Inari Parish, Lappi, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Inari is Finland's largest municipality by area and one of the most sparsely populated. There are four official languages recognized, three of which are Sami dialects, more than any other in the country.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Inari, Ivalo, Kaamanen, Kaunispää, Laanila, Menesjärvi, Nellim, Paljakainen, Riutula, Törmänen, Virtaniemi.

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

Church

 * 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
 * 1731-1870 (*); Inarin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1731-1885 (*); Inarin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1731-1899 (*); Inarin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Inari - Enare at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Inari - Enare at HisKi, Genealogical Society of Finland (Suomen Sukututkimusseuta) &mdash; index. More information about the church

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1900-1920 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index

Taxation

 * 1809-1915 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images