Vähäkyrö Parish, Vaasa, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Vähäkyrö is a former municipality of Finland and an exclave of the city of Vaasa since January 1, 2013. The municipality was unilingually Finnish. The amalgation of Vähäkyrö to Vaasa was historical in Finnish geography, because two municipalities without any common border merged for the first time, making Vähäkyrö an exclave of Vaasa and also the first exclave in the history of sovereign Finland. Vähäkyrö was founded as Isonkyrö's parish house in 1561 and from 1593 it was a chapel of Isonkyrö parish with the name Alastaro. In 1607 it became an independent parish. Vähänkyrö's church was completed in 1803. The Swedish name is Lillkyro.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Merikaarto, Vedenoja, Vähäkyrö.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Koivulahti, Vöyri, Isokyrö, Laihia, Mustasaari, Vaasa

Church Records

 * 1500-1935 (*); Vähänkyrön 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
 * 1708-1848 (*); Vähänkyrön seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1728-1864 (*); Vähänkyrön seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1857-1902 (*); Vähänkyrön seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Vähäkyrö - Lillkyro at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Vähäkyrö - Lillkyro at HisKi, Genealogical Society of Finland (Suomen Sukututkimusseuta) &mdash; index. More information about the church

Court Records

 * 1805-1810 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Korsholman pohjoinen tk.) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1810-1866 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Korsholman 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