Perho Parish, Vaasa, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Perho is a municipality of Finland. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The first inhabitants of Perho are mentioned in documents from in 1566. In the tithe list of 1570, Perho was listed separately, but the name of the village was not used, but the definition "Savonians." The first church was built in 1780.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Kivikangas, Möttönen, Oksakangas, Oksakoski, Perho.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Halsua, Lestijärvi, Kinnula, Kivijärvi, Kyyjärvi, Alajärvi, Vimpeli, Veteli

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; index
 * 1780-1927 (*); Perhon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1784-1858 (*); Perhon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1784-1867 (*); Perhon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1812-1900 (*); Perhon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Perho at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Perho 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