Kuortane Parish, Vaasa, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Kuortane is a municipality of Finland. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Kuortane was founded as the Lapua chapel congregation in 1645. The first church was built in 1654. Kuortane parish was founded in 1794 and in 1798 Kuortane formed its own parish, to which Alavus was attached as a chapel.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Kuortane, Lentilä, Mäyry, Ruona, Salmi.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Alajärvi, Lehtimäki, Töysä, Alavus, Nurmo, Lapua

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
 * 1686-1890 (*); Kuortaneen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1690-1855 (*); Kuortaneen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1804-1864 (*); Kuortaneen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1856-1906 (*); Kuortaneen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kuortane at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Kuortane at HisKi, Genealogical Society of Finland (Suomen Sukututkimusseuta) &mdash; index. More information about the church

Court Records

 * 1805-1810 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Keski-Pohjanmaan alinen tk.) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1810-1860 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Alavuden 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