Kotka Parish, Kymi, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Kotka is a city and municipality of Finland. Kotka is located on the coast of the Gulf of Finland at the mouth of Kymi River. The city centre of Kotka is located at Kotkansaari island. The Port of Kotka is a major Finnish sea port that serves the foreign trade of both Finland and Russia. The municipality is officially unilingually Finnish. Until 1879 Kotka was part of Kymi parish. The Orthodox church of St. Nicholas was completed in 1801.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Hovinsaari, Kotka, Metsola, Tiutinen.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Haapasaari, Hamina, Kymi, Pyhtää

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
 * 1872-1905 (*); Kotkan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kotka at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images

Court Records

 * 1903-1918 (*); Kansallisarkisto (Helsinki) 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