Kuhmo Parish, Oulu, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Kuhmo is a town and a municipality in Finland and is located at the south-eastern corner of the Kainuu region. Kuhmo has a border of 75 mi with Russia called the Finnish-Russian border. Neighbour towns are Hyrynsalmi, Lieksa, Nurmes, Ristijärvi, Sotkamo and Suomussalmi. A neighbour city across the Russian border is Kostomuksha. Vartius, one of the border crossing points between Finland and Russia, is located in northern Kuhmo. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Previously known as Kuhmoniemi, after 1758 known as Kuhmo.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Hukkajärvi, Iivantiira, Katerma, Korpisalmi, Kotajärvi, Kuhmo, Kuumo, Lammasperä, Lentiira, Lentua, Tervasalmi, Vieksi, Viiksimo, Ylivieksi.

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

Surnames
1757

1851

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
 * 1700-1900 (*); Kuhmon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1757-1857 (*); Kuhmon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1772-1865 (*); Kuhmon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1866-1906 (*); Kuhmon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kuhmo at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Kuhmo 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