Enontekiö Parish, Lappi, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Enontekiö is a municipality in the Finnish part of Lapland. It is situated in the outermost northwest of the country and occupies a large and very sparsely populated area of about 3,200 sq miles between the Swedish and Norwegian border. Enontekiö is the village of Hetta. About one-fifth of the community's population are Sami. The Swedish name is Enontekis.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Enontekiö, Karesuvanto, Kilpisjärvi, Palojoensuu, Peltovuoma, Sakkaravaara, Suonttajärvi, Vuontisjärvi.

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
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1720-1860 (*); Enontekiön seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1722-1867 (*); Enontekiön seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1722-1879 (*); Enontekiön seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1856-1904 (*); Enontekiön seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Enontekiö - Enontekis at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Enontekiö - Enontekis 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