Toholampi Parish, Vaasa, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Toholampi is a municipality of Finland. Neighbouring municipalities are Kannus, Kokkola, Lestijärvi and Sievi. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The first church in Toholammi was built in 1665 on the shore of Toholammi along the Lestijoki. A new church was completed on the same site in 1765. On August 18, 1775, Toholampi was separated from the Lohtaja parish as its own chapel congregation. A new church was built in 1861 incorporating salvagable parts of the existing church.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Laitala, Määttälä, Purontaka, Sykäräinen, Toholampi.

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

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
 * 1676-1937 (*); Toholammin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1710-1861 (*); Toholammin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1710-1879 (*); Toholammin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1778-1899 (*); Toholammin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Toholampi at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Toholampi 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