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. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The Vaalimaa border crossing, which connects the municipality with Russia, is located in Virolahti. Virolahti lost some of its area which was over 39 sq miles to the Soviet Union in Paris Peace Treaties, 1947 after World War II.

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.

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

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