Ähtäri Parish, Vaasa, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Ähtäri is a town and municipality of Finland and is unilingual Finnish. Ähtäri originally was part of the parish founded in Ruovesi in 1565. It became an independent parish in 1651. The first chapel was built on Hankolanmäki, where the current building stands. The current church, which is the fourth one built, dates from 1937. The Swedish name is Etseri.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Alastaipale, Heinämäki, Inha, Myllymäki, Mäki, Niemisvesi, Peränne, Ryöttö, Vääräkoski, Ähtäri, Ähtärinranta.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Soini, Multia, Keuruu, Pihlajavesi, Virrat, Alavus, Töysä, Lehtimäki

Census

 * 1560-1809 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1720-1809 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1865-1899 (*); Suomen kirkko. Ähtärin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog - images

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
 * 1693-1866 (*); Ähtävän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1702-1902 (*); Ähtärin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1754-1864 (*); Ähtärin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1771-1890 (*); Ähtärin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Ähtäri - Etseri at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Ähtäri - Etseri at HisKi, Genealogical Society of Finland (Suomen Sukututkimusseuta) &mdash; index. More information about the church
 * Esse - Ähtävä at HisKi, Genealogical Society of Finland (Suomen Sukututkimusseuta) &mdash; index. More information about the church

Court Records

 * 1623-1749 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Ylä-Satakunnan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1840-1860 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Jyväskylän tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Emigration and Immigration Records

 * 1900-1920 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index

Guardianship Records

 * 1840-1860 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Jyväskylän tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Taxation Records

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