Sotkamo Parish, Oulu, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Sotkamo is a municipality of Finland. Sotkamo was initially part of Paltamo until it became its own parish in 1647. Kuhmoniemi was separated from Sotkamo in 1856 as its own parish, later it became the town of Kuhmo. The original church was burned down and replaced in 1737. That church was replaced in 1870. It suffered damage from bombing during the Winter War in March 1940. but was repaired.

Villages
Between 1919 and 1931 the following villages were found in this parish: Alasotkamo, Jormaskylä, Korholanmäki, Laakajärvi (Laaka), Nuasjärvi (Nuvaskylä), Sumsa, Tipasoja, and Ylisotkamo. As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Juurikkalahti, Laaka, Laakajärvi, Naapurivaara, Ontojoki, Paakki, Paha, Saviaho, Sotkamo, Sumsa, Tuhkala, Vihtamo, Vuokatti.

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

Surnames
1730 1830

Surrounding Parishes
Ristijärvi, Kuhmo, Nurmes, Valtimo, Rautavaara, Sonkajärvi, Kajaani, Paltamo

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
 * 1683-1865 (*); Sotkamon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1683-1880 (*); Sotkamon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1728-1857 (*); Sotkamon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Sotkamo at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Sotkamo 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