Kiikoinen Parish, Turku-Pori, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Kiukainen is a former municipality of Finland and it was consolidated with Eura on 1 January 2009. In Kiukainen there are many ancient grave mounds made from piled stones. Largest of them is called Kuninkaanhauta, the king's grave. It is the biggest of its type in Nordic Countries. The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

Founded as Tyrvää chapel in 1847, parent parish in 1904, completed in 1922. Part of Kiikoinen's cottage belonged to Kiika and part to Mouhijärvi parish until 1916.

- A fire broke out in the church on Christmas Day 25/12 1925, but the danger was contained in time. [O. Durchman: The destruction of church archives. Genos 3(1932)]

The Swedish name is Kikois.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Jaara, Kiikoinen, Rautu, Taati.

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

=== Surrounding Parishes ===


 * Kauvatsa
 * Keikyä
 * Kiikka
 * Lavia
 * Mouhijärvi
 * Suodenniemi
 * Tyrvää


 * Kulla Kiikoinen, Turku-Pori, Finland.jpg

Census

 * 1540-1809 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

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
 * 1848-1863 (*); Kiikoisten seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1848-1943 (*); Kiikoisten seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1863-1905 (*); Kiikoisten seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kiikoinen at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; 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