Virolahti Parish, Kymi, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Virolahti is the southeastern-most municipality of Finland on the border of Russia. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Virolahti lost over 39 square miles of territory to the Soviet Union after World War II. The Swedish name is Vederlax.

Villages
Between 1919 and 1931 the following villages were found in this parish: Ala-Pihlaja, Ala-Urpala, Eerikkälä, Hailila, Hanski, Hellä, Hämeenkylä, Häppilä, Järvenkylä, Kattilainen, Kiiskilahti, Koivuniemi, Koskela, Kotola, Kurkela, Laitsalmi, Länsikylä, Mattila, Mustamaa, Orslahti, Paatio, Pajulahti, Pajusaari, Pitkäpaasi, Pyterlahti, Ravijoki, Ravijärvi, Reinikkala, Rännänen, Sydänkylä, Säkäjärvi, Vaalimaa, Vilkkilä (aiemmin Kirkkopyöli), Virojoki, Ylä-Pihlaja, and Ylä-Urpala.

As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Alapihlaja, Klamila, Orslahti, Pihlaja, Pyterlahti, Ravijoki, Sydänkylä, Vaalimaa, Virojoki, Virolahti, Yläpihlaja.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Hamina, Vehkalahti, Miehikkälä, Säkkijärvi

Church Records

 * 1656-1853 (*); Virolahden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1656-1916 (*); Virolahden 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
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1726-1879 (*); Virolahden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1861-1903 (*); Virolahden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Virolahti - Vederlax at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Virolahti - Vederlax at HisKi, Genealogical Society of Finland (Suomen Sukututkimusseuta) &mdash; index. More information about the church

Court Records

 * 1653-1749 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Kymenkartanon lääni) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1723-1746 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Kymenkartanon lääni) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1744-1809 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Kymen tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1813-1819 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Kymen tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1827-1865 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Kymen 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