Suomussalmi Parish, Oulu, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Suomussalmi is a municipality in Finland and is located in the Kainuu region. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Ämmänsaari is the biggest built-up area in the municipality. During the Winter War of 1939–40, several battles were fought in the area around Suomussalmi, the most important ones being the Battle of Suomussalmi and the Battle of Raate. In these battles Finnish forces defeated numerically superior Soviet forces. On October 12, 1867, it was decided that Suomussalmi would be transferred to municipal administration on January 1, 1868. Thus, the church and municipal administration were separated and the name of the municipality was changed from Kianna to Suomussalmi.

Villages
Between 1919 and 1931 the following villages were found in this parish: Alajärvi, Alanäljänkä, Alavuokki, Kerälä, Kianta, Kirkonkylä, Pesiö, Piispajärvi, Ruhtinaansalmi (Ruhtinansalmi), Ylinäljänkä, and Ylivuokki. As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Alanäljänkä, Alassalmi, Alavuokki, Ämmänsaari, Ensilä, Haapa-aho, Haapovaara, Haukiperä, Juntusranta, Kiannanniemi, Kianta, Kiantajärvi, Laaja, Leino, Leväkoski, Lippo, Peranka, Pesiö, Piispajärvi, Ruhtinansalmi, Sakara, Suolijärvi, Suomussalmi, Vääkiö, Ylinäljänkä, Ylivuokki.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Kuusamo, Kuhmo, Hyrynsalmi, Puolanka, Pudasjärvi, Taivalkoski

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
 * 1787-1860 (*); Suomussalmen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1787-1869 (*); Suomussalmen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1787-1907 (*); Suomussalmen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1850-1905 (*); Suomussalmen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Suomussalmi at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Suomussalmi 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