Alavieska Parish, Oulu, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Alavieska is a municipality of Finland located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. Neighbouring municipalities are Kalajoki, Merijärvi, Oulainen and Ylivieska and the municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Villages
Between 1919 and 1931 the following villages were found in this parish: Alavieska, Kähtävä, Somero, Taluskylä, and Ylikääntä. As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Alavieska, Kähtävä, Ylikääntä.

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

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
 * 1723-1850 (*); Alavieskan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1723-1885 (*); Alavieskan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1782-1877 (*); Alavieskan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1856-1903 (*); Alavieskan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Alavieska at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Alavieska 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