Rovaniemi Parish, Lappi, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Rovaniemi is a city and municipality of Finland. It is the administrative capital and commercial centre of Finland's northernmost province, Lapland and it is situated about4 miles south of the Arctic Circle and is between the hills of Ounasvaara and Korkalovaara, at the confluence of the river Kemijoki and its tributary, the Ounasjoki. The city and the surrounding rural municipality of Rovaniemi were consolidated into a single entity on 1 January 2006. Rovaniemi is a unilingual Finnish-speaking municipality and uncommon for larger Finnish towns.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Apukka, Autti, Hirvas, lisinki, Jaatila, Jääskö, Kaihua, Kivitaipale, Kulus, Köyry, Lohiniva, Marrasjärvi, Marraskoski, Meltaus, Misi, Muurola, Nampa, Nivankylä, Nivavaara, Oikarainen, Patokoski, Pekkala, Perttausjoki, Piiru, Puuronen, Rovaniemi, Ruikka, Saarenkylä, Sinettä, Sonka, Tapio, Tiainen, Vaarala, Viiri, Viirinkangas, Vika, Vikajärvi, Vikaköngäs, Ylinampa.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Kittilä, Sodankylä, Kemijärvi, Posio, Ranua, Tervola, Ylitornio, Turtola, Kolari

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
 * 1700-1867 (*); Rovaniemen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1700-1909 (*); Rovaniemen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1702-1863 (*); Rovaniemen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1858-1900 (*); Rovaniemen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Rovaniemi at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Rovaniemi 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