäoja, Laitinen, Laukka, LaukkaPyy, Lehtola, Martala, Marttala, Memmi, Mustapälehto, Mäkikangas, Mäyrä, Nefwalainen, Nefvala, Nevala, Nevanperä, Nopoinen, Nurkkala, Ojala, Ollala, Ollanketo, Palosaari, Paskoja, Petajäsoja, Pirkoila, Pirnes, Pyhölä, Pyy, Radikainen, Rautio, Rytky, Salmela, Salmelainen, Savikoski, Sillanpää, Sulkamäki, Tiainen, Tiala, Tirinen, Tuomaala, Tuomola, Turacka, Turakka, Upoila, Uponen, Waitimäki, Waitiniemi, Watius, Wattumäki, Veivo, Vierimaa, Wähäkari, Ylioja

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
 * 1691-1850 (*); Haapaveden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1691-1884 (*); Haapaveden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1724-1839 (*); Haapaveden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1845-1879 (*); Haapaveden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Haapavesi at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Haapavesi 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