Kärsämäki Parish, Oulu, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Kärsämäki is a municipality of Finland located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. Neighbour municipalities are Haapajärvi, Haapavesi, Pyhäjärvi, Pyhäntä and Siikalatva.The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Kärsämäki, Saviselkä, Tulppo, Venetpalo.

Place Names
KÄRSÄMÄKI – Sukuniemjä (Surnames) 1775 Hatula, Herttua, Junno, Keränen, Kettunen, Kontti, Koponen, Luomajoki, Mämmi, Noponen, Ojalehto, Piippo, Pyrrö, Ruha, Savonen, Sydänmaa, Sääski, Tulppo, Wenetpalo

KÄRSÄMÄKI - 1839 Halla-aho, Hatunen, Haudanjoki, Heikkilä, Junnan, Jussila, Jylhanlehto, Kanala, Keränen, Kettunen, Koponen, Kyllönen, Laitila, Luomus, Madetniva, Mäenpää, Mäkelä, Näyrä, Niemelä, Noponen, Nurmenniemi, Parhankangas, Piippo, Pendikäinen, Ruha, Ruudikainen, Saaranen, Saarikoski, Selkäinaho, Sääski, Tevimäki, Tulppo, Wuotpalo

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
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; *1763-1943 (*); Kärsämäen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1767-1850 (*); Kärsämäen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1769-1864 (*); Kärsämäen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1850-1906 (*); Kärsämäen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kärsämäki at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Kärsämäki 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