Viitasaari Parish, Vaasa, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Viitasaari is a town and municipality of Finland. It is unilingually Finnish. In the 1540s, King Gustav Vasa gave permission to settle the area. Only a few settlers from Häme remained on Viitasaari; permanent residents came especially from the direction of Juva, Pellosniemi and Sääming from Savo. The parish originally was part of Rautalampi, and became a chapel congregation in 1628. In 1635 it became an independent parish.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Haarala, Huopana, Huopanankoski, Ilmolahti, Keihärinkoski, Keitelepohja, Kumpumäki, Kutemainen, Kymönkoski, Kärnä, Lahnanen, Löytämä, Muikunlahti, Niinilahti, Pasala, Rasila, Suovanlahti, Viitasaari, Vuorilahti.

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

Surnames
1711

1850

Surrounding Parishes
Pihtipudas, Keitele, Vesanto, Konginkangas, Kannonkoski, Kivijärvi, Kinnula

Census

 * 1550-1809 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1760-1809 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1653-1882 (*); Viitasaaren seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 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
 * 1711-1850 (*); Viitasaaren seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1781-1865 (*); Viitasaaren seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1866-1903 (*); Viitasaaren seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Viitasaari at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Viitasaari 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