Kemijärvi Parish, Lappi, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Kemijärvi is a municipality of Finland and is located in the province of Lapland. Surrounding municipalities are Pelkosenniemi in the north, Salla in the east, Posio in the south and Rovaniemi in the west. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Hanhikoski, Isokylä, Javarus, Joutsijärvi, Juujärvi, Kemijärvi, Kostamo, Kuusivaara, Luusua, Soppela, Suomulahti, Vuostimo.

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

Church Records

 * 1565-1957 (*); Kemijärven 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
 * 1698-1861 (*); Kemijärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1710-1875 (*); Kemijärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1848-1905 (*); Kemijärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kemijärvi at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Kemijärvi 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