Kolari Parish, Lappi, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Kolari is a municipality of Finland at the Swedish border, which follows the Torne River, the longest free-flowing river in Europe. It is located in the province of Lapland and the municipality is unilingually Finnish. The name means colliery and the area also features the country's largest bog with a thousand-year-old forest.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Kolari, Kurtakko, Pasmajärvi, Ruokojärvi, Sieppijärvi, Vaattojärvi, Venejärvi, Väylänpää, Äkäsjoensuu, Äkäslompola.

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
 * 1856-1868 (*); Kolarin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1856-1903 (*); Kolarin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kolari 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