Tervola Parish, Lappi, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Tervola is a municipality of Finland. Neighbour municipalities are Keminmaa, Ranua, Rovaniemi, Simo, Tornio and Ylitornio. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. There are three churches of the Tervola Evangelical Lutheran congregation in the central area of ​​Tervola, of which the oldest wooden church (called the Old Church ) was built in 1687. The newer church (1864) was built next to the Old Church on the banks of the Kemijoki River. The newest church is located in the parish center, which was put into use in 1974.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Koivu, Lapinniemi, Loue, Paakkola, Peura, Runkaus, Tervola, Varejoki.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Rovaniemi, Ranua, Simo, Keminmaa, Alatornio, Ylitornio

Church Records

 * 1613-1879 (*); Tervolan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 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
 * 1693-1869 (*); Tervolan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1698-1865 (*); Tervolan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1870-1900 (*); Tervolan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Tervola at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Tervola at HisKi, Genealogical Society of Finland (Suomen Sukututkimusseuta) &mdash; index. More information about the church

Court Records

 * 1810-1860 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Kemin tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - 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