Vaala Parish, Oulu, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Vaala is a municipality in Finland and it is located in the Northern Ostrobothnia region. Established in 1954, its predecessor was the municipality Säräisniemi, established in 1867. Previously Vaala was part of the Kainuu region but was transferred to Northern Ostrobothnia on 1 January 2016. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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

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
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1859-1901 (*); Vaalan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Vaala at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images

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