Korsnäs Parish, Vaasa, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Korsnäs is a municipality of Finland. The municipality is bilingual with Swedish as the majority language and Finnish as the minority language. Until 2014 Swedish was the sole official language and 91.2% of the population speaks Swedish, 3.2% Finnish and 5.5% other languages as their first language. Korsnäs became a chapel congregation in 1604, and between 1661 and 1663 a new two-tower church was built solely with donations. Korsnäs became an independent parish in 1861. The current Korsnäs church was completed in 1831. In 1887 Korsnäs became independent from Närpiö as its own municipality.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Harrström, Helenelund, Korsbäck, Korsnäs, Marrström, Moikipää, Molpe, Taklaks, Träskböle, Töjby.

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
 * 1722-1850 (*); Korsnäsin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1722-1942 (*); Korsnäsin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1739-1962 (*); Korsnäsin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1776-1906 (*); Korsnäsin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Korsnäs at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Korsnäs 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