Keikyä Parish, Turku-Pori, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Keikyä is a former Finnish municipality. According to the silver tax list of 1571, there were 14 villages in the Keikyä area with 45 houses that paid taxes. The people of Keikyälä received permission to establish a preaching house at the end of the 17th century which was completed in 1684 or 1687. The first church was completed in 1830. The current church was built in 1912.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Keikyä.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Kiika, Tryvää, Huittinen, Kauvatsa, Kiikoinen

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

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