Pälkjärvi Parish, Kuopio, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Pälkjärvi is a former Finnish municipality which was ceded to the Soviet Union as part of the Moscow Peace Treaty. The ceded portion is now known as Kaalamo municipality, Sortavala district in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Pälkjärvi was the only municipality that belonged to Kuopio County to be abolished due to the surrender of territory. The portion remaining in Finland was merged to Tohmajärvi municipality.

Records for Pälkjärvi parish are found in the FamilySearch Library Catalog as Finland, Viipuri, Pälkjärvi.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Värtsilä, Suonlahti, Ruskeala, Tohmajärvi

Census

 * 1810-1860 (*); Suomi. Lääninhallitus (Kuopion lääni) at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images

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
 * 1851-1900 (*); Pälkjärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1851-1949 (*); Pälkjärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Pälkjärvi at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images

Court Records

 * 1813-1864 (*); Suomi. Kihlakunnanoikeus (Karjalan alinen tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1623-1749 (*); Suomi. Kihlakunnanoikeus (Karjalan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1750-1789 (*); Suomi. Kihlakunnanoikeus (Karjalan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images

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