Lappeenranta Parish, Kymi, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Lappeenranta is a city and municipality situated on the shore of lake Saimaa in southeastern Finland, about 19 miles from the Russian border. It belongs to the region of South Karelia. The neighboring municipality of Joutseno was consolidated with Lappeenranta on January 1, 2009, and the neighboring municipality of Ylämaa on January 1, 2010. Lappeenranta is also a commercial centre of South-East Finland and the meeting point of the EU and Russia.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Lappeenranta.

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

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Taxation

 * 1809-1915 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images