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 of Finland which was known as Säräisniemi until 1954. established in 1867. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The region initially belonged to Paltamo parish and was separated out as an independent parish in 1864. The wooden church was completed in 1781. In 1954, the village of Niska from Utajärvi was added to Säräisniemi and in the same year, the village of Vaala became the center of the new municipality, when the official name of the municipality and parish also became Vaala. The parish's main church was completed in 1961.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Utjärvi, Puolanka, Paltamo, Voulijoki, Kestilä, Liminka, Muhos

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