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. Neighbour municipalities are Haapajärvi, Kärsämäki, Nivala, Oulainen, Raahe, Siikalatva and Ylivieska and the municipality is unilingually Finnish. The village was a chapel congregation of Pyhäjoki parish until 1863. The parish's second church was built in the 1690s, and the third, a wooden church that burned down in 1981, in 1784. The current parish church was completed in 1984.

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

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

Surrounding Parishes
Vihanti, Rantsila, Pulkkila, Piippola, Kärsämäki, Haapajärvi, Nivala, Ylivieska, Oulainen

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