Kuusamo Parish, Oulu, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Kuusamo is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located in the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Aikkila, Haataja, Käylä, Kirpistö, Kitka, Kuoliovaara, Kuusamo, Lämsä, Määttälänvaara, Murtovaara, Poussa, Suininki, Törmäsenvaara, Vasaraperä, Vuotunki.

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

Surnames
1738

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
 * 1659-1907 (*); Kuusamon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1730-1850 (*); Kuusamon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1760-1866 (*); Kuusamon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1867-1906 (*); Kuusamon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kuusamo at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Kuusamo 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