Rautjärvi Parish, Kymi, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Rautjärvi is a municipality of Finland. Rautjärvi is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the South Karelia region. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality of Rautjärvi was founded in the year of 1861. A few years prior in 1859, the Rautjärvi parish had founded an independent church. After the Winter War ended with the signing of the Moscow Peace Treaty on March 12, 1940, almost half of Rautjärvi was handed over to the Soviet Union in accordance with the treaty.

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

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

Surrounding Parishes
Ruokolahti, Parikkala, Simpele, Hiitola, KKirvu, Jääski

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
 * 1746-1789 (*); Rautjärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1746-1917 (*); Rautjärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1844-1867 (*); Rautjärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1857-1899 (*); Rautjärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Rautjärvi at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Rautjärvi at HisKi, Genealogical Society of Finland (Suomen Sukututkimusseuta) &mdash; index. More information about the church

Court Records

 * 1744-1811 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Lappeen tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1770-1808 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Jääsken tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - 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